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Mrs. Manata from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First They Think- Then They Ink!

Help me give my students printmaking supplies to experience the joy and art of printmaking!

  • $490 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The students I teach are so excited to experience the process of making and creating art, the hardly notice they are becoming artists themselves. They are excited to learn new skills and experience materials that are new to them.

My Project

Printmaking is such an amazing experience for students. It is an art form that they don't get to experience often because the supplies doesn't often fit into most regular art budgets.

The oooohs and ahhs that you hear when the students pull their first print are the most exciting sounds of the art room!

Having ink, brayers, ez-cut rubber, and the linoleum cutters, will give my students the full printing experience that they crave. Carving their ideas into linoleum, covering it with ink, and pulling multiple copies is one of the most exciting art experiences they will ever have.

Mrs. Manata
Grades 3-5
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 400 students.

    11 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SAX KARVE MAJIK CLASSROOM KIT • School Specialty $173.99 1 $173.99
SOFT-KUT PRINTING BLOCKS 4X6 IN • School Specialty $2.02 60 $121.20
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ JAR MAGENTA • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ PRIMARY YELLOW • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ WHITE • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ PRIMARY RED • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ VIOLET • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47
INK SAX TRUE FLOW BLOCK PRINTING 8 OZ ORANGE • School Specialty $8.47 1 $8.47

Materials cost

$346.01

Vendor shipping charges

 $34.60

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.38

Total project goal

$489.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $489.18

10 Donors

-$432.87

Donations toward project cost

-$375.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.43

match offer

-$47.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$40.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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