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Mud, Sweat, and Tiers

My students need clay, glaze, and shelving to create their ceramic artworks.

  • $557 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The best learning happens when students are engaged in something challenging and fun. Working with clay, sculpting, and creating three dimensional objects from their imaginations presents the kind of challenge that supports students' intellectual growth and achievement.

Our school is located in an ethnically diverse, low income, inner-city neighborhood in the northeast.

Our students are accustomed to having less, and doing without. Many of our students are very talented, but their families can't afford private art lessons and art camp in the summer. To be artistically successful, my students need a top-notch, public school art education program. A ceramics program with professional tools and materials will give these children an educational experience that can change their lives and their outlook on life! Empowering Students Through Art: Our goal is to build a terrific ceramics program that incorporates art with the study of people, cultures, and civilizations throughout the world. This ceramics project will expose our students to the art of native cultures of both North and South America.

My Project

All of my students, K through 4th grade, will be creating with clay for their first time. When we begin, everyone will be learning three basic clay building techniques: pinch pot, coil, and slab. Projects will be simple at first and grow in complexity as students become more comfortable and more skilled working with clay and using the tools and building techniques. Here is a short list of first projects students will create using these clays, the clear glaze, and shelving: Mexican tiles (K-4), soap dishes (Pre-K-4), Aztec Sun plaques (2), Koi (Japanese fish) dishes (3), Pawnee Mud Pony (3-4), and Pueblo Pottery wall pockets (1-4). When students create with clay, they learn patience, they learn that it is important to follow rules, and they experience that sense of accomplishment that comes from turning an idea into an object made with one's own two hands.

"Low-income students who had arts-rich experiences in high schools were more than three times as likely to earn a B.A.

as low-income students without those experiences....low-income high school students who earned few or no arts credits were five times more likely not to graduate from high school than low-income students who earned many arts credits." -Prepared Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Report, "Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 2009-10"

Ms. T. Elliott Street 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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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 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AMACO No. 67 Sedona Red Clay 50lb. Carton, Moist • Nasco $26.25 3 $78.75
AMACO No. 20 Versa Clay • Nasco $23.89 4 $95.56
AMACO No. 25 White Art Clay 50lb. Cartons • Nasco $22.60 4 $90.40
Iron Horse Riveted Shelving 60 H x 36 W x 16 D • Nasco $76.95 1 $76.95
AMACO LeadFree LowFire FSeries Glazes F10 Clear Transparent Gallon Liquid Only • Nasco $55.95 1 $55.95

Materials cost

$397.61

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$473.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.53

Total project goal

$556.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $556.86

3 Donors

-$556.86

Donations toward project cost

-$473.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.53

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