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Mr. Vernola from Bronx, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Talk Clay: Goal Oriented Play!

My students need art pencils, markers and clay to build the gates of Ishtar, winged Griffons, beautiful vessels and put ancient culture at their fingertips!

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Could you build the gates of Ishtar? Carve out Hammurabi's code? Make an amphora of delicate beauty? The looks on my kid's faces when I hand them a fresh lump of clay to pinch, pull, and push into the shapes and forms from Mesopotamia through to ancient Greece are timeless.

My kids are pure potential and thirsty for learning.

They are rising stars who deserve the best environment in which to do so. Boys and Girls work together at work tables and accountable talk is encouraged and modeled. They respond with care and attention to project based art activities.

My Project

In a school that has 'art', my class offers a variety of ways to learn. The raw arts materials are essential in an environment which nurtures this potential. With them I can reinforce social studies lessons with projects and activities that enliven the content and enable interpretation.

Pencils for drafting maps and plotting locations of ancient culture with Art students gives them the opportunity to demonstrate shading techniques.

Color pencils and markers make the world of difference sketching tablets and augmenting palm trees around an oasis by blending color. Shifting from what started as mere drawing towards full color pictures culminates when tasked to realize the work in the medium of clay. It makes a difference in their lives as artists to learn this way with these materials.

Mr. Vernola PS/MS 29 Melrose School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MR SKETCH MARKER/192CT CLASSPACK • Blick Art Materials $100.14 2 $200.28
CRAYOLA WC PENCIL/CLSPK 240/CT • Blick Art Materials $47.25 4 $189.00
AMACO STONEX/!F 25LB • Blick Art Materials $30.30 5 $151.50
BLICK GRAPHITE PENCL/ASSORTED 12/CT TIN • Blick Art Materials $8.58 10 $85.80
SARGENT ART CLR PNCL/250/CT CLASSPK • Blick Art Materials $31.74 3 $95.22
AMACO MEX POT CLAY/!F RED 25LB • Blick Art Materials $24.79 2 $49.58

Materials cost

$771.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$812.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.46

Total project goal

$956.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $956.41

6 Donors

-$458.97

Donations toward project cost

-$406.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.50

match offer

-$478.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$406.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.23

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 $0.00

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