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Ms. Blessing from New York, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Using Your Voice through Visual Arts

Help me give my students the gift of new art materials so they have a variety of mediums as they learn to use art as a voice for expressing themselves through these crazy times.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Blessing's classroom raised $787

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach a loving, energetic group of at-risk HS students at an urban Title I school in the heart of Manhattan. Many are English Language Learners, have special needs, or are safety transfer students who struggle because they have not had equal opportunities to gain the fundamental skills they need to be successful in school.

Many of my students next year will be upperclassmen who are having a visual arts course for the first time in their high school career.

While my students tend to struggle and be far behind grade level in mathematics, they tend to love and thrive off of the arts in all aspects. This means that their engagement skyrockets when the arts are involved in our mathematics classes.

This year also yields a specifically challenging year, coming off of remote learning due to COVID-19. Many of my students fell ill, had parents fall ill, and lost family members due to the virus, and many had very difficult living situations that they have been coping with being quarantined in for the past few months. Despite these challenges though, my students have remained resilient and eager to come to school.

My Project

"Why are we learning this?! Can't we learn something we actually need to know in life?!" As teachers, we are faced regularly with trying to balance the push for state tests and the drive to give students a meaningful education that they can connect with and call upon in the future. Luckily, my students are fortunate enough to be able to explore connections to the real world, social justice and their everyday lives through multiple disciplines and mediums in our visual arts course.

This year, we will spend a lot of time exploring our usual drawing units, while also adding some printmaking, carving stamps, and sewing as new mediums for expressing ourselves in our art class.

I am requesting print blocks and ink, colored pencils, thread, paper and more.

These supplies are a collection of basics needed for all of the multidiscipline units that we will cover in the art class. Students will learn to use these new techniques to explore their own identities and how they fit into various communities and society as a whole. By the end, they will also leave class with amazing pieces of work, including their own stamps, their own fabric designs, and their own pillows!

Ms. Blessing High School for Law Advocacy and Community Justice Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sakura Pigma Micron Black Ink Multi-tip Set, 72 Pen Count • Amazon Business $129.01 1 $129.01
40401-1001 - Soft-Kut Printing Block - 4" x 6" • Blick Art Materials $1.53 40 $61.20
22220-2061 - Blick Drawing Pencil - 6B (softest) • Blick Art Materials $0.97 60 $58.20
Canson 100510929 XL Series Mix Paper Pad, Heavyweight, Fine Texture, Heavy Sizing for Wet and Dry Media, Side Wire Bound, 98 Pound, 11 x 14 in, 60 Sheets, 11"X14", 0 • Amazon Business $13.43 3 $40.29
10in Squares Kona Solids White Colorway 42Pcs • Amazon Business $36.30 1 $36.30
Dyvicl Fineliner Fine Point Pens, 100 Colors 0.4mm Fineliner Color Pen Set Fine Point Markers Fine Tip Drawing Pens for Bullet Journaling Writing Note Taking Calendar Agenda Adult Coloring • Amazon Business $35.98 1 $35.98
Connecting Threads Blender Collection Precut Quilting Cotton Fabric Bundle 10" Squares (Chambray Tonal) • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
40203-1202 - Speedball Linoleum Cutter - Pkg of 2, No. 1 Small V • Blick Art Materials $2.48 12 $29.76
36 Sets Watercolor Paint Pack Paintpack with Wood Brush Value Pack, 8 Color Each Box, for Kids, Students, Classroom safty • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
PANDAFLY Detail Paint Brush Set - 18 Small Enamel Miniature Brushes for Fine Detailing & Art Painting - Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Oil - Model, Face, Airplane Kits, Warhammer 40k, Rock Painting • Amazon Business $13.80 2 $27.60
10304-1013 - Bienfang Giant Drawing Paper Pad - 9" x 12", 50 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $4.13 5 $20.65
100Sheets Newbested White Watercolor Paper Cold Press Cut Bulk Pack for Beginning Artists or Students. (10 x 7 Inch) (10 x 7 INCH) • Amazon Business $17.72 1 $17.72
Connecting Threads Color Wheel Premium Precut Quilting Fabric Bundle 10" Squares (Bright Rainbow) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Colored Pencils 48 Count Set-Soft Core Pre-Sharpened Drawing Pencils for Adults and Children… • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Dritz 156 Hand Needle Compact for Quilting, Assorted Sizes (30-Count) • Amazon Business $4.34 3 $13.02
Canson XL Series Drawing, 5.5" x 8.5" • Amazon Business $6.24 2 $12.48
40305-2007 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Black, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 2 $11.40
Sargent Art Premium Coloring Pencils, Pack of 50 Assorted Colors, 22-7251 • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80
40305-5117 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Turquoise, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70
40305-4057 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Gold, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70
40305-2007 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Black, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70
40305-3007 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Red, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70
40305-5007 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Blue, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70
40305-6507 - Blick Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink - Violet, 5 oz Tube • Blick Art Materials $5.70 1 $5.70

Materials cost

$629.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$668.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.99

Total project goal

$786.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $786.60

10 Donors

-$387.00

Donations toward project cost

-$340.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.95

match offer

-$386.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$328.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.06

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