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They are such a light, and their work brightens the hallways and the school atmosphere across our campus, and both myself and they deeply appreciate that you enabled their art journey to be even more exciting.\r\nYou contributed items for several projects centered around our Outdoor Art curriculum.\r\nThe first of these projects completed was their Florida nature study which were done as part of a unit where they learned and produced work similar to the Florida Highwaymen - a group of African American plein air artists who sold massive amounts of paintings out of their cars from the 1950's -1980's. In that likeness the students produced a mixed media oil pastel composition. When used alone oil pastel can be limiting regarding fine lines, so a lot of the fine detail work needed to be done by a special type of colored pencil, an oily colored pencil - which you provided to them a beautiful large set of. 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About this school
McIntosh Middle School is
a suburban public school
in Sarasota, Florida that is part of Sarasota County School District.
It serves 693 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
Its teachers have had 21 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
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Grades 6 - 8
693 Students
55 Teachers
701 McIntosh RdContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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47%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Last updated May 21, 2026
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McIntosh Middle School
$13,006
raised using DonorsChoose
21
projects
funded
16
teachers
funded
56
donors
5
projects
for
basic supplies
2
projects for
technology
5
projects for
books
1
project
for
art supplies
McIntosh Middle School has received support from
42 individuals from Florida and
14 individuals out-of-state.
