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Mr. Howe from Pfafftown, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Coffee Tins and Cutting Boards for a Music Class?

My students need cutting boards, coffee tins, drum sticks and tambourines to create a class set of drum sets!

  • $606 goal

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My Students

My school is a wonderful place filled with wonderful students, wonderful staff, and with NOT so wonderful space. Over 800 students grace our school each and every day, and as the music teacher I am lucky enough to teach them ALL! Their excited smiles and blooming personalities shine so bright during music class and it brings me so much joy. The only problem is that there is no longer a music room. Our school population has skyrocketed leaving this music teacher "homeless." My students come from all walks of life and have a true passion for learning, friendship, good values, and especially music!

My Project

So I know what you're thinking. How can cutting boards and coffee tins help students experience and create music? Well if you add a tambourine and drum sticks you have a perfectly good drum set! These sets will be easily transported as I travel from class to class spreading musical joy! To complete these sets I will need cutting boards, tambourines and the resource book, Kidstix: Rockin' Repertoire for Rhythm Readiness! I have already acquired drumsticks from previous years and will get all the cans from the cafeteria here at school!

Music Education Legend Artie Almeida has created some of the best literature, ideas, and crazy outside-the-box creations for music education.

One of her most ingenious ideas is called "Kidstix!" This music publication shares a guide to using these drumming sets as well as rhythmic literature, songs and concepts to be performed by the students!

Using the kid friendly drum sets students will gain a better grasp of rhythmic performance, grow their rhythmic vocabulary, and even be able to create their own compositions using these wonderful drum sets!

Mr. Howe
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Littlestar Tambourine • Woodwind and Brasswind $8.89 30 $266.70
Cooking Concepts Paddle Cutting Boards • Amazon Business $8.79 15 $131.85
Kidstix: Rockin' Repertoire for Rhythm Readiness • Amazon Business $44.95 1 $44.95

Materials cost

$443.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$514.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.84

Total project goal

$605.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $605.58

10 Donors

-$495.00

Donations toward project cost

-$420.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$110.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$93.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.59

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 $0.00

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