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Mr. Ernst from Hightstown NJ is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Play Like a Rock Star!

My students need these headphones to be able to hear themselves play their electric bass and/or electric guitar through our headphone amplifiers like they were designed to be heard.

  • $394 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is a very diverse school with over 62 different languages spoken at home. The students I teach in all four grade levels bring a wide range of experiences and culture to my music classes every day.

We all benefit greatly by learning music from the different cultures represented and enjoy getting to share those songs with the other students in the class.

My students take the lessons and experiences learned in my class and apply them to their own academic and family life.

My Project

Having these headphones will enable my students in my classes to hear their electric guitar and electric basses clearer which will lead to increased focus and learning.

Being able to hear themselves also increases their focus on learning because the students sound like they are actually playing through huge amplifiers.

The students are able to listen to and play along with songs on their phones which plug into the headphone amplifiers as well. When the students hear what the guitars sound like through the headphone amplifiers they can see themselves onstage playing these songs along with the band. They do sound like rock stars!

Mr. Ernst
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Headphones HPM1000 • Woodwind and Brasswind $9.99 30 $299.70

Materials cost

$299.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.98

Total project goal

$393.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $393.18

3 Donors

-$233.94

Donations toward project cost

-$203.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.59

match offer

-$153.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$130.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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