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Mr. McDowell from Lexington, KY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hit it! Elementary Drumming

My students need drums to assist in their development as musicians.

  • $2,424 goal

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My Students

I serve almost 600 children in a K-5 elementary school. These students academically excel, and our school is one of the best elementary schools in the state. Our administration, teachers, and staff put our students first.

The student population is very diverse.

We serve students identified as gifted and talented, autistic, deaf or hard of hearing, having emotional or learning disabilities, and those from varying cultural, ethnic, religious, and language backgrounds. Many of our students thrive in the regular classroom and many thrive in art class, music class, and STEM lab.

My Project

My students are tied to a daily life of evaluation and high stakes testing. They come to my classroom begging for something different than looking at a computer screen or writing with pen and paper. I evaluate my students, but in a much different way than most teachers. My music students create and perform music! My evaluations are tied to their musical creations and performances.

The students are learning a new language, called music.

A young child learns language through experience, and my music teaching style is tied to this fact. A child’s first musical activities are tied to beat. Watch a baby respond to music, they bounce or flail their arms to the beat of their favorite song. A music student’s first experiences in my music classroom reflect this observation. Drums are the perfect instrument to guide the students through the beginning of their musical life. The addition of drums to my classroom will not only allow students the opportunity to build on their early rhythmic abilities, but it will also foster the ability to work together with other students and allow them something beyond pen and paper. Music is a universal language that is needed in our school's unique student population.

Several of the students that will be involved in this project have been identified as deaf or hard of hearing. Their experience in the music classroom can be challenging. Large drums will assist their experience through the visual of seeing other students hit with a large motion and through feeling the vibrations created with a drum. Their understanding of beat will greatly increase through classroom drumming exercises.

Mr. McDowell Clays Mill Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Lexington, KY View local requests 575 students impacted 43donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Versa Tubano Set with TF 20 Head • Woodwind and Brasswind $419.99 3 $1,259.97
Mechanically Tuned Fiberglass Goatskin Head Djembe • Woodwind and Brasswind $109.99 2 $219.98
Headliner Fiberglass Series Nino Requinto Conga Drum • Woodwind and Brasswind $189.99 1 $189.99
Tongo Carved Rope Tuned Mahogany Djembe • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.95 1 $169.95
Mechanically Tuned Fiberglass Goatskin Head Djembe • Woodwind and Brasswind $159.99 1 $159.99

Materials cost

$1,999.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,059.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$363.51

Total project goal

$2,423.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,423.39

37 Donors

-$2,243.39

Donations toward project cost

-$1,919.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$323.76

match offer

-$165.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$140.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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