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Ms. Smith from Greensboro, NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Musical Instruments

Help me give my students an opportunity to learn and express themselves through musical exploration.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $175

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are preschool age, 4 and 5 years old. Despite the many challenges they may face before coming to school, they are eager to explore and learn. The students are at-risk young children from various demographic factors, cultures, home environments and low socio-economic status. They are limited to educational experiences outside their homes. With creative and meaningful activities, the students can show pride in their efforts. Head Start promotes school readiness for children in low-income families by offering educational, nutritional, health, social, and other services.

My Project

I am creating this project because we only have a few musical instruments and they are pretty worn from previous years of use. With your warm and thoughtful donations and contributions my students will be able to explore a variety of musical instruments. They will also be able to express themselves using these musical instruments.

My children enjoy utilizing the few musical instruments we do have.

However, I believe that with these new musical instruments the participation in music will increase. These instruments will also be used as a literacy tool to discriminate word sound and patterns.

Please help me give my student an opportunity to utilize a variety of musical instruments in which they can express themselves and learn word sounds and patterns.

Ms. Smith Generation Ed - Poplar Grove Head Start Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Greensboro, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
25-Player Rhythm Band Kit • Kaplan Early Learning Company $107.96 1 $107.96

Materials cost

$107.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.12

Total project goal

$174.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$174.12

1 Donor

-$174.12

Donations toward project cost

-$148.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.12

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$0.00

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