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Ms. Castrofilippo from Brooklyn, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Light Up Our Artwork!

Help me give my students LED light panels to help improve their confidence and encourage experimentation with drawing and other art techniques.

  • $673 goal

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My Students

Concerns about money, warm clothing, or their next meal: these are things children shouldn't have to worry about, yet my students face these issues daily and still come to school excited to learn and create! Our school is a high-poverty, Title I School, with an Economic Need Index of 82.5%.

Artistic expression is a universal language.

Half of my students are new to this country and are working hard to learn a new language. In my art classes, I try to create opportunities for my students to be successful during that process!

I am consistently amazed by their innovative ideas. Given the right resources, there is no telling what my students can accomplish.

My Project

My visual arts students will use these light panels for a variety of projects throughout the school year. One project that I know my students will love is to use the light panels to assist with self-portraits.

Using a Light panel to create and experiment with art is a great way to build the confidence of young developing artists!

Since there is no art-room for my elementary art students, these light weight LED panels will be extremely useful and easy to transport as I travel from room to room with a cart. Please help me to make this project become a reality.

Ms. Castrofilippo PS 225 the Eileen Zaglin Grades 3-5

More about Ms. Castrofilippo

Brooklyn, NY 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

400 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LIGHT PANEL LED LUMEN 8.5X11 INCHES • School Specialty $80.99 6 $485.94

Materials cost

$485.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.59

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$571.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.91

Total project goal

$672.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $672.73

4 Donors

-$336.36

Donations toward project cost

-$285.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.45

match offer

-$336.36

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.45

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 $0.00

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