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Mrs. Sienkiewicz from Richmond, VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Violins for Students in Need!

My students need instruments. The school currently has one violin in it's inventory (see picture) and it does not function, nor is it the proper size for an elementary student.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sienkiewicz's classroom raised $2,185

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My Students

As a teacher in a high poverty school district, my students are faced with challenges I cannot even being to comprehend. Every student in the school is provided with free breakfast and lunch, some even sent home with food for the weekend. Aside from worrying about eating, these students often do not have a family unit at home that is able to instill students with a sense of safety and community. Despite the potential hardships that many students are facing day to day they are still coming to school with smiling faces. They are engaged in their classrooms and excited for the possibility that each day brings.

My Project

Over 50 students have signed up to take violin this year and only a handful have the means to rent/purchase their own instrument in the school. It is such an amazing privilege for the students to have the opportunity to learn the violin in elementary school, however there are currently no school instruments available for them to use. The majority of students in the school come from very low income settings and single family households. It is not within the parents means to be able to provide an instrument for them. Currently, the school has one instrument (see picture) that is not in working condition for the students to use. Everyone should have the opportunity to play the violin, despite their socioeconomic status. Music can save lives. It can help these students realize that they can be good at something, hard work pays off and even help improve their literacy and focus in other classes.

Mrs. Sienkiewicz Westover Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Nearly all 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
Perfection I Violin Outfit • Woodwind and Brasswind $299.99 3 $899.97
Perfection I Violin Outfit • Woodwind and Brasswind $299.99 3 $899.97

Materials cost

$1,799.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,856.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$327.70

Total project goal

$2,184.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,184.64

9 Donors

-$2,094.64

Donations toward project cost

-$1,780.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$314.20

match offer

-$90.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$76.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

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 $0.00

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