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Personal Pages: Artists' Journals for My Students

My students need personal journals/sketchbooks that they can make and decorate themselves to inspire their writing and drawing.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Becker's classroom raised $438

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My Students

My art students are enthusiastic and creative and above all they are expressive. I am always looking for opportunities where they can creatively articulate themselves through writing and drawing.

I teach at a Title One urban school where budget cuts and testing are an every day reality for my students.

It is important to me that the art room is where students have the freedom to express their feelings and where all students can excel. I read to my students a lot to expose them to different authors and illustrators. Now it's my students' turn to be writers and illustrators.

My Project

I am requesting artist journals/sketchbooks for every student in my school. I want this year to be the school year where my art students learn how to create and keep a personal journal. Each student would have the opportunity to make his or her own journal and create a personalized cover. After that, the sky's the limit for my students. Because I am the art teacher I teach every student in the school. We have so many amazing students in our school from pre-k through 7th grade, including students with autism. Every one of these students has amazing stories to tell and I want them to be inspired to write about themselves in their journals.

This project is so important to my students because my students need to write, write, and write some more.

It's important to learn how to write a good paragraph in class but it is also important for my students to write about things that they value. Through this process, I want them to learn to love writing. I want my students to start a school wide writing revolution! I know they will be inspired if they have amazing writing journals they made themselves and that are theirs to keep.

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Baltimore, MD
Grades 3-5
Visual Arts
Literature & Writing
Supplies
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Becker Coldstream Prk Elementary Middle School 31 Grades 3-5

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

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Nearly all 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

PAPER PRE-PUNCHED 6X9 PACK OF 500 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $12.34 13 $160.42

PAPER METALLIC FOIL 20X26 PACK OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $12.34 2 $24.68

PAPER HANDMADE PUNJAB 1 POUND • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $16.05 1 $16.05

PAPER AFRICAN TEXTILE 8.5X11 ASST COLORS PACK OF 32 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $4.74 10 $47.40

PAPER THAI NATURALS COLLECTION • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $37.99 1 $37.99

Materials cost			$286.54
Vendor shipping charges			$28.65
Sales tax			$17.19
3rd party payment processing fee			$4.30
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$371.68
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$65.59
Total project goal			$437.27
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$437.27
6 Donors			-$427.27
Donations toward project cost			-$363.18
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$64.09
match offer			-$10.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$8.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$1.50
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Personal Pages: Artists' Journals for My Students

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