Mrs. Barstow's Classroom Edit display name

Past projects 16

• Help Us Stock Up on Card Stock

  Funded Sep 28, 2022

  Thank you for your generous donation to my classroom! We will be using our supplies with our new cricut cutting machine to make shapes and letters for art projects and displays. This will enable us to do some really cool arts integration work. We are really stoked to get started and can’t wait to show you what we are able to make usiing this tool! Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

• Help My Students Make the Cut

  Funded Sep 20, 2022

  I am so grateful for your generous donation to our project! We will be able to make precise cuts on paper and fabric and cut out letters and shapes. What an incredible gift!!! THANKS LARGE I can’t wait to show you examples of what the students have created with this! Thanks again for you amazing generosity!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 6 other donors.

• Sketch Pads to Draw at Home

  Funded Dec 31, 2020

  This has been an unbelievably hard year for everyone. We all know that art heals. It will be such a blessing for these children to be able to step away from their screens and express themselves creatively! Thank you so much for funding our project and getting sketchpads into the hands of our young students.

  We are so appreciative of your generosity. My students will be so excited to receive your gift! Thank you so much for supporting the arts!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund and 5 other donors.

• Paper to Draw Little Masterpieces

  Funded Nov 24, 2020

  I am so excited for my students who will be getting real drawing paper, some constuction paper, a glue stick and a white pencil! I am most excited that you were so generous to support the creative and emotional needs of my students by funding my proposal. You prove to me that there are wonderful giving caring people in this world. Have a blessed holiday!!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund and 6 other donors.

• Painting a Brighter World Right From Home

  Funded Aug 11, 2020

  Thank you so much for your generous donation to the students at Washington School. Each student will now have their own paint box, enabling them to paint at home while we are quarantined. When we return to our physical classroom, they will still be able to paint, while remaining social distanced. Thank you so much for your kindness and commitment to the arts. Our children will be able to express their feelings in colorful ways! Thank you so much! You restore my faith in the world!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by A Generous Donor and 10 other donors.

• Emergency Art Kits to Keep Our Creativity Flowing

  Funded May 6, 2020

  Thank you for believing in the healing power of art! I am honored beyond belief that you would reach into your pockets at this critical period of time and fund my project so that a classroom of children could do art at home! These students will be beyond thrilled to know that there is good in the world and the hope of light at the end of the dark dark tunnel! Muchos Gracious!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 12 other donors.

• Sewn Circuits...Marrying Art and Science

  Funded Sep 6, 2017

  I am so incredibly excited that this project was funded!! My students will learn how electric circuits work while creating an amazing art project. This will be arts integration at its finest!! I just can't wait to get started and I can't wait to show you the results of our efforts!

  Thank you so much for your generosity to the students of Trenton. You are amazing!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Donor and 11 other donors.

• Arts Integration to Enhance Learning

  Funded Dec 6, 2016

  Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for your generous donation to our school art program. Your donation alone has now tripled our budget for the entire school year!!! We are truly grateful for your kind and caring donation!!

  My students worked hard on their Martin Luther King Jr drawings thanks to your donation of colored pencils. We are currently preparing flag books in the fourth grade that will be integrated into their reading unit on Greek Mythology. When they complete the flag books the students will use the Mexican clay that you donated to create Greek Urns. The kids are SOOOO excited to use the cool materials, and their classroom teacher is excited that the kids are researching mythology to get ideas for their projects!!

  I am truly inspired by your generosity and the fact that you dedicate your donation to your family is inspirational. When my own father passed I requested donations be forwarded to the University of the Arts Saturday lab school program for art supplies. That was before Donors Choose, which is the most amazing program!! Thank you so much for participating!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

• Making Magic With Model Magic

  Funded Dec 3, 2016

  Thank you so much for your generosity in supporting my art program at Washington School. With an annual budget of $200, I don't even have enough money to purchase basic supplies, let alone fun and stimulating materials like Model Magic Clay!

  My students were over the moon when they first saw the clay..it really is their favorite material to work with. Thanks to your generosity, they are able to work in 3 dimensions this year!!! The students made Black History Month hand puppets, 3D fish for their ocean habitats, and there are more surprises to come.

  Not only do they get the opportunity to work in 3D, they also learn about color theory. My first graders all know how to mix primary colors into secondary colors and complementary colors...before they even touch paint! Great stuff!!

  Thank you Thank you Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

• Rock, Paper, Scissors...Art

  Funded Dec 15, 2014

  I can't say thank you enough for your generous donations to our art program at Washington Elementary School! It is by the grace, foresight and compassion of people and organizations like yours that we were able to have enough paper, glue sticks and construction paper to complete our art curriculum for the rest of the school year and into the beginning of this year.

  It is really unfortunate how New Jersey budget cuts effect our arts programs. Even with your generous donations, I still spent hundreds of my own dollars to supplement the $100 that my school budgeted for art supplies for an entire elementary school for an entire school year.

  Our students were very proud to display their work at the Trenton War Memorial and Ellerslie Bi-Annual art shows, and we had a winning entry in the Mercer County Conservation District poster contest. Who knows what our students might achieve next with your help and care!!

  I don't know how we would have been able to operate without your donation and my students are eternally grateful. Thank you donors and thank you DonorsChoose!!!

  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Barstow

  This classroom project was brought to life by Kia and 5 other donors.