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Mrs. Calipetro from Kansas City MO is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

(Xylo)Phones are calling out K-5 students' talents!!

Help me give my students xylophones, so they can expand their music reading and playing skills.

  • $716 goal

This project expired on August 28, 2022.

This project expired on August 28, 2022.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My goal as a Music teacher in an urban district, is to expose my K-5 students to as many musical experiences as I can. We learn many genres, and I focus on the styles to which they would not typically listen, and tie the history into genres with which they are familiar. I expose my scholars to music theory, instruments, music history and composers, singing and vocabulary words. I bring in geography, math, science and reading skills wherever I can, in an attempt to tie into their general education requirements and help reinforce them.

One area in which my resources are lacking, is having melodic instruments to play.

I have percussion toys, but only a couple of melodic instruments, which are so important to mastering reading music. I would like to build my inventory so more students can participate each day. Thank you for helping to build strong future musicians!

Mrs. Calipetro
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Xylophone Regular Diatonic • Woodwind and Brasswind $289.99 1 $289.99
Xylophone Regular Diatonic • Woodwind and Brasswind $219.99 1 $219.99
C Major Scale Glockenspiel • Woodwind and Brasswind $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$569.97

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$608.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.39

Total project goal

$715.91

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