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Ms. Culpepper from Decatur GA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Printer for STEAM Instructional Practices

Help me give my students musical instruments for instructional purposes in music to enhance academics in STEAM.

  • $404 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I have students in unheard of circumstances in the Decatur area. Some struggle within their homes and some do not even have homes. Music is an outlet for a majority of my students. Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons. Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education. I want to create an atmosphere where students can unleash their creativity musically.

My Project

Arts involvement teaches children many skills necessary to succeed in life, including problem solving and decision making, building self-confidence and self-discipline, the ability to imagine what might be and to accept responsibility for it, teamwork, the development of informed perception, and articulating a vision. I want my students to be all around college and career ready. We see a lot of artists and singers but do not understand the process of what it takes to get there. I have a lot of students who uses music as an outlet for their struggles in life at such a young age. I am requesting a printer so that my students can create and print the music that they record and/or write.

Ms. Culpepper
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother - HL-L5100DN Black-and-White Laser Printer • Best Buy Education $205.78 1 $205.78
Mixcraft 8 Recording Studio Academic Edition - Box • Woodwind and Brasswind $64.00 1 $64.00
PCRC 75-99.99 24 MONTH ADH REPLACEMENT PLAN • Woodwind and Brasswind $18.99 1 $18.99

Materials cost

$288.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$343.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.53

Total project goal

$403.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $403.56

1 Donor

-$134.51

Donations toward project cost

-$114.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.17

match offer

-$269.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$228.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.36

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 $0.00

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