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Ms. Barrymore from Chicago, IL is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Our Music Library!

Help me give my students books that represent our community and storage for their new instruments!

  • $554 goal

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My Students

The students at my school are incredible, and I'm not just being biased. They face immense adversity outside of the school yet they come to school eager to learn and ready for the next challenge. Music has become an outlet for our students and they impress us by expressing their individualism and their confidence that comes from learning a new instrument.

Our students teach me something new every day through their enthusiasm, charisma and character.

I am incredibly fortunate to have these students in my life! I am looking forward to giving back to them as much as they bring to my life daily.

My Project

We have a new library space in our music room and now we just need more books to add to our rotation. It is important to make sure the books in my classroom represent the community I am teaching. Please help me bring books into my room to help inspire the students I teach. We also need storage for our new deskbells that are on their way!

“When kids grow up not seeing themselves in books they grow up feeling like they don't matter.”—Eric Smith, author and associate literary agent at PS Literary

Ms. Barrymore Polaris Charter Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Chicago, IL View local requests

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

200 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Case for 20-Note Deskbells • Woodwind and Brasswind $30.44 8 $243.52
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone • Amazon Business $17.76 1 $17.76
88 Instruments • Amazon Business $16.31 1 $16.31
Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Violet's Music • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Carnival of the Animals • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Rhythm Rescue • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Remarkable Farkle McBride • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Drum City • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
This Jazz Man • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Candlewick Biographies: Ella Fitzgerald • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$433.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$470.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.02

Total project goal

$553.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $553.44

1 Donor

-$365.82

Donations toward project cost

-$335.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.85

match offer

-$158.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$134.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.44

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 $0.00

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