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Ms. Gibson from Gresham OR is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pugmill for Future Potters

Help me give my students a pug mill. The demand for clay is high and recycling it by hand is difficult. This pug mill would allow us to reuse clay, saving our school money in the long run.

  • $6,956 goal

This project expired on July 14, 2020.

This project expired on July 14, 2020.

My Students

Our students are amazing young adults, they are creative, caring, supportive individuals; many have difficult home lives and others are pressured by todays standards to get A's and be athletes and volunteers. They are in a school that is bursting at the seems, with classes sizes that are 40, and elective classes that are dwindling. In today's world, our students crave to work with their hands. They spend hour after hour in lecture rooms, and in front of screens. My students crave to work with their hands and use the creative parts of their brain to create. Their faces light up with they see what they are capable of creating, when they use an item they have made with their own hands.

My Project

I am fortunate to have a principal that encourages the arts by adding a new sculpture class to our high school. The kids are signing up for it like crazy, and those that took it this year are thrilled. They created boxes and vases, mugs and faces, they were delighted to see what they could accomplish and proud when they got to use items they made with their own hands. When using clay, there are a lot of scraps, or pieces that dry out. Recycling clay by hand is time consuming and takes up a lot of space.

Having this piece of equipment would save time and money by allowing us to reuse more clay.

Many students use clay in our program; the ceramics class, the intro to art classes has a clay unit which both have students ranging from those with special needs to talented and gifted. Our art club students learn to throw on wheels, and donate some of their pieces to sell and support the art club and a school gallery night.

Ms. Gibson
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12
    More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 200 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
32943-1000 - Shimpo NVS-07 Stainless Steel De-Airing Pugmill • Blick Art Materials $5,598.00 1 $5,598.00

Materials cost

$5,598.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $200.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$83.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,911.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,043.29

Total project goal

$6,955.26

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