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Mrs. Gwinner from Norman, OK is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dress It Up: Stuck at Prom Style

Help me give my students the experience of designing & creating a dress or outfit made of Duct tape. The fun designs are most desired as they help make their creations bright, beautiful and unique, just like themselves!

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My Students

My middle school students are creative, determined, and incredibly intelligent, but lack resources and funds to necessarily allow those attributes to be fully demonstrated. In a world that often wants complacency, my students use their imagination to design a world that uses all their senses to be experiential.

Despite our best efforts to protect our students from the negative impacts of Covid-19, it has inevitably been felt through the lack of certain supplies to create their safe world.

In my class, we discuss at length various occupations that they may be interested in pursuing. As their parents have lost their jobs, my students have been looking for ways they could make money; now to help their family and for the future. Living in a world of uncertainty, my students have expressed that this class provides real world application as well as an escape from the realities of the world they currently live in.

My Project

Dress It Up: Stuck at Prom Style is specifically designed to give my students a "leg up" on their competition. The Stuck at Prom Scholarship Program is available to high school students with creativity. Applicants must create and wear an outfit completely made of Duck brand duct tape to a school prom.

Since the pandemic, several parents have lost their jobs and families are looking for a way to find money for their children's post-secondary education.

Duck Tape brand's “Stuck at Prom” scholarship contest awarded $10,000 each to dress and tuxedo category winners. I want my students to have the opportunity to practice in 8th grade what they may be able to accomplish in high school through this contest.

Additionally, through this project, I am introducing my students to fashion design, costume creation, as well as a myriad of various occupations that will not only help them find their strengths and weaknesses in a job market but also within their own home.

Mrs. Gwinner Washington Irving Middle 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.

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Norman, OK View local requests

More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Brown • Blick Art Materials $5.84 8 $46.72
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Beige • Blick Art Materials $5.84 8 $46.72
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Gray • Blick Art Materials $6.14 5 $30.70
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Terracotta • Blick Art Materials $5.84 5 $29.20
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Dove Grey • Blick Art Materials $5.84 5 $29.20
ShurTech Duck Tape Transparent Tints - Clear, 1.88 x 20 yds • Blick Art Materials $5.73 5 $28.65
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - Honeycomb, 1.88 x 10 yd • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - Marble, 1.88 x 10 yd • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - Neon Floral, 1.88 x 10yd • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - Mermaid, 1.88 x 10 yd • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - 1.88 x 10 yds, Brushed X • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - 1.88 x 10 yds, Galaxy • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - 1.88 x 10 yds, Rainbow • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - 1.88 x 10 yds, Zig-Zag Zebra • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - 1.88 x 10 yds, Checker • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Duck Tape Prints - Unicorn, 1.88 x 10 yd • Blick Art Materials $5.58 5 $27.90
ShurTech Glow-in-the-Dark Duck Tape - Duckling, 0.75 x 72 • Blick Art Materials $6.40 4 $25.60
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Baby Pink • Blick Art Materials $6.14 3 $18.42
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Fluorescent Lilac • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Purple • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Frozen Blue • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Blue Ocean • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Aqua • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Youre a Sage • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Yellow • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Red • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Light Blue • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Color Duck Tape - 1.88 x 20 yds, Green Clover • Blick Art Materials $5.84 3 $17.52
ShurTech Ducklings Mini Duck Tape Roll - 3/4 x 15 ft, Neon Green • Blick Art Materials $3.39 4 $13.56
ShurTech Ducklings Mini Duck Tape Roll - 3/4 x 15 ft, Neon Pink • Blick Art Materials $3.39 4 $13.56

Materials cost

$736.53

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $60.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$837.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.81

Total project goal

$985.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $985.42

1 Donor

-$492.70

Donations toward project cost

-$418.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.90

match offer

-$492.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$418.81

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.91

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