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Ms. Clark from Compton, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Visual Arts Exploration

My students need pastel colors, watercolors, canvas panels, oil paints, paper, glue, glitter, collage materials, and markers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Clark's classroom raised $802

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The world of art can be an AMAZING experience! My students have not had the opportunity to discover the world of art on a more artistic level. My students aspire to be artists of today and of the future.

My students are comprised of Latino and African-American students.

They come from a low socioeconomic area where they are not given many opportunities to explore the many museums and art exhibits that are in the Los Angeles area. They attend a school that caters to other core subject areas before Visual Arts, not providing the needed supplies in order for teachers to effectively teach art standards for 4th grade.

My Project

Students would be able to use the oil pastels, charcoal, and canvas sheets to creative fabulous art pieces that they would have never imagined creating before with just the paint and construction paint that they are given to use for art every year. Collages can be created with the collage materials that will enable students to increase their abilities to use their creative beyond measure. Students like hands-on activities that allow them to make their own choices about what they are creating. Watercolors will allow students to be able to use another medium of paint to create more artwork.

The impact that the Visual Arts component can bring to today's classroom would be astronomical.

The children in my teaching area would have a chance to touch upon their artistic side and show the world something that is new, refreshing, and beautiful.

Ms. Clark McKinley 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.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Compton, CA View local requests

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

60 students impacted 30donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BLICK PASTEL/SET12 • Blick Art Materials $2.59 12 $31.08
ALPHACOLOR PASTELS/CHARCOAL SOFT 3PK • Blick Art Materials $1.38 10 $13.80
BLICK CANVAS PANEL/6X6 5OZ COTTON • Blick Art Materials $0.46 100 $46.00
YARKA STUDENT WC/SET10 • Blick Art Materials $4.08 25 $102.00
ETUDE OIL PAINT/AZURE BLUE 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/BRT RED 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/CAD RED/OR HUE 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/CAD YLW DP HUE 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/CBLT VLT LT HU 200M • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/LEMON YLW 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
ETUDE OIL PAINT/PHTHLO GRN BRT 200ML • Blick Art Materials $12.54 1 $12.54
TT274 - Classroom Collage Box • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
FD972 - Classroom Paintbrushes - Set of 24 • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
AA711 - Lakeshore Jumbo Glitter Painters • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
LA883 - Best-Buy Broad-Tip Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
DS165 - Write & Wipe Crayon Pack • Lakeshore Learning $2.95 20 $59.00
GG173 - Crinkle-Cut Craft Scissors Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
RS261 - Help-Yourself Glue Tubes • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 2 $25.90
PAPER WATERCOLOR EUROPA 140LB 22X30 PK 10 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $31.63 1 $31.63
PAPER 250SH 65# WE • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $15.95 1 $15.95

Materials cost

$579.89

Vendor shipping charges

$4.76

Sales tax

$53.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$681.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.25

Total project goal

$801.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$801.66

24 Donors

-$776.07

Donations toward project cost

-$681.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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