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Mr. Rettig from Pittsburgh PA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students Making School Pride Shirts

Help me give my students something different, they really want to design and create their own T-Shirts to show school pride. The Cricut and heat press will allow them to make shirts for special occasions and other incentives.

  • $609 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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 in an urban elementary school as a general art teacher, having the benefit of teaching all grades K-8. 100% of my students qualify for economic assistance, free breakfasts and lunches. Despite the challenges my students face, they are incredibly creative and eager to express themselves in the art classroom.

Highly motivated, forward thinking, and excellent problem solvers; my young artists thrive when presented with creative challenges.

They all enjoy expressing themselves, and excel at art making with traditional and contemporary tools. Despite their economic background and lack of exposure to new technology, I try my best to expose them to resources that reflect the world they are growing up in. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to see these students grow from year to year, and am constantly amazed at what they can achieve!

My Project

These products will allow me to show the students the process of T-Shirt making, printmaking, and contemporary maker space production. The Cricut will be an infinite resource for allowing students to understand commercial product design, graphic design, and will compliment my printmaking materials to expand the capabilities of my students using STEAM.

From T-shirt design to poster printing, there are countless possibilities these 21st century tools will provide to aid in allowing my student's creative dreams come true.

The longevity and innovative capabilities of these devices are sure to provide an adequate representation of the contemporary art world. This could be life-changing for my students.

Mr. Rettig
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Explore Air 2 Machine Bundle Iron On Vinyl Pack Tools Pen Design Beginner Guide • Amazon Business $299.99 1 $299.99
ePhoto New Digital 15" x 15" T-Shirt Heat Transfer Press Sublimation Heat Press Machine 1515GB • Amazon Business $179.99 1 $179.99

Materials cost

$479.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.27

Total project goal

$608.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$608.45

8 Donors

-$330.00

Donations toward project cost

-$285.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

match offer

-$273.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$232.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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$0.00

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