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Mrs. Stallings from Charlotte NC is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Set Creativity to Flight Through Dance and Poetry

Help me give my students four dance lessons by a professional for $800.

  • $991 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 teach at a small Title I high school with at least 50% of the students living below the poverty line.

Our students are full of personality, talent, and passion about different areas of learning, but our school lacks funding and materials for so many of our desired projects.

Our school is a Personalized Learning School, focusing on differentiating learning for each individual student, enabling them to capitalize on their strengths and learning styles. I coordinate Arts experiences, such as visits from community artists and field trips to museums and performances. The students love these, because our school does not have a full time Art or Dance teacher and there are no extracurricular activities for students to pursue their interests or have an outlet.

I have a Dance teacher who is willing to come once a month from February-May of 2020, at $200 per class, totaling to $800. This teacher has come before on a grant, but that grant is not available at this time. Dance enables the students to get exercise, reduce anxiety, and depression, as well as express themselves and grow in confidence and self esteem.

My Project

Students will listen to music and compose dance steps using 2 or 3 motifs taught first. Students will collaborate to give each person a special dance role and then write a poem about their experience. Students will learn collaboration, communication, and literacy skills while experiencing movement, exercise, and developing pride in creating something, and sharing their work with each other.

Our students love performing arts and we do not have a full time dance or drama teacher, so this opportunity for a dance teacher to come work with them is very needed and the students are so looking forward to it!

Mrs. Stallings
Grades 9-12

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Visitor Total
Sarah Council Dance Project $800.00

Visitor cost

$800.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$842.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.59

Total project goal

$990.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $990.59

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-$0.00

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