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Mr. Hinkle from Lexington, NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Hinkle's classroom raised $550

Piano for a Music Class

My students need a piano for the classroom in order to learn the fundamental concepts of pitch, melody, and harmony. This will enable them to learn to sing new songs and prepare them for middle school.

This project expired on March 23, 2018.

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Mr. Hinkle Southwest Elementary School
Lexington, NC Grades PreK-2

My Students

Teaching music to students at an early age can be the key to helping them discover their talents and passions. When students learn music, they are learning literacy, culture, communication, and problem-solving skills that transfer to many other academic areas. When students learn music, they are exposed to one of the many wonderful ways they can express themselves.

The schools where I teach serve kindergarten through 5th grade; both schools are Title I schools and every student receives free lunch and breakfast.

A large portion of my students come from non-English-speaking households and single-parent households. Most of these students may never get the chance to participate in private music lessons. Currently, I do not have adequate resources to teach music effectively in my classroom according to the NC Standard Course of Study.

My Project

Without a keyboard, my students are extremely limited in what concepts they can learn effectively in class. Having a piano will allow me to teach my students to basic musical ideas of pitch, melody, and harmony. Without a keyboard, it can be extremely difficult to teach the standards related to these ideas. As such, a keyboard is essential for any functioning music class.

Having a keyboard in the class will better prepare my students for success in their middle and high school music classes and prepare them to learn musical instruments on their own.

Before students can begin learning how to write or perform advanced music in later grade levels, they must learn the basics of how to hear and sing a scale, how chords are built, and how different notes are used to produce specific moods and sounds in music.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

400 students impacted 15 donors
Mr. Hinkle Southwest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Lexington, NC View local requests

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

400 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Allegro 2 Plus 88-Key Digital Piano Packages • Woodwind and Brasswind $399.99 1 $399.99

Materials cost

$399.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$467.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.45

Total project goal

$549.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $549.64

14 Donors

-$313.58

Donations toward project cost

-$275.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.49

match offer

-$226.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$192.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.06

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 $0.00

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