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Mrs. Kelley from Alexandria VA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Xylophone Extravaganza!

Help me give my students a xylophone to be used to accompany singing, play basic melodies, and as a tool for composing music!

  • 3 donors
  • $398 still needed

expires Aug 03

  • 3 donors
  • $398 still needed
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My Project

Our school is in the historic city of Alexandria, VA. We are a pre-K through fifth-grade, Title I elementary school, and we also host several citywide special education programs. Our school community is filled with dedicated educators, wonderful administrators, and some of the best students in the world. As much as my students enjoy singing, moving, and composing, what they love best is playing instruments! In our music classroom, xylophones are used for a variety of things, including accompanying singing, playing basic melodies, and learning the basics of improvisation and composing. To maximize our limited class time, things work best when every child can play at the same time.

This alto xylophone will bring us closer to having an instrument available to each student.

Students in kindergarten and first grade will use it to practice playing the steady beat and explore melodic direction. As students get older, they will play accompaniments for songs and games, and for multi-instrument ensemble pieces. Students will also compose melodies for spoken phrases of poetry, rhymes, and creations of their own!

Mrs. Kelley
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Studio 49 Studio 49 Series 1000 Diatonic Xylophone, Fiberglass Alto • Woodwind and Brasswind $585.00 1 $585.00

Materials cost

$585.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$623.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.08

Total project goal

$733.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $733.86

3 Donors

-$336.00

Donations toward project cost

-$285.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.40

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 $397.86

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