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Ms. Kowalczyk from Saint Louis MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Dreaming of a Xylophone

My students need a soprano xylophone.

  • $424 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

Making music is what we do best in my music classroom. My students come to music with open hearts and minds. Do you remember the joy music brought to you as a child? I want my students to experience that same joy!

Most of my students live in poverty.

Despite the challenges outside of school, they come to us eager to learn. My students come to music wanting to experience music to its fullest. And I can help them achieve that musical experience by adding a soprano xylophone to our instruments.

My Project

We have been blessed with receiving some xylophones from DonorsChoose over the years. Having another soprano xylophone would help make our xylophone experience complete! My students could accompany themselves with ostinati (musical patterns), learn to improvise, and practice steady beat, all with the purchase of just one soprano xylophone! Imagine the possibilities!

Having a soprano xylophone will give my students the chance they need to succeed in their young musical lives.

Just think of the good memories and experiences they will create with the right instruments at hand! The places they'll go!

Ms. Kowalczyk
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Global Beat Soprano Xylophone with Fiberglass Bars • Woodwind and Brasswind $325.00 1 $325.00

Materials cost

$325.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.51

Total project goal

$423.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $423.39

10 Donors

-$359.31

Donations toward project cost

-$314.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.90

match offer

-$53.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$45.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.58

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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