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Mr. Cotton from Cleveland, OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tuning In To New Skills...

My students need drum keys to be able to maintain our new percussion equipment.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cotton's classroom raised $170

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are starting a brand new school in Cleveland that is centered around the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Our students come from all over Cleveland and represent a dynamic mix of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The students, however, have one characteristic that truly stands out: their love and eagerness for learning.

We are wanting to create a dynamic music program that can reach out to our great mix of cultures so that everyone is involved.

In being a new school, it is up to me and my students to create that program and it starts with a solid foundation in band, orchestra, percussion, and modern band classes.

My Project

Drum keys allow the holder to maintain percussion equipment and keep it sounding the way the instruments were designed to. The drum heads are held in tension by tension rods (screws) around the head. After weeks, the heads become loose and need to be put into proper tension again. I teach my students how to do this, tune a drum, correctly through tightening the tension rods across from each other (not clockwise). Only having one key makes this process laborious and time-consuming.

We need a set of drum keys to allow many students to tune the drums at one time, making a once, hour-long job much, much quicker.

Less time maintaining our equipment means more time teaching and learning in the classroom.

Mr. Cotton Campus International School's Upper Campus Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

125 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ChromaCast CC-DRK Ratchet Drum Key • Amazon Business $4.48 25 $112.00

Materials cost

$112.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.36

Total project goal

$169.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $169.04

1 Donor

-$143.68

Donations toward project cost

-$143.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.36

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 $0.00

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