You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Bowling from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Bowling is requesting

Strike Up The Band!

My students need a classroom set of percussion instruments and three music stands to create and perform a student-led percussion composition.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bowling's classroom raised $376

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Crash! Bang! Ding! Boom! There are so many percussion sounds to hear and infinite ways to combine them into rhythm patterns and full-length compositions. In this music classroom, my students are so ready to create and yet we have so few actual instruments for them to use.

My students are almost 100% African, African-American, or Hispanic.

Many of their parents are recent immigrants. It is important for my students to connect with their own cultures through the performance of music. However, my school is in a very underserved community. Many parents struggle just to feed and clothe their children. Despite their socio-economic disadvantages, though, my students are motivated to learn and they are eager to play any instrument they are given. As with many schools around the country, funding is difficult for us. Our school is a relatively new charter school, so we do not have a lot of room in the budget to provide enough instruments for a full class of students. Because of this, my students have become extremely conscientious about taking turns, but it would mean so much for them each to have something in their hand to create and compose simultaneously.

My Project

With a full class set of percussion instruments, we will have enough instruments for each child to play at the same time in our own "rhythm band." We will begin by classifying the instruments by the type of sound it makes. We will then separate into these small groups to create rhythms specific to each group. Students will write their rhythms down together. The class will begin to make a full-length composition by deciding which groups should play together, how long the entire piece should be, and appropriate dynamics. Each group will create a "score" for the conductor to follow. The students will then choose one leader to be their conductor. The conductor will choose his/her favorite "score" and use the music stand and the baton to conduct the arrangement. The two extra stands will be for resting the smallest percussion instruments at our assembly performance.

This project will achieve several musical objectives: reinforcing beat competency, familiarity with meter, reading and notating music, and identification of dynamics.

It will also facilitate group work skills. As the one music teacher for the entire school, I can do this lesson with all of my classes. Your donation will provide musical enrichment for 250 eager young musicians.

Mrs. Bowling Bedford Stuy New Beginnings Charter School 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.

Brooklyn, NY 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

250 students impacted 14donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Bowling is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Deluxe Rhythm Band Sets • Woodwind & Brasswind $159.99 1 $159.99
M48 Symphony Music Stand • Woodwind & Brasswind $39.99 3 $119.97

Materials cost

$279.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$319.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.32

Total project goal

$375.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $375.48

8 Donors

-$187.74

Donations toward project cost

-$159.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.16

match offer

-$187.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$159.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.16

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Bowling and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/strike-up-the-band/643322/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":250,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Bowling","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1017848241","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Brooklyn","teachersOnPage":[685941],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":643322,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":101167,"schoolName":"Bedford Stuy New Beginnings Charter School","authorIds":{"685941":{"owner":"Mrs. Bowling","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[643322],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp685941_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471979035901","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":197324,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTA0NDUwNw==","MTEwMDg1Ng==","ODA4Mw==","MTAzODExNQ==","MTA3OTQyMQ==","MTEwMjAwNw==","MTEwMTk0Mg==","NjY5MTk5","MTA5ODkyMw=="],"teacherId":685941,"schoolCounty":"Kings (Brooklyn)","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}