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Mrs. Dickey from Houston, TX is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Marching to the Beat of Our Own Drummers

Help me give my students an electronic drum kit so they can continue making music in our Music Jam Zone!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dickey's classroom raised $467

This project is fully funded

My Project

The entire Maker Movement is about bringing kids back to the process of designing, experimenting, trying, failing, making adjustments, and trying again until they succeed. They will not be successful as adults if they cannot reflect, examine, and change course to solve problems. Those are vital life skills that we libraries are trying to support within our educational system through maker spaces.

The electronic drum kit I am requesting will allow our students to write and create music as they "jam together" in our Music Jam Zone.

The requested headphone help students listens to themselves playing the drums so they can hear what they are doing. We currently have an Acoustic Guitar, a Base Guitar, an Electric Guitar, and a Keyboard Piano. What we do not have is an electronic drum kit! All we need are the drums to complete our band! Thanks for considering my project!

Mrs. Dickey Clear Lake High School Grades 9-12 Houston, TX View local requests

More than a third 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

999 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alesis Drums Turbo Mesh Kit – Electric Drum Set With 100+ Sounds, Mesh Drum Pads, Drum Sticks, Connection Cables and 60 Melodics Lessons • Amazon Business $329.00 1 $329.00
OneOdio Wired Over Ear Headphones Studio Monitor & Mixing DJ Stereo Headsets with 50mm Neodymium Drivers and 1/4 to 3.5mm Audio Jack for AMP Computer Recording Phone Piano Guitar Laptop - Black • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99

Materials cost

$360.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$396.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.95

Total project goal

$466.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$466.35

16 Donors

-$354.07

Donations toward project cost

-$333.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.37

Matching donations from our partners

-$73.76

Match offers toward project cost

-$62.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.52

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$0.00

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