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Mrs. Court from Laie, HI is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Unity from Chaos

Help me give my students a chance to collaborate remotely on a memorable mural symbolizing all they have accomplished, so they may leave a lasting legacy piece to be displayed at the school they could not return to.

  • $269 goal

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My Students

My students were sent off on Spring Break happily looking forward to returning to school in one week to start the last quarter of their 6th grade/final year of elementary school. We had May Day celebrations, graduation, visits to the Jr. High school, and almost all our field study/field trips planned for this 4th quarter.

This was supposed to be the BEST time of their whole elementary school life.

Then COVID came. They never got to return to school. No May Day. No graduation. No end-of-year celebrations. No anything. Just parents going in 2 by 2 to pick up their personal belongings from their desks and a computer from the school. Our class fragmented.

My Project

Right now our students are being provided with academic extension services and our 6th-grade team is working hard to make things as engaging as possible, but the emotional toll is showing in our students. When I hold a Google Classroom Meet, the thing the students miss the most is doing things with their friends.

My solution is to have them remotely work on individual pieces of a class mural that we can then bring together to create a piece that will tell our story to the new generation of students.

We can brainstorm ideas together remotely and come up with the final plan. Because we are in a small rural community, I can drop off and pick up paint supplies to their home mailboxes to maintain social distancing. I have school approval to place the finished mural in our elementary school library when complete so they can leave a legacy piece behind at the school they couldn't return to.

Mrs. Court
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sax True Flow Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, 1/2 Gallon, Assorted Colors, Set of 6 - 439307 $83.89 1 $83.89
US Art Supply 24-Pack of 8 X 10 inch Professional Artist Quality Acid Free Canvas Panel Boards for Painting Value Pack of 24 (1 Full Case of 24 Single Canvas Board Panels) $38.46 1 $38.46
Royal Brush Taklon Hair Classroom Value Pack, Assorted Size, Pack of 30 - 1289617 $12.36 3 $37.08
[100 Sets - 5.5 oz.] Plastic Disposable Portion Cups With Lids, Souffle Cups, Condiment Cups $9.99 1 $9.99
Creative Arts by Charles Leonard Glitter, 16 Ounce Bottle, Silver (41145) $7.70 1 $7.70
Elmer's Liquid School Glue, White, Washable, 32 Ounces - Great for Making Slime $6.44 1 $6.44
Pacon Spectra Glitter Sparkling Crystals, Sky Blue, 4-Ounce Jar (91670) $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$187.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$228.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.34

Total project goal

$268.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$268.95

2 Donors

-$174.43

Donations toward project cost

-$159.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$81.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.13

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$0.00

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