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Mr. Hoagland from Milwaukee, WI is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shed Some Light

Help me give my students a quality light to ensure the stage is properly lit when we are able to go back into production.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Hoagland's classroom raised $669

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are part of a stage crew I have been working on developing over the last few years. They are interested in stage design and lighting but have had limited opportunities to develop these interests due to COVID. I would like to have some materials in hand for when we return to school.

I have acquired various lights, hands tools and materials in the last few years and when I bring these materials in for the students to handle and create with, they absolutely light up.

Students that would otherwise skip classes or tune out are asking questions, engaging in conversations with their peers and begging to spend more time on the stage.

My students are grateful for opportunities to learn through hands on and real-world experiences that stage crew offers them.

My Project

This light will benefit all students in the school as well as community members. Students in the stage crew will earn to operate the equipment and properly light a stage for production. Students on the stage performing will look spectacular in this professional lighting. The audience will be wowed by the production's spectacular glow.

The students involved with the stage crew are genuinely interested in the hands on experience and rarely have opportunities to be involved in long-term projects.

This lighting equipment will allow them to be a part of something they can be proud of.

Mr. Hoagland MacDowell Montessori School Grades 6-8

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.

Milwaukee, WI View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Follow Spot 100 LED Spotlight • Woodwind and Brasswind $529.99 1 $529.99

Materials cost

$529.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$567.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.22

Total project goal

$668.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$668.16

3 Donors

-$587.86

Donations toward project cost

-$499.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.17

match offer

-$80.30

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.04

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$0.00

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