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Ms. Trindle from Newark, NJ is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Complete Our Keyboard Collection

Help me give my students five keyboards so every child in piano class will have an instrument to play.

  • $752 goal

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Ms. Trindle has another project! Donate to Uke Make Our Dreams Come True to help her classroom.

$167 - complete this project and be a hero

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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

My students attend a public kindergarten through eighth grade school in a high-poverty, urban community in New Jersey. They love music class and are great musicians. Even though we don't have a budget for new materials, we find creative ways to make music together.

Thanks to a grant, we received a set of student keyboards two years ago but constant daily use has sadly taken several of these instruments out of circulation.

Students now must share instead of having their own piano to play.

My Project

If we receive five student keyboards, each student that is learning piano would no longer have to share an instrument with a classmate. Our broken instruments would be replaced and no one would have to spend class time waiting for his or her turn at the piano. Every moment would be a learning moment for my sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who are studying piano.

Student engagement would be at an all time high if students could have a hands-on instrumental learning experience every moment of music class.

These keyboards would make a huge difference by eliminating wait time and increasing playing time.

Ms. Trindle Ridge Street Elementary School Grades 6-8

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.

More about Ms. Trindle

Newark, NJ 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 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yamaha PSR-E263 61-Key Portable Keyboard • Amazon Business $119.99 5 $599.95

Materials cost

$599.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$638.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.76

Total project goal

$751.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$751.71

3 Donors

-$146.85

Donations toward project cost

-$139.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.18

match offer

-$587.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$499.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.47

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$0.00

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