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Mrs. Sylvia D. Garcia from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empowering Deaf Students Through Art

My students need acrylic paint, clay, beads, paint brushes, colored sand, and easels to create Native American Art as well as Deaf Art.

  • $690 goal

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My Students

At home my students face...deprivation of language, social, and life experiences because they are deaf. But not in our class. Our hands are in constant motion signing our conversations. Our eyes move from Teacher to student and back. We learn best through hands-on experiences and socialization

My students are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and all are minorities.

Some of them wear hearing aids, some have cochlear implants, and some wear BAHAs. Some can talk to some degree while others are still learning but they all communicate through American Sign Language. They are in First through Third grades. All of them are behind in reading and writing, yet they are excited to come to school, to learn, and experience life. They are visual learners especially when it comes to reading, writing, science and social studies. They need hands-on experiences to really incorporate content knowledge learned into their daily expressive language. Our class is one of three Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing classes located in Northeast Los Angeles in a regular education campus that houses two Magnets schools as well. Our school has housed the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing program for over 20 years.

My Project

We have recruited a late-deafened Latina Artist to give art lessons in American Sign Language to our Deaf students. We are all excited to begin but we need supplies. First, we will begin with Native American art by continuing our clay pottery unit and begin painting with nature using a variety of materials available in the environment. We will use shells and beads to make jewelry as the Native Americans did long ago. We will learn to use only what we need from Nature and be one with Mother Earth. Then move onto Deaf Art, where we will make sand paintings to express our lives...both the joy and frustrations of being Deaf. We will make hand sculptures expressing the importance of communication starting at infancy. We will make tempera and watercolor paintings expressing our Deafness. Finally, we will have an Art Gallery to show our work to the other classes. We will communicate with those around us what we learned about Native Americans as well as about ourselves and our Deafness.

Your donations will improve our classroom by providing hands-on instructional materials and instruction in a language that is fully accessible by our students...American Sign Language.

In turn our students will gain knowledge and confidence in themselves as a Deaf person and be able to impart that knowledge to others using American Sign Language. They will have gained a wealth of knowledge through hands-on interactive activities and hopefully gained a new way to express their Deafness.

Mrs. Sylvia D. Garcia Multnomah Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

13 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
57100-1015: X-Acto Heavy-Duty Wood Trimmer - Boxed, 15" Cut • Blick Art Materials $80.74 1 $80.74
Simply Art Table Easel • Nasco $5.20 14 $72.80
TOOLS BOXWOOD MODELING SET OF 72 • School Specialty $44.01 1 $44.01
Sandtastik Jumbo Set • Nasco $40.95 1 $40.95
Sandtastik Colored Sand Assortment • Nasco $36.95 1 $36.95
06948-2129: Loew-Cornell White Bristle Brush Set - Round Bristle, Long Handle, Set of 12 • Blick Art Materials $5.94 8 $47.52
BEADS NATURAL 1LB BONE/WOOD • School Specialty $35.07 1 $35.07
09612-1011: Bee Creative Watercolor Book - 11" x 8.5", 50 Sheets, 160 lb, wire bound • Blick Art Materials $14.27 1 $14.27
CLAY AIR DRY RED 25 LB - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $27.68 1 $27.68
LEATHER SUEDE LACING 25 YARD BLACK • School Specialty $11.00 1 $11.00
61451-1016: Hygloss Bucket O'' Shells - Natural Mix, 16 oz • Blick Art Materials $9.85 2 $19.70
SAND WHITE 25LB • School Specialty $18.45 1 $18.45
00688-1049: Chroma Molten Metals Acrylics - Set of 4 Colors, 8 oz bottles • Blick Art Materials $11.76 1 $11.76
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$460.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.09

Sales tax

 $42.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$586.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.42

Total project goal

$689.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $689.49

13 Donors

-$330.28

Donations toward project cost

-$293.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.24

match offer

-$344.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$293.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.47

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