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Mr. Rebne from Kansas City, KS is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspirational Literacy: Teens and the Recording Arts

My students need recording equipment such as microphones and mixers to engage in the creation of poetry and the musical arts. Common Core standards and the world demand facility with spoken language

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My Students

Music has a way of capturing us all. Too often in school the language arts are narrowed to just reading and essay writing with no concern for students' expressive vocal ability and lyrical skills. An English classroom that embraces the recording arts can change all of that.

My students are creative and imaginative adolescents who are interested in a broad range of topics and are willing to engage and excel in many different types of language arts.

For much of their schooling, their experiences have been too limited by a narrow focus on preparation for test questions. While most of my students are technically low-income, the possibilities for their lives are boundless with the right instructional equipment within an English classroom that explores all forms of self-expression. They will create mind blowing vocal music with this recording equipment, be assured.

My Project

Every 26 seconds another American student drops out of school. LeBron James and the High School for the Recording Arts (HSRA) have been engaged in the work of channeling the interests of adolescents for several years with great success to show for their efforts. My students, many of whom fit the profile of those served by the HSRA, can and will create earth-shattering vocal music with the right equipment. The recording equipment I am requesting will be just enough to allow us to take our poetry and spoken word study to its essential depth and allow my students to actually record their own poetry and music while orchestrating the background beat and music. Indeed, students who see an artistic and technical project through to the end, and then deliver that product to a real audience, create a lasting sense of their own competence and see that success comes through hard work and having the confidence in one's abilities. This recording equipment will change my students' lives.

Too many of my students will not see their high school graduation, and many of those that do will find the skills they have built through 12 years of education do not point to a fulfilling adult life.

Donations to this project for recording arts will help create a classroom environment where students not only broaden their understanding of what language arts is, but also see themselves has highly effective communicators and artists. Creativity is an essential career skill--they will have it.

Mr. Rebne Arrowhead Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Audio-Technica - Handheld Side-Address Studio Condenser Microphone with USB Output • Best Buy $149.99 1 $149.99
Numark - 2-Channel Mixer with USB Audio Interface - Silver • Best Buy $99.99 1 $99.99
Samson - Microphone Boom Stand - Black • Best Buy $24.99 1 $24.99
Nady MPF-6 Pop Filter - microphone pop filter • Best Buy $20.99 1 $20.99

Materials cost

$295.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $20.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$368.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.99

Total project goal

$433.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.26

7 Donors

-$215.04

Donations toward project cost

-$184.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.91

match offer

-$216.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$184.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.58

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 $0.00

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