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Mrs. Ames from Biddeford, ME is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Identity Tapestry Community Sculpture Project

Help me give my students protection of the final sculpture (identity tapestry) that they will be creating as a community. The Mod-Podge will seal the questions onto the pegs.

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My Students

My artists are creative, funny, and full of energy. I teach in a district where the community is recovering from recession, and not everyone has found their feet yet. This does not mean that their spirit, pride, and momentum is slowing, however. In fact, my students know what they want and how they can accomplish it.

Not all days are good days, but all days have good in them.

When they have teachers and the community around them cheering them on, students know they can achieve anything.

My Project

This piece of plexi-glass will protect an identity tapestry the whole school will be participating in. They have constructed pegs that stick out of a piece of plywood with different 'identity' questions on them in many languages, and they will be wrapping yarn around the pegs that they identify with. In the end, it will create a unique 'tapestry' that reflects every child in our school. We want to display this artwork in a prominent place, and therefore would like to keep it protected while it is being displayed. This will be an ongoing project that we will be re-doing the 'connections' every year with all new students involved.

Mrs. Ames Biddeford Middle School Grades 6-8

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Biddeford, ME 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

500 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK28444615T Sheet Stock Polycarbonate 8 ft.L x 48W x 0.060 Thick 270 Max. Temp. F Clear • Grainger $81.86 1 $81.86
02916-1009 - Plaid Mod Podge - Gloss Finish, Gallon • Blick Art Materials $24.71 1 $24.71

Materials cost

$106.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.95

Sales tax

 $5.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.08

Total project goal

$180.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.53

4 Donors

-$96.00

Donations toward project cost

-$81.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.40

match offer

-$84.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$71.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.68

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 $0.00

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