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Ms. Bean from Chicago, IL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Light Up the Stage 13

Help me give my students LEDs to light our theater and class performances.

  • $1,056 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Our theater auditorium’s lighting is sadly out of date. One of the most exciting lessons for students is when they get to perform under the stage lights. I am asked on a weekly basis if we can use the lights, but unfortunately, the result ends up disappointing. Our stage lights are 1/3 burnt out and can only wash the stage in uneven levels of white, blue, or red.

With this project, we will start to build our LED light grid so students can be seen on stage, in addition to learning to program a professional grid.

Instead of telling students they can have lights on and nothing else, students can create dimensional lighting designs using every possible color in the rainbow. They would be able to design light plots, shows and include lighting in classroom performances and full productions for the public.

Ms. Bean Amundsen High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Chicago, IL View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

100 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ETC ColorSource PAR • Full Compass $832.00 1 $832.00
The Light Source MAB Mega Clamp, Black • Full Compass $16.67 1 $16.67
Blizzard SafeKable 34" Safety Cable • Full Compass $5.74 1 $5.74

Materials cost

$854.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$897.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$158.33

Total project goal

$1,055.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,055.56

4 Donors

-$1,037.92

Donations toward project cost

-$897.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$140.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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 $0.00

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