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Ms. Bullen from Newark, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Recorders for K-4 Students in the Instrumental Program!

My students need clean, age appropriate melodic instruments including recorders and boomwhackers for the general music classroom. Primary grades need fresh, fun instruments that will energize their learning!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bullen's classroom raised $465

This project is fully funded

My Students

Students in my music class currently use recycled instruments that have been cleaned and reassigned. This order will provide classes with new school spirit-colored instruments. This order also contains one set of BoomWhackers, pedagogical materials and music, and maintenance necessities.

Our students are innately musical and excel in rhythmic studies.

My goal in the primary grades is to enhance their musical training with fun, team-building musical opportunities that will develop the inner ear. In vocal music, our students are introduced to pitch through singing. In instrumental music, I would like to offer similar instruction with affordable instruments. I want my young students to take instruments home. In Vocal music, they always have their instrument on them! If we can access the student outside of school hours through diligent practice, that child will have the ability to apply the quality instruction that is sporadically offered due to scheduling difficulties. Students in my school are dealing with many outside pressures, home life, family situations, and economic hardship; For many children, music is an outlet for expression and a safe haven. As arts education empowers and inspires our youth, in turn, I am inspired and motivated by them every day.

My Project

Our children deserve more, and through this grant and others, I intend to work for my kids to see to it that they receive an enriching, powerful music class. The whole child is the key here, socially and emotionally as well as skillfully and intellectually. Advocate for our children, believe in them, and they will meet higher standards!

This project will excite our younger students to master skills and build positive practice habits.

With enthusiasm in the classroom and functional, contemporary instruments and materials, the student will succeed. In order to meet differing mental and physical abilities for each class and in lieu of purchasing expensive differing-ability recorders, we can serve our population using BoomWhackers. I support them for students who have difficulties holding and producing tone on the soprano recorder.

Ms. Bullen Ivy Hill Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Newark, NJ View local requests

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

300 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
C Major Diatonic Scale Set (Upper Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes • Woodwind & Brasswind $19.99 1 $19.99
Octavator Caps 8-Pack • Woodwind & Brasswind $7.99 2 $15.98
C Major Bass Diatonic Scale Set (Lower Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes • Woodwind & Brasswind $39.99 1 $39.99
Primary Boomwhackers Book/CD • Woodwind & Brasswind $12.99 1 $12.99
Boomwhackers Tubes Tubular Spirituals Songbook with CD • Woodwind & Brasswind $17.99 1 $17.99
Boom-A-Tunes Curriculum Volume 2 Book with CD • Woodwind & Brasswind $19.99 1 $19.99
1" Saxophone Strap with Plush Padding • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.50 10 $25.00
Clarinet/Alto Sax Mouthpiece Cushions • Woodwind & Brasswind $5.99 5 $29.95
• Woodwind & Brasswind $59.70 1 $59.70
Tinikling Poles • Woodwind & Brasswind $4.00 2 $8.00
Magic Staff Pack - 5 Wipe Off Slates with Pen and Magic Notes • Woodwind & Brasswind $14.95 3 $44.85
• Woodwind & Brasswind $59.70 1 $59.70

Materials cost

$354.13

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$394.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.61

Total project goal

$464.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$464.05

4 Donors

-$432.38

Donations toward project cost

-$394.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.67

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$0.00

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