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Mrs. Koonlaba from Tupelo, MS is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Build Some Art

My students need canvases and paint to create collaborative artwork for a school beautification project.

  • $523 goal

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My Students

Collaboration is a key skill for all 21st century learners. My students need to be able to work collaboratively to create artwork. They have set a goal for completing a collage of painted canvases and devised a plan for working together to achieve the goal.

My students are art lovers!

They take such pride in the work they do. Some have even asked for art homework! They attend a public school and are fortunate to receive 45 minutes of art instruction each week. With my help, they have devised a project to make a collage of painted canvases to hang in our media center.

My Project

I am requesting canvases and paint. These resources will help my students achieve the goal that they have set for creating and hanging permanent pieces of art in our school. We have done an extensive study of using patterns in artwork this year. These fourth graders intend to use what they have learned to design and paint several different-sized canvases. These finished canvases will be hung in our media center. The students will work together to complete this project. The impact of this project will be immense. Not only will my students be able to achieve a goal that they have set themselves, but they will also gain valuable cooperative skills as they work together to achieve it. This project meets many Mississippi Visual Arts Curriculum standards including creating cooperative pieces, manipulating various media, and using art vocabulary. The most important thing about this project is that these students will be able to take pride in their school as the artwork is displayed!

Please help me help my students achieve this goal!

I have been amazed at their level of enthusiasm for creating art and am quite proud of them for devising this project themselves. I think they deserve to be able to achieve this goal. This is a $2.95 investment per student! Plus all 600 students in this school will be able to enjoy the artwork!

Mrs. Koonlaba Lawhon Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Tupelo, MS 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

150 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 30X40 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $23.93 3 $71.79
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 24X30 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $14.72 2 $29.44
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 18X24 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $10.25 2 $20.50
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 16X20 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $8.45 4 $33.80
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 24X36 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $16.14 2 $32.28
CANVAS ARCHIVAL PRESTRETCHED 12X16 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $6.93 6 $41.58
PAINT ACRYLIC ESSENTIALS PINT BLACK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $5.69 1 $5.69
PAINT ACRYLIC CHROMACRYL TURQUOISE PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $8.07 2 $16.14
PAINT ACRYLIC CHROMACRYL STUDENT BRIGHT PINTS SET OF 6 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $56.99 1 $56.99
PAINT ACRYLIC CHROMACRYL PINT MAGENTA • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $8.07 2 $16.14
DETAILR WRITERS BOTL/PK6 • Blick Art Materials $9.18 2 $18.36
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $8.95 1 $8.95

Materials cost

$351.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.44

Sales tax

 $24.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$443.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.35

Total project goal

$522.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $522.34

4 Donors

-$520.34

Donations toward project cost

-$442.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$2.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$1.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.30

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 $0.00

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