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Ms. Akau from San Jose, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Practice and Plan to Understand!

Help me give my students sketchbooks for practicing and planning their art projects throughout the year.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Akau's classroom raised $1,436

This project is fully funded

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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 Project

Having a sketchbook to practice art techniques and plan projects out is very important in art! In previous years, my students have practices techniques and done their art planning on regular printer paper. This works in the moment, but as far as looking back at those papers at a later time, it has been a little challenging.

My students are capable of great things and having an organized place for their work will help them review, revise, and achieve their art goals!

These sketchbooks will help students keep all their practice and planning work for the year in one place. There will be no more destroyed or missing papers so students will be able to access their ideas more easily. Students will also be able to look back and see what they have done in previous lessons to refresh their memories and give them ideas for their current project.

Getting all our students into the habit of proper practice and planning techniques will benefit them for years to come. I look forward to watching my students grow as artists and critical thinkers with their new sketchbooks!

Ms. Akau Rocketship Discovery Preparatory Charter School Grades 3-5

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nasco Practice Sketchbooks, 50 Sheets per Sketchbook - Pack of 48 • Nasco $109.60 9 $986.40

Materials cost

$986.40

Vendor shipping charges

$98.64

Sales tax

$90.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,220.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$215.31

Total project goal

$1,435.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,435.41

10 Donors

-$1,220.71

Donations toward project cost

-$1,050.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$170.61

Matching donations from our partners

-$200.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.70

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$0.00

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