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Ms. Kwasny from Park Ridge, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Uke Can Make a Difference to These Musicians!

Help me give my students the tools to grow their ukulele skills, including additional tuners, replacement batteries for tuners, and felt ukulele picks.

  • $485 goal

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My Students

My students attend a large elementary school, with a student population of roughly 615 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. They love performing music, composing music, and moving to music.

My students are active musicians who play instruments, sing, and dance in music class.

They light up as they gain musical skills and knowledge. My students exude energy and excitement when they apply those skills and that knowledge to compose rhythm compositions and songs. The more hands-on experiences students have, the better equipped they are to express themselves through their musical compositions and performances and to become lifelong musicians.

My Project

5th Grade students are incredibly excited about playing ukulele and their excitement is translating into hard work and very impressive progress. Many of them have already learned 9 chords and are able to play a variety of songs using those chords.

They are ready for and asking for some additional challenges to help them grow their musical skills.

We are in need of picks so students so students can learn to play with them and be able to play for longer periods of time without tiring their fingers. We are also in need of containers to store the picks in. We are lucky enough to have some clip-on tuners, but could use more tuners so tuning can take place more quickly and students can spend more time practicing. We also need replacement batteries for a number of the tuners we already have. As we increase the number of tuner we have, we will also need storage for these as well.

My students will be using tuners and picks in class daily as they start tackling songs of their choosing and learning even more chords and strum patterns. The luggage tags will help us label all of the ukulele cases so we can stay better organized - this ultimately helps us spend more class time playing and learning instead of taking out and putting away materials.

Ms. Kwasny
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snark SN6X Clip-On Tuner for Ukulele (Current Model) • Amazon Business $15.68 10 $156.80
Really Useful Storage Box 0.55 Litre Clear (Pack of 10) • Amazon Business $50.25 1 $50.25
Sterilite 17511712 6 Quart/5.7 Liter ClearView Latch Box, Clear with Sweet Plum Latches, 12-Pack • Amazon Business $45.93 1 $45.93
BoloPick Felt Picks for Ukulele 6 Pack (Be Bright and Pastel) • Amazon Business $6.75 4 $27.00
BoloPick Felt Picks for Ukulele 6 Pack (An Original Recipe) • Amazon Business $6.75 4 $27.00
BoloPick Felt Picks for Ukulele 6 Pack (Cute Pink Lemonade) • Amazon Business $6.75 4 $27.00
7 Pack TravelMore Luggage Tags for Suitcases, Flexible Silicone Travel ID Identification Labels Set for Bags & Baggage - Multi Color Pack • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
LiCB CR2032 3V Lithium Battery(10-Pack) • Amazon Business $5.98 3 $17.94

Materials cost

$375.89

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$411.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.62

Total project goal

$484.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$484.15

7 Donors

-$466.68

Donations toward project cost

-$411.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.47

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$0.00

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