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Mr. Amos from Parma, OH is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students with Autism and ADHD Skate Through Art!

Help me give my students skateboard decks and paint to create their own radical art piece!

  • $556 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I am an art teacher at a Northern Ohio charter school for students who have a variety of learning disabilities. Including, but not limited to, ADHD, Autism, PTSD, trauma, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, etc. Our school is a special education program founded on the principle that any child can learn given the proper learning environment and tools. I teach 200 students at all grade levels (K-12). I absolutely love my job and my students!

Unfortunately, this year my school is telling me that there is no budget for the art classroom (or any other classroom).

That being said our only new supplies this school year have been purchased out of pocket. Your donation to my classroom is an investment in the future of creative minds.

My Project

I am looking to fund an art project for my special needs students where they get to paint their own skateboard decks! Most of my high schoolers are heavily interested in skateboarding and when I brought up the idea of this project in August they have been asking me about it ever since.

Our school has told us that there is no longer a budget at all for the art classroom.

This includes finances for all supplies so any new supplies have been purchased out of pocket. This specific project is unfortunately a bit too costly for me. That being said, I've told my students that I would do everything I can to make this project happen!

With your donation you would be supporting/supplying paint and decks for an extremely memorable, therapeutic, and fun project that these awesome kids will never forget and get to keep forever!

Mr. Amos
Grades 9-12
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 65 students.

    13 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cal 7 Blank Maple Skateboard Decks (Bundle of 10) (7.75 Inch, Blue) • Amazon Business $129.95 2 $259.90
Cal 7 Blank Maple Skateboard Decks (Bundle of 10) (8 Inch, Red) • Amazon Business $129.95 1 $129.95
Sargent Art 24-2498, 12Count Artist Quality Acrylic Paint Set, 12 • Amazon Business $45.79 1 $45.79

Materials cost

$435.64

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.32

Total project goal

$555.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$555.49

7 Donors

-$460.79

Donations toward project cost

-$399.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.87

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.70

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$0.00

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