My students need a reference books for a new Stagecraft class at our school. Students are sewing, building, painting and crafting sets, costumes and designs for plays!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Steiner's classroom raised $539
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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 Students
My students are true theater geeks - they love the mechanics of design, the process of bringing a play to life through the set, costume, sound and light choices. An after-school club morphed into a class attracting kids who love drama but are more interested in being backstage than onstage.
My students are literally starting from scratch - anything we can scratch together, we use!
We are a performing arts school with over 1000 middle school students studying music, dance, video arts, visual arts, and drama. The Stagecraft crew will support 14 productions this year on a shoestring budget. They are tackling fundraising and material requests in teams and are thrilled to be part of something new and exciting on our campus. Stagecraft is a class where everyone can participate - we are even incorporating sign language into our curriculum as our backstage communication to include our population of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
My Project
We have no computers and no reference library. These books will empower the students and give them in class resources to assist in their design and thought processing. They can bring ideas to the table and have materials to back them up. We can learn by doing, but the reference books will really pump up our thinking!
The students are so excited about fundraising and building our program.
Seeing donations coming in from people who support what they are doing will inspire them to continue their own efforts within the community. I will be sharing our progress on this project with them on a weekly basis - I hope that together we can give Stagecraft a win!
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
Stage Lighting in the Boondocks; At Last, a Stage Lighting Manual for Simplified Stagecraft Systems James Hull Miller, Arthur L. Zapel (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$12.94
2
$25.88
Break a Leg!: The Kid's Guide to Acting and Stagecraft Lise Friedman, Mary Dowdle, Mary Dowdle (Photographer)
• Barnes and Noble
$10.22
25
$255.50
Let's Put on a Show!: A Beginner's Theatre Handbook for Young Actors Adrea Gibbs
• Barnes and Noble
$16.19
2
$32.38
Masks and Performance: With Everyday Materials Gita Wolf, Anushka Ravishankar, V. Geetha
• Barnes and Noble
$17.05
2
$34.10
Playdate: How to Stage a Play with Kids Only Cindy Marcus
• Barnes and Noble
$17.05
2
$34.10
Materials cost
$381.96
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$34.95
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.73
Fulfillment labor & materials
$35.00
Total project cost
$457.64
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$80.76
Total project goal
$538.40
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$538.40
15 Donors
-$538.05
Donations toward project cost
-$457.64
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Steiner and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
