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Ms. Iding from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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All We Need Are Some Supplies For People Who Need The Beat!

My students need more supplies for their music classes - guitar strings, instruments, and we need to integrate technology into our performance classes.

  • $2,019 goal

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Ms. Iding has another project! Donate to Move to the Silent Disco! to help her classroom.

$1,887 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

By the end of this school year, I want my students to feel like accomplished musicians. I want as many students to participate as possible, and I want them to have both experience learning, playing and recording music.

I work in a large high school in Brooklyn, NY.

We are a Title 1 school, and many students are from a lower economic status. The students in the music program are very enthusiastic and really show a love of music, but we are having difficulties because of our financial situation. There is minimal money for new purchases, and even less for repairs to what we already have. The students have expressed an interest in recording and developing our sound a bit more and I thought this would be a great place to start.

My Project

Since our school cannot afford instrument repair as much as necessary, I am requesting certain tools so that I may be able to fix the instruments myself. This includes guitars and band instruments. We are trying to expand our twelve person band into something much bigger, so the extra percussion instruments will really add more color to our sound. I want them to be able to record themselves playing, to track progress. I will also be working with a few students this year who are interested in going to school for music and who need to make recordings for colleges. We are lucky to have music classes everyday, so I am hoping to make the most of our time and really let them have fun and explore sound and music as much as possible.

This will really change students' lives because many of them cannot afford their own music lessons or instruments.

This allows me to teach them everyday and give them the most experiences possible for minimal cost. Seeing the smiles on the students' faces when they learn something new, is wonderful, and I want them to constantly be learning and challenging themselves to become better students and even better musicians.

Ms. Iding Franklin D Roosevelt High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

300 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alesis DM6 USB Kit Five-Piece Electronic Drum Set • Amazon $344.48 1 $344.48
Astro Marching MRQ-RD 4-Piece Quad Tom Set with Carrier • Amazon $240.83 1 $240.83
Percussion Plus Percussion Kit • Amazon $167.39 1 $167.39
Rhythm Band 20-Note Hand/Desk Bell Set • Amazon $126.73 1 $126.73
Office Mac Home & Student 2011 Key Card (1PC/1User) • Amazon $115.99 1 $115.99
TC Electronic Guitar Ditto Looper Effects Pedal • Amazon $96.98 1 $96.98
7 Multi Guitar Bass Folding Stand Stage 7 Holder Rack Guitar Stand • Amazon $30.79 3 $92.37
Blue Microphones Snowball USB Microphone (Electric Blue) with JVC Full-Size Studio Headphones & Microphone Pop Filter • Amazon $89.99 1 $89.99
Apple USB Superdrive • Amazon $74.99 1 $74.99
CruzTools GrooveTech Guitar Kit • Amazon $59.95 1 $59.95
J46 E-6 Pro-Arte SP Hard Single Classical Guitar String • Woodwind and Brasswind $2.59 20 $51.80
Stanley 94-248 65-Piece Homeowner's Tool Kit • Amazon $34.97 1 $34.97
Twenty Note Kidsplay Handbell Case • Amazon $26.88 1 $26.88
Cannon UP197 Drum Throne • Amazon $24.99 1 $24.99
Pick Punch - The Original Guitar Pick Punch • Amazon $21.75 1 $21.75
J46 E-1 Pro-Arte Clear Hard Single Classical Guitar String • Woodwind and Brasswind $0.99 20 $19.80
Zildjian SDWBZB1 Professional Wire Brushes Retractable • Amazon $16.99 1 $16.99
Vic Firth Corpsmaster® Multi-Tenor Hybrid -- Tom Aungst • Amazon $13.99 1 $13.99
Lot of 3 Guitar Hangers Holder Rack Wall Mount Display with Screws, GRAK-Q3 Top StageTM • Amazon $6.95 2 $13.90
Stanley STST70574 12-Inch Soft Sided Tool Bag • Amazon $9.97 1 $9.97
Planet Waves 9V Power Adapter • Amazon $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$1,653.53

Vendor shipping charges

$6.99

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,715.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$302.70

Total project goal

$2,018.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,018.02

15 Donors

-$934.01

Donations toward project cost

-$793.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$140.10

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,084.01

Match offers toward project cost

-$921.41

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$162.60

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$0.00

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