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Ms. Schubatis from Detroit, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help! We Need Basic Supplies!

My students need the most basic supplies, our classroom does not even have pencils or paper to work with. Items such as pencils, paper, and paint are needed.

  • $825 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I first came to my school as an Artist in Residence this fall. I created my own studio space in their classroom affectionately called "Paula-la-la Land". After a semester of beautiful collaborations, I stepped in as their art teacher in the wake of budget cuts which threatened the program.

The staff describe my school, and its relationship to the surrounding neighborhood as being like a hurricane, our mascot.

We are located in one of the areas hit the hardest by the decline of the city. Rollo Homig of The New Yorker wrote "Much of [this area] matches what Detroit looks like in the popular imagination—an alarming amalgam of city dump, crime scene, and wild prairie". We are the "eye" of the storm amidst all this chaos. Our school is a safe haven for students. We strive to create a community which, at least for the school day, is an escape for our students from the hardship and instability which they face everyday. The school focuses on both academic as well as trade skills. We have a woodworking program, a custom bike making program, as well as an apparel screen printing program. We will also be the site of a community maker space in the coming year.

My Project

I want my students to gain an understanding of the world around them through getting to know the reciprocal relationship which they share with their environment. Much of the art which we will make will be about our immediate surroundings, as well as made using found materials from the environment. Not only does this create more original and meaningful work, but also exposes students to new forms of art. Some of our projects will include Pothole Prevention, a performance and installation of civic service where we will fill potholes in the surrounding neighborhood, a Kente cloth made from textiles woven with found materials on cardboard looms sewn together, as well as similar works made by students in Arusha, Tanzania. However, to do these things, we need basic supplies. Right now, my classroom has two pairs of scissors. Having rudimentary supplies to work with will help give my students the conceptual framework to push their work into a new realm.

Not every one of my students will become an artist.

Some won't even graduate. I want to be able to teach them critical thinking and creative problem solving skills which will be an asset to them no matter what vocation they decide to pursue.

Ms. Schubatis
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blick Studio Artists'' Colored Pencil Set - Tin , Set of 24 • Blick Art Materials $17.49 5 $87.45
Reeves Watercolor Pan Set - Oval, Assorted Colors, Set of 8 • Blick Art Materials $3.43 25 $85.75
X-Acto Knife: #2 • Blick Art Materials $2.75 30 $82.50
Armada Lollypop Scissors - 7" • Blick Art Materials $2.86 20 $57.20
Blick Drawing Pencils, Class Pack of 144 - Class Pack, Pack of 144 • Blick Art Materials $50.18 1 $50.18
Blickrylic Student Acrylics - Mixing Color Set, Pack of 6 Colors, Pints • Blick Art Materials $23.20 2 $46.40
Loew-Cornell Craft Brush Value Set - Set of 25 brushes, Random assortment. • Blick Art Materials $8.92 5 $44.60
Blick Pastel Set - Class Pack , Set of 144 • Blick Art Materials $32.92 1 $32.92
Bienfang Aquademic Watercolor Pad - 11" x 15", 15 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $7.89 4 $31.56
Aleene''s Original Tacky Glue - 4 oz, Squeeze Bottle • Blick Art Materials $1.40 20 $28.00
Pacon Newsprint Roll - 36" x 100 ft, White • Blick Art Materials $14.00 2 $28.00
Blick Studio Gesso - 2 Coat, Gallon • Blick Art Materials $22.33 1 $22.33
Helix Hand-Held Pencil Sharpener - Single Hole • Blick Art Materials $1.45 15 $21.75
Blick Sulphite Drawing Papers - 24" x 36", White, 100 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $17.09 1 $17.09
Alvin Vinyl Eraser - White • Blick Art Materials $0.68 25 $17.00
Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels - Assorted Colors, Set of 25 • Blick Art Materials $2.80 2 $5.60
Blick Sulphite Drawing Papers - 9" x 12", White, 100 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $2.43 1 $2.43
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$660.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$700.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$123.65

Total project goal

$824.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $824.32

7 Donors

-$819.91

Donations toward project cost

-$700.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$119.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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