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Mr. Ray from Tulsa OK is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Tulsa Public: African Drum Circle

Help me give my students African drums/ percussion for drum circle ensemble performances.

  • $1,352 goal

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My Students

"We all are blind until we see that in the human plan

Nothing is worth the making if

It does not make the man.

Why build these cities glorious if man unbuilded goes?

In vain we build the world, unless the builder also grows."

-Edwin Markham

Established in 1906, this school is the oldest high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This school is part of the Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma's largest school district, and serves students in grades 6 through 12. Since 1997, it has served as a fine and performing arts magnet school.

We currently serve an extremely diverse student population of around 500 individuals. Over 88 percent of these students would be considered economically disadvantaged. This is a school where expression is not just important; it is LIFE-SAVING. Help continue the arts to enable the expression of kids who otherwise have NO power or control in their lives.

My Project

My high school students walk in my room tired, bored, and often angry/upset. At the same time, many of them have headphones in as they enter, listening to rap, trap, hip-hop, R&B...they absorb these dense rhythmic music and therefore has a vast inner library of aural rhythmic comprehension. Acknowledging that I decided to engage that strength of theirs by purchasing African drums for an improvisatory drum circle. So far it’s gone SO well.

As my students begin to touch and hit the drum, I watch them relieving stress and difficult emotions.

They engage deeply with these drums, voicing their life frustrations, expressing their condition. It is extremely captivating and therapeutic for them. Since I started this, my class attendance has been higher than ever. Which of course means I’ll need more then 6 drums now. These are good problems but for now, unfortunate.

Mr. Ray
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kente Cloth Dundun with Sticks • Woodwind and Brasswind $274.99 2 $549.98
CP by LP 9" and 10" Conga Set With Double Conga Stand & Free Bongos • Woodwind and Brasswind $299.99 1 $299.99
Rhythm Set 15-Piece • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.99 1 $169.99

Materials cost

$1,019.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $83.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,148.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$202.66

Total project goal

$1,351.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,351.05

1 Donor

-$574.20

Donations toward project cost

-$574.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$675.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$574.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$101.33

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 $0.00

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