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Mr. Lee from Los Angeles CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We're HOOKED on Mariachi

Help me give my students hooked neck straps for their guitars and vihuelas

  • $327 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Our music department is booming - we're at a point where all of our classes are literally overflowing with a diversity of students. Students range from complete beginners with no previous experience, to students playing since a young age, to those in top honors ensembles.

Regardless of experience, what makes our music students stand out is their hunger and thirst for new experiences.

Students can choose from a variety of classes including: Keyboard, Guitar, Beginning Band, Beginning Strings, Advanced Band (Marching and Concert Band), Percussion Ensemble, Mariachi, Chorus, Chamber Choir, and AP Music Theory. Other extra-curricular groups include: Pep Band and Jazz Ensemble.

My Project

It only started with a handful of students last year, but Venice High School has its own mariachi group: Los Mariachi Gondoleros. We have the instruments, the music, and most recently, the proper storage, but now we need the right accessories to play and perform.

This is our first year offering Mariachi as a class, and we want to start of right.

We need to accommodate the curriculum for a much larger amount of students. We are so excited to offer this class that not only is fun to perform, but fosters a respect for a musical style and culture.

Your contribution goes towards hooked neckstraps so that students can hold up guitars and vihuelas properly when practicing and performing. Picks are needed for our guitars.

Mr. Lee
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Planet Waves Nylon Classical Guitar Strap, Black • Amazon Business $10.49 20 $209.80
Planet Waves Shell-Color Celluloid Guitar Picks, 10 pack, Medium, Wide Shape • Amazon Business $6.98 2 $13.96

Materials cost

$223.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$20.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$277.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.99

Total project goal

$326.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$326.58

3 Donors

-$168.67

Donations toward project cost

-$168.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$128.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$108.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.77

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$0.00

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