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Mr. Schierling from Saint Marys KS is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Pianos for Kids

My students need pianos to expand their musical talents and skills to the highest level.

  • $1,108 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have two hundred elementary students who are ready to begin learning the exciting and life-long skill of playing piano. In my music classroom, they are mastering reading, writing, improvising and creating through music. They amaze me every day with their talent, creativity and excitement for making music. Everyone of my students from 2nd to 6th grade is ready to begin learning to play piano and further their already awesome musical talent.

Playing piano is the best way to truly understand music and how it works, give that gift to over 200 kids.

The excitement that my students have for making music overwhelms me each day. I see the amazing musicians that they are becoming and want to give them every opportunity to grow through music! Our school is located in a small, rural community.

My Project

Music is an extremely power tool for our minds, it flows into our brains so readily, that we use it to help children learn other things! It is also the best tool we have for understanding and relating our emotions. I believe music is our "language of emotion" that allows us, like spoken language, to communicate our experiences.

Giving students the ability to read, write, and express their own experience through music has the ability to fundamentally transform lives.

Learning to play the keyboard, especially at a young age, is invaluable to being able truly comprehend and express one's self through music. Only through playing the piano is it possible to grasp the relations between notes and harmony, and play them all at once!

Mr. Schierling
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alesis Recital 88-Key Beginner Digital Piano with Full-Size Semi-Weighted Keys and Included Power Supply • Amazon Business $209.99 4 $839.96

Materials cost

$839.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$59.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$941.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$166.20

Total project goal

$1,107.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,107.98

15 Donors

-$1,099.15

Donations toward project cost

-$941.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$157.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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