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Mrs. Weisser from Dendron, VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Library Meets Art

My students need clay, clay cutter, adhesive, and sealer to decorate the library as their senior sponsored legacy. The art and library classes will combine to discuss sculpture and museums.

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My Students

Art enables "us to see the world and the human condition differently ... to see a truth we might not have understood before." Tom Cronin understand the basic need we have as humans to create. Students will leave their footprints behind as they move ahead into new experiences.

My fourth grade students are our seniors.

The lower grades look up to them for guidance and they would like to leave a legacy of art behind them. The students do not have the resources to create great works and as they step into a new role they would like to leave their footprints behind for others to walk in. They want to lead the students following them into their new roles as examples. These students have great heart and strive for excellence.

My Project

Our students do not often have the opportunity to explore other cultures. They do not get the opportunity to create their own culture. This project will allow them to expand their horizons by expressing themselves through art. We are a small Title I school with limited funds for art and an awesome art teacher who inspires them to create regularly. I am requesting Mexican air-dry clay, materials to cut the clay, mount the clay and seal the clay onto a piece of painted wood. The students will place their sneaker print to represent their footprint on our school and they path they leave behind for others to follow. Those tiles will be dried, sealed and mounted in the library as an inspiration to others to leave their mark on our school. We will use art sculpture from other cultures to explain the process of leaving one's mark for those who follow and learn from us.

Our students live in a very small and often closed community with little opportunity to engage in other cultures.

Through the lessons and physical creation of art they will understand how similar they are to others who appear dissimilar. My students need to understand the connectedness we share with the world seemingly so far away.

Mrs. Weisser Surry Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Dendron, VA View local requests

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
KRYLON COATINGS/!H SEALER 6OZ • Blick Art Materials $5.29 3 $15.87
WELDBOND ADHESIVE/12OZ • Blick Art Materials $7.51 2 $15.02
CLAY CUTTER/NYLON • Blick Art Materials $0.63 2 $1.26
AMACO MEX POT CLAY/RED 25LB • Blick Art Materials $23.94 4 $95.76

Materials cost

$127.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$159.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.21

Total project goal

$188.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$188.04

6 Donors

-$187.68

Donations toward project cost

-$159.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.36

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$0.00

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