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Ms. Liss from Chicago, IL is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensational Self-Portraits

Help me give my students materials for their monthly self-portraits to include skin color crayons, markers, pastels, and colored pencils.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Liss's classroom raised $486

This project is fully funded

My Project

Each month in preschool, we draw self-portraits. Each month, we notice growth in our students as they draw themselves. When they are drawing, they are unknowingly working on their fine motor, cognitive, and social-emotional development.

Our classroom is diverse, and we want to make sure that the children can represent themselves and their skin color when they are making their self-portrait.

Crayola provides colors of the world in marker, crayon, and colored pencil form. Additionally, we are asking for oil pastels and velour paper to draw self-portraits exploring this media as well.

Thank you for your consideration.

Ms. Liss Peirce School - PreK Branch Grades PreK-2

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.

Chicago, IL 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crayola Colors of the World Washable Markers Classpack, Broad Line, Assorted Colors, Set of 240 • School Specialty $89.99 1 $89.99
Hygloss Acid-Free Velour Paper, 8-1/2 x 10 Inches, Assorted Colors, 20 Sheets, Black - Cotton • School Specialty $17.84 4 $71.36
Hygloss Velour Paper, 20 x 27 Inches, Jet Black, 10 Sheets - Cotton • School Specialty $60.59 1 $60.59
Crayola Colors of the World Kids' Colored Pencils, Assorted Colors, 24 Pencils/Pack, 10 Packs/Box (682023) • Quill.com $55.49 1 $55.49
Crayola Colors of the World Crayons Classpack, Assorted Colors, Set of 480 • School Specialty $48.37 1 $48.37
Sakura Cray-Pas Expressionist Oil Pastels, Skin Tone Assorted Colors, 12/Set, 3 Sets (SAKXLP12SA-3) • Quill.com $24.97 1 $24.97

Materials cost

$350.77

Vendor shipping charges

$27.03

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$413.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.89

Total project goal

$485.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$485.95

1 Donor

-$485.95

Donations toward project cost

-$413.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.89

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$0.00

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