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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 Students Through Art: Native American Art

My students need weaving peglooms, yarn, and terra cotta clay to experience the work and art that Native Americans throughout America performed on a daily basis.

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My Students

Imagine not being able to hear, understand, and communicate with your family on a daily basis? Missing the incidental conversations or the oral history being passed down from Grandparent to child? This is what my students face daily at home...deprivation of language, social, and life experiences.

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

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 and writing. Our class is 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

After reading and learning about the Native Americans' way of life in America my students will use art to imitate the life and work of the Native Americans. My students will create their own mini-rugs using the Peglooms and yarn to weave like the Natives have done across the ages. They will learn the language necessary to follow oral directions and to explain how they recreated their mini-rugs. After researching the various Native American tribes across the US and the styles of pottery my students will create their own clay pots and paint them to express their own life experiences.

My students will not only experience Art but they will be empowered by learning language and expressing their experiences through American Sign Language.

These students are not only learning academics but social skills in a fully accessible environment. They will be proud to share their Art and be empowered to express themselves to their families that have limited skills in American Sign Language.

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

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harrisville Designs Pegloom • Amazon Business $19.95 10 $199.50
AMACO Air Dry Modeling Clay, 10-Pound, Terra Cotta • Amazon Business $19.42 1 $19.42
Lion Brand Yarn 601-630 Bonbons Yarn, Beach • Amazon Business $5.99 5 $29.95
Lion Brand Yarn 601-610 Bonbons Yarn, Brights • Amazon Business $5.99 5 $29.95

Materials cost

$278.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.74

Total project goal

$398.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $398.25

5 Donors

-$352.50

Donations toward project cost

-$302.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.57

match offer

-$41.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$35.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.89

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 $0.00

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