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Dr. Malloy from Oakland, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Envisage... Bringing Art To Us!

My students need art supplies, and more than what our limited school budget can supply. We have marker and crayons, but just imagine what we can do with paintbrushes, aprons, 5 table easels, 50 canvases, and a printer with replacement ink.

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Dr. Malloy has another project! Donate to Get It Off Their Chess! to help their classroom.

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My Students

Our school is in West Oakland, CA, an area besieged by poverty, and in the midst of all the ills that poverty provides such as high in employment, gang activity, drugs, crime, and broken spirits. Sadly, we do not have the funds to offer ART. The funding of my art project may help to ameliorate some of that pain.

Poverty is invasive and seeps into our public school.

Although our school is funded by the District, there is often not enough money to supplement the curriculum with special events and activities that are known to shape minds and allow for dreams to flourish. My plan is to bring about regular exposure of the arts to the children. San Francisco, which is bloated with culture, is a short distance away, but the number of children who have ventured out of their immediate West Oakland neighborhood, sadly, is few. We are a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) school, and are incorporating/leaning towards becoming STEAM - the "A" incorporates Art. So, if we can't go to art- why not have art come to us?! By supplying our class with art-esque accouterments, I can open a new world of possibilities for future options, and perhaps, by default, encourage focus and self-esteem, which will certainly impact academic achievement. The children's art will inspire them!

My Project

Through reading, listening to stories about, and being able to identify and produce art like Basquiat, Van Der Zee, Picasso, or Augusta Savage, the children will learn about an entire new world! Additionally, when we use a digital camera and printer to showcase the childrens' art projects to their parents, the children will witness the pride and admiration that their accomplishments bring to their families. But most of all, I understand the relationship between focus and academic achievement. Students will transfer the boost in self-esteem and that will bring out the best in children because they have produced something from their personal creativity, and independent talent. Students will paint. They will wear smocks. They will use easels and paintbrushes. They will use materials that many of them have only heard of. The children will become artists, and that accomplishment can never be taken away from them. The children will realize their prowess and perhaps, see their world in an entirely different way! Art!

This is not merely art; this is an opportunity for kids to envisage.

This project will help the children newly imagine, contemplate, visualize, envision, picture; conceive of, think of; foresee themselves differently than before- a way to expand their horizons. And most of all, they will have fun learning! The connection between self-esteem and academic achievement is powerful. I imagine that their young lives will positively be impacted through this exposure to art in a way that will amaze!

Dr. Malloy Martin L King Junior Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Oakland, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

50 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson - Expression Photo XP-950 Small-in-One Network-Ready Wireless All-In-One Printer - Black • Best Buy Education $279.99 1 $279.99
Nikon - Coolpix S810c 16.0-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black • Best Buy Education $149.99 1 $149.99
Bienfang Canvasette Paper Canvas - 18" x 24", 10 sheets • Blick Art Materials $28.30 5 $141.50
Art Apron - 17" x 29", Royal Blue, Vinyl • Blick Art Materials $12.83 15 $192.45
Crayola Washable Paints - Assorted, 16 oz Bottles, Set of 12 colors • Blick Art Materials $38.77 3 $116.31
Aluminum Folding Easel - Table • Blick Art Materials $15.61 5 $78.05
Epson - 277 3-Pack Ink Cartridges - Cyan/Magenta/Yellow • Best Buy Education $44.41 1 $44.41
Richeson Slightly Imperfect Assorted Brush Set - Set of 42 • Blick Art Materials $20.09 2 $40.18
Epson - 20-Pack 5'x 7'Glossy Photo Paper • Best Buy Education $5.68 5 $28.40
Epson 277 - dye-based magenta - original - ink cartridge • Best Buy Education $11.63 1 $11.63
Epson 277 - dye-based light cyan - original - ink cartridge • Best Buy Education $11.36 1 $11.36
Epson 277 - dye-based yellow - original - ink cartridge • Best Buy Education $11.36 1 $11.36
Epson 277 - dye-based light magenta - original - ink cartridge • Best Buy Education $11.35 1 $11.35
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$1,116.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $102.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,265.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$223.40

Total project goal

$1,489.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,489.33

17 Donors

-$1,432.26

Donations toward project cost

-$1,223.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$208.83

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.07

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