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Ms. Rowley from Bronx, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Meaning Through Art

My students need art supplies to express their learning through various modalities. We'll use clay and clay tools to to create sculptures and watercolor paints to create painting masterpieces. And we'll need a drying rack!

  • $629 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My students are kind and caring children who enter the classroom with a range of strengths and needs. In my South Bronx public elementary school, we are a community of diverse learners.

The school welcomes students who are children of immigrant families, students who are living in high poverty, and students who are learning English as a new language.

Despite those challenges, they come together to form a strong community of learners and friends.

In my ICT kindergarten classroom, my students are excited, energetic, and motivated to learn. They love reading and making art. They love drawing and writing stories about their lives. They love playing and exploring what it means to be a good friend. They are limitless in their aspirations and potential.

My Project

When it comes to making meaning of the world around them, my students are diverse individuals with unique challenges and needs. Some express their learning through writing, while other like to get hands-on and create. They all enjoy exploring our different curriculum themes through various art and tactile experiences. In my Kindergarten classroom, we've found ways to incorporate social studies themes into our reading and writing curricula, but something is still missing: ART!

This year, my students will learn about the world around them (their families, their school community, and their neighborhood) through books, field trips, writing, and if this project is funded, through art.

They will use clay and clay tools to create stores and buildings in their neighborhood that they'd like to add if they could. They will use watercolor paint and paper to make portraits of themselves and their families. They will use the drying rack to safely dry their masterpieces so they can later beautify their school walls. By engaging in joyful exploration of clay and painting materials, students will deepen their learning and understanding.

Our curriculum this year will include creating self portraits using various medium (pencil, markers, paint, collage and clay). We'll also make models of our classroom, school, and neighborhood. We'll study buildings, transportation and careers that are critical to our neighborhood and world. We won't just read about these big ideas, students will also create what interests them most about the topics.

Ms. Rowley PS 154 Jonathan D Hyatt Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Ms. Rowley

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

50 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SAX RACK SAX STACK A RACK RED • School Specialty $88.87 2 $177.74
PAINT ART TIME WATERCOLOR OVAL PAN • School Specialty $1.48 50 $74.00
PAPER WATERCOLOR SAX 9X12 90LB PK 100 • School Specialty $17.96 4 $71.84
TOOLS MODELING - 6 IN BOXWOOD- MINI-SET OF 10 • School Specialty $14.83 4 $59.32
TOOLS POTTERY SET OF 8 • School Specialty $12.49 2 $24.98
CLAY HI-FIRE STONEWARE WHITE 38-M 50 POUNDS • School Specialty $24.63 1 $24.63
ROLLING PIN PATTERN SET OF 4 • School Specialty $10.00 2 $20.00

Materials cost

$452.51

Vendor shipping charges

$45.25

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$534.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.33

Total project goal

$628.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$628.88

10 Donors

-$411.24

Donations toward project cost

-$364.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.69

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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$0.00

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