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Ms. Shapiro from Bronx, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art Supplies to Make Art Portfolios for High School Applications

Help me give my students art supplies to create portfolios for specialized art focused high school applications.

  • $862 goal

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Ms. Shapiro has another project! Donate to Clipboards for Circle Time! to help her classroom.

$157 - complete this project and be a hero

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Each day, my students face challenges before they enter the school building, ranging from extreme poverty, single-parent households, where the parent works multiple jobs, students with incarcerated parents, and many students who live in shelters. 

Despite these challenges, my students come to school each day, and I do my best to provide an emotionally supportive environment to foster academic success.

Several of my students are interested in pursuing art as a career. One of the first steps my middle schools can take is applying to an art-focused high school.

My Project

I am a middle school social worker in the South Bronx seeking funding for art supplies so that my students interested in applying to art-focused high schools are prepared with a portfolio of their work.

I have many students who are talented in art and would like to pursue it as a career.

The next step that I prepare them for is securing a seat in an art-focused high school. There are several high schools that are specialized in the arts and require a portfolio of the student's best work as part of the application process.

Last year, one of my students returned from an audition at a high school very upset. She said, "All of the other students had professional bags and lots of work." I don't want for any of my students to feel that their work is less than other students who are more affluent simply because they did not have the same resources.

Having professional portfolios and a variety of art materials will even the playing field for my students whose families can't afford to purchase art supplies for them.

Ms. Shapiro Intermediate School 584 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
20349-1048 - Jolly Superstick X-Big Colored Pencils - Assorted Colors, Set of 48 • Blick Art Materials $28.53 6 $171.18
13650-1017 - Blick Studio Sketch Pad - 14" x 17", 100 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $8.55 12 $102.60
20043-2409 - Caran d''Ache Neopastel Set - Assorted Colors, Set of 24 • Blick Art Materials $48.17 2 $96.34
00604-1029 - Winsor & Newton Galeria Flow Acrylics - Set of 10 Colors, 20 ml tubes • Blick Art Materials $19.99 4 $79.96
08911-1008 - Bienfang Canvasette Paper Canvas - 16" x 20", White, 10 sheets • Blick Art Materials $19.88 4 $79.52
15103-5023 - Star Products Dura-Tote Portfolio - 31" x 23", Blue • Blick Art Materials $10.11 4 $40.44
05144-1149 - Crayola White Taklon Brush Set - Set of 4, Round • Blick Art Materials $3.77 8 $30.16
20421-1019 - General''s Kimberly Drawing Pencil - Drawing Kit, Set of 4 Pencils • Blick Art Materials $2.82 10 $28.20
21712-1400 - Sennelier Delacroix Spray Fixative for Pencils and Charcoals - 400 ml (13 oz) • Blick Art Materials $12.84 2 $25.68
10209-1005 - Blick Sulphite Drawing Papers - 24" x 36", White, 100 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $21.80 1 $21.80
20072-0000 - Coates Premium Artist''s Willow Charcoal - Thin, Box of 25 • Blick Art Materials $7.88 2 $15.76

Materials cost

$691.64

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$732.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$129.18

Total project goal

$861.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$861.19

3 Donors

-$751.00

Donations toward project cost

-$638.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.65

match offer

-$110.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.53

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$0.00

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