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Ms. Ale's Art Class from Hayward, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Painting Is Hard, That's Why It's Called PAIN-ting!

Help me give my students quality watercolors, acrylic paints, and paintbrushes, so they can fully realize their creative potential by making their ideas come to life through their artwork!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ale's Art Class's classroom raised $511

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students in my free, public charter school enrolled for one primary reason: they want a better chance at being the first person in their family to attend and then graduate from college. Your donations will directly help my students accomplish this.

In Visual Arts class, not only do I teach drawing and painting techniques, but I also teach students creativity and critical thinking skills that students will need in our fast-paced world where innovation is so important for success.

Thank you so much for supporting my amazing and talented tenth graders!

My Project

Our students have been asking me all year long "when do we get to paint?" I usually break up the year-long Visual Arts course by theme: Semester 1-Drawing and Semester 2-Painting. I want my students to have a solid background in drawing skills before we attempt painting because it is CHALLENGING! This half of the year is my favorite! Painting challenges my students in new ways and helps them to be innovators who are not afraid of failure.

My students get to explore and experiment with watercolor techniques, acrylic painting techniques and build up their knowledge of color theory and different painting styles so they can eventually explore on their own.

My theme this year is "Loving Where I Live". My students will be reflecting on the beauty of our great state of California and showing their appreciation and pride through two larger painting projects. The first project will challenge students to incorporate atmospheric/linear perspective into natural and urban scenes. The second will be a more expressive and imaginative piece based on the culture of the Bay Area, where my students are from. I can't wait to start painting with my students and neither can they! We plan to have an end of year art show to show off all their hard work and let the community see what wonderful artists they are!

Ms. Ale's Art Class Impact Academy of Arts & Technology Grades 9-12

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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reeves Watercolor Paint, Set of 8, Water Colour Pans - 8 Colours • Amazon Business $6.19 30 $185.70
Sargent Art 24-2498 Count Artist Quality Acrylic Paint Set, 12, Assorted • Amazon Business $41.17 2 $82.34
Acrylic Paint Brush Set, 6 Packs / 60 pcs Nylon Hair Brushes for All Purpose Oil Watercolor Painting Artist Professional Kits • Amazon Business $11.99 6 $71.94
Royal Brush Big Kids Choice Paint Brush, Round, Size 8, Pack of 12 - 1300673 • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
CENTSTAR 30 Pcs Round Paint Tray Palettes Plastic for Acrylic Oil Watercolor Craft DIY Art Painting Palettes, White (30 PCS) • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55

Materials cost

$365.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$434.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.64

Total project goal

$510.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $510.91

8 Donors

-$407.08

Donations toward project cost

-$353.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.56

match offer

-$95.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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