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Mrs. Means from La Mesa, CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping the Homeless: Learning Through the Arts

My students need band instruments and headphones to further engage in their learning.

  • $1,988 goal

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My Students

My sweet students come from diverse backgrounds and bring a large array of experiences to our room. One thing they all have in common is using their imaginations and creating a happy world within our walls.

Daily, my students overcome a variety of basic challenges - getting breakfast, making it to school, and having homework completed.

Our school is a Title I urban school with the most diverse population in our district, serving free or reduced-price lunch to over 80% of our students. School becomes a safe haven for these scholars where expectations are the same every day, and their basic needs are met. While they come to school to learn, they thrive when they are given the opportunity to utilize a variety of resources to make learning real and fun. This is what keeps them coming back and keeps them hooked into learning the rigorous academic standards.

My Project

Many of our elementary school students find it challenging to obtain needed materials to be successful at school. Our school has a large population of students who are living in poverty and/or are homeless. Often times, these students arrive at school with little to no school supplies. Headphones play a vital role in our school and many cannot afford to buy them. Each student (K-6) has 1:1 ipads and without headphones, it makes individualized learning difficult. At our school, fifth and sixth-grade students are lucky enough to have a band teacher who comes from a local middle school to teach them how to play instruments. The students who participate in band are the ones who have an interest in music and can afford to purchase an instrument outside of school. Our homeless students may be interested but do not have the money to buy expensive instruments and unfortunately tend to not participate in band practice.

Purchasing musical instruments will allow homeless students to feel confident in participating in band practice.

Whereas before, their circumstances hindered their ability to participate but now everyone will have an opportunity!

Mrs. Means La Mesa Dale Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than 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

27 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SVA-175 Premier Student Series Viola Outfit • Woodwind and Brasswind $299.99 1 $299.99
Student Clarinet Model ECL-100 • Woodwind and Brasswind $219.99 1 $219.99
Elecder i37 Kids Headphones for Children, Girls, Boys, Teens, Adults, Foldable Adjustable Over Ear Headsets with 3.5mm Jack for iPad Cellphones Computer MP3/4 Kindle Airplane School(Green/Purple) • Amazon Business $17.99 8 $143.92
Elecder i37 Kids Headphones for Children, Girls, Boys, Teens, Adults, Foldable Adjustable Over Ear Headsets with 3.5mm Jack for iPad Cellphones Computer MP3/4 Kindle Airplane School(Pink/Red) • Amazon Business $17.99 7 $125.93
ETB-100 Series Student Trombone • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.99 1 $119.99
ETR-100 Series Student Bb Trumpet • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.99 1 $119.99
Student Series Violin Outfit • Woodwind and Brasswind $99.99 1 $99.99
Model EFL-100 Student Flute • Woodwind and Brasswind $99.99 1 $99.99
Elecder i37 Kids Headphones for Children, Girls, Boys, Teens, Adults, Foldable Adjustable Over Ear Headsets with 3.5mm Jack for iPad Cellphones Computer MP3/4 Kindle Airplane School(Blue/Light Blue) • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95
Elecder i37 Kids Headphones for Children, Girls, Boys, Teens, Adults, Foldable Adjustable Over Ear Headsets with 3.5mm Jack for iPad Cellphones Computer MP3/4 Kindle Airplane School Tablet(Blue/Green) • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95
Elecder i37 Kids Headphones for Children, Girls, Boys, Teens, Adults, Foldable Adjustable Over Ear Headsets with 3.5mm Jack for iPad Cellphones Computer MP3/4 Kindle Airplane School(Black/Orange) • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95

Materials cost

$1,499.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $137.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,689.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$298.12

Total project goal

$1,987.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,987.47

2 Donors

-$993.74

Donations toward project cost

-$844.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.06

match offer

-$993.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$844.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.06

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