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Ms. Lisa from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keep the 'Fire' Alive for our Ceramics Program!

My students need replenishment of our clay and glaze supplies... and we can't wait to continue our incredible journey!

  • $895 goal

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My Students

Despite their circumstances, my students are bright, creative, energetic, enthusiastic, and absolutely hilarious. Over 70% of our students are eligible for free lunches, and the majority of the remaining receive discounted lunches. Our school serves some of the most impoverished children in New York City.

It is an honor to teach Art to these beautiful little humans.

I am able to provide a safe, creative space for our 375+ K-4 students. Here I strive every day to push their imaginations beyond their difficult home lives and rigorous testing schedules. Here, they are free.

My Project

One of our favorite projects has been pinch pots that the students made with air dry clay. We painted and sprayed them with gloss and they looked like sparkling candy all lined up and ready to take home. The children were ecstatic. Unfortunately, as with all air dry clay, they are very fragile and all eventually crumble. The permanence that the students crave and are so often denied is once again gone.

I recently obtained a kiln for our school.

After a year and a half long process of safety precautions and logistics, it is hooked up and ready to go. On Valentine's day of 2017, thanks to the generosity of friends and family, and kind people on Donor's Choose, our Ceramics program has come to life!

Students have been able to create pieces made of real clay and glaze, fired in our kiln. Their projects are food safe, sturdy... even weather proof and dishwasher safe! I still have my own ceramic pieces that I made when I was four, and I know that this is art that they can keep with them forever. With the struggles that these children go through every single day, I want so badly for them to have something substantial to hold, something to give them a sense of accomplishment and pride.

Last year we wowed everyone from Department of Education officials to parents to neighborhood families and friends when we took off running with our new Ceramics program. The students LOVE working with clay! Our kiln is running beautifully, and the program is a wild success. It is the only elementary school ceramics program that we know of in the New York City public school system. The possibilities are endless.... and we can't wait to get our hands muddy again!

Ms. Lisa PS 165 Robert E Simon 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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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

375 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CLAY LOW FIRE EARTHENWARE WHITE 50 POUNDS • School Specialty $23.42 10 $234.20
CLAY LOW FIRE EARTHENWARE WHITE ART 25 MOIST 50 POUNDS • School Specialty $22.71 9 $204.39
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-21 BLUE GAL • School Specialty $54.17 1 $54.17
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-58 RED GAL • School Specialty $54.17 1 $54.17
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-60 YELLOW GAL • School Specialty $54.17 1 $54.17
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-1 BLACK GAL • School Specialty $54.17 1 $54.17

Materials cost

$655.27

Vendor shipping charges

 $65.53

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.23

Total project goal

$894.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $894.86

12 Donors

-$894.86

Donations toward project cost

-$760.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.23

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