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Mrs. Bame from Charlotte, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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X is for Xylophone

My students need a new xylophone to supplement our Orff Instrument collection.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bame's classroom raised $277

This project is fully funded

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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

Help us get our hands on musical instruments! My students love to play musical instruments, but we don't have enough of them for everyone.

My students are a culturally diverse group in an urban public school with a high percentage of economically challenged families.

Our school has students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and I teach most of them! I am the music teacher and therefore I teach every student from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. I also teach band and chorus for those seventh and eighth graders who choose that elective.

My Project

One of the most exciting methods that I am able to use for teaching music is the Orff method of using instruments for hands-on music experience. My students love to play the barred percussion instruments. The playing experience allows them to learn music reading, pitch, rhythm, and harmony in a fun and exciting way. Unfortunately, I only have ten instruments and my classes typically have approximately twenty to thirty students. My students work with partners or in groups of three to take turns playing the instruments. During the past summer, my classroom was renovated, and in the process, some of the bars were lost from a few of my classroom's instruments. Now we need a new xylophone more than ever!

Your donation of a new xylophone for my classroom will allow more of my students an opportunity to play with less time spent waiting for their turn.

These positive experiences in music class may just be the life-changing experience that inspires my students to stay in school and break the cycle of poverty in their homes.

Mrs. Bame Berryhill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Xylophone • Woodwind & Brasswind $183.00 1 $183.00

Materials cost

$183.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$235.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.47

Total project goal

$276.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $276.48

1 Donor

-$95.00

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

match offer

-$181.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$154.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.22

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 $0.00

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