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Mr. Utsler from Springdale, AR is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Self Sustaining Ceramic Program

My students need these clay supplies to continue the development of our ceramic program. Student skills are rapidly improving in both hand built and wheel thrown pottery. Our plan is to create professional quality pottery.

  • $278 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Our school offers students a new approach to education with an emphasis on student-led STEM education. The school recently completed construction on a new campus and because of its focus we offer a rich technology and environment. We encourage students to explore and create innovative approaches to analyzing and solving present and future world problems through hands-on investigations and experiences.

Our school also embraces traditional exploration in the fine arts and new age materials and techniques.

Students from our community apply and select to go to this school as an option over other area schools because of the opportunities it offers. It should also be noted that our students are in a highest poverty area making it even more important for the students to have an opportunity to engage in high tech career exploration so that they can secure an upward mobile future.

My Project

With the pottery sculpting tools we are asking for, we can further improve the quality of the pottery we produce by cleaning and smoothing seams and edges. The ball stylus and rolling tools will allow students to add a variety of surface decorations to the clay. The two banding wheels will aid students in embossing, trailing slip and various glazing techniques. For firing the Roselli Stilt are needed to set our finished glaze ceramic pieces off the surface of the kiln shelves.

Each spring we will have a Ceramic Show and Sale with profits being recorded and added to our Art Department school budget to purchase extra clay and tools beyond the state and district funding resources to assure students will never be charged for the courses they take and materials they use.

Your donation will lead to improving the services and resources we can provide in the future while also teaching students the economics of setting up an art studio, investment/marketing planning, and sales.

Mr. Utsler
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Falling in Art Heavy Duty Metal Decorating Pottery Banding Wheel（7 inches in diameter） • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98
Roselli Stilts - 34 in. - Pkg. of 12 • Nasco $9.35 4 $37.40
Caydo 38 Pieces Wooden Pottery Sculpting Clay Cleaning Tool Set • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Ready2Learn 410957 Paint and Clay Heavy Duty Roller, 5" L x 1-1/2" W (Set of 4) • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Jack Richeson 4-Piece Clay Hole Cutters • Amazon Business $5.70 2 $11.40
Nasco Ceramic Detail Scrapers - Set of 6 • Nasco $10.95 1 $10.95
Darice Assorted Sponge Package • Amazon Business $2.69 4 $10.76
COMIART Ball Styluses Dotting Tool Set for Embossing Pattern Clay Sculpting,Nail Art • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$183.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.84

Sales tax

 $15.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$235.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.61

Total project goal

$277.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $277.38

3 Donors

-$248.34

Donations toward project cost

-$211.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.65

match offer

-$28.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$24.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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