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Ms. Halter from Kirksville, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empowering Students through Art and Literacy

My students need books for the reading area of the Art Room to help inspire their imagination and creativity such as A is for Art Museum, The Black Book of Colors, and You Are My Work of Art.

  • $413 goal

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My Students

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it." -Peter Pan Art is much the same way. In my classroom I encourage all students to be artists and help guide them along their artistic journey. Books can be an important source of inspiration at a young age.

I have all the K-2 students in our town.

This means around 600 students are coming to my classroom for art each week. We are a Choice-Based Art classroom. The students are the artists and our classroom is their studio. We discuss and try a variety of art making processes. My students are learning independence and choice-making, as well as, art.

My Project

By linking books and art I hope to reinforce the importance of both in a child's life. It is hard at an early age to separate art and literacy, as it is integral part of visual storytelling. I am asking for books such as A is for Art Museum, The Black Book of Colors, and You Are My Work of Art. These requested books will be used by students in my classrooms reading area, as a way to inspire creativity through the written word.

As my budget is limited I can only afford to spend it on the necessary art supplies for the year.

We currently have a small reading area in our classroom. But the addition of these books would help our collection grow and diversify; helping readers of all levels and interests.

Ms. Halter Kirksville Primary School Grades PreK-2

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Kirksville, MO View local requests

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

600 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Beautiful LEGO: Wild! • Amazon Business $19.05 1 $19.05
Art's Supplies • Amazon Business $18.32 1 $18.32
A is for Art Museum • Amazon Business $16.65 1 $16.65
Flo & Wendell • Amazon Business $15.55 1 $15.55
The Monstore • Amazon Business $15.36 1 $15.36
A Is for Art • Amazon Business $15.09 1 $15.09
Have You Seen My Monster? • Amazon Business $15.04 1 $15.04
Warning: Do Not Open This Book! • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
The Black Book of Colors • Amazon Business $14.85 1 $14.85
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
Alphabet School • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Henri's Scissors • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Harold and the Purple Crayon Board Book Box Set: Harold and the Purple Crayon and Harold's ABC • Amazon Business $12.94 1 $12.94
Not a Stick • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
You Get What You Get (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
Purplicious (Pinkalicious) • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Touch the Art: Find King Henry's Treasure • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
What Do You Do With an Idea? • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
Shivery Shades of Halloween • Amazon Business $10.61 1 $10.61
You Are My Work of Art • Amazon Business $9.55 1 $9.55
Press Here • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
The Messy One (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Animals in Art: Art from the Start • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
On an Island with Gauguin (Mini Masters) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
OLIVIA Paints a Mural (Olivia TV Tie-in) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$315.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$350.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.84

Total project goal

$412.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $412.28

3 Donors

-$206.14

Donations toward project cost

-$175.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.92

match offer

-$206.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.92

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