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Ms. Trindle from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Music Books For Elementary Students!

My students need 22 different musical books to teach them about cultures, history, and music all over the world.

  • $346 goal

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Ms. Trindle has another project! Donate to Uke Make Our Dreams Come True to help her classroom.

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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

Music can reach students easily--but how can that experience be enhanced? Despite an enthusiasm for music, my students do not have access to books that relate to the subject. Their musical education is hindered by our school's $0 music budget.

My students are high poverty urban children who attend a public K-8 school in New Jersey.

They are incredible and curious but are often limited in what they see and experience by lack of funding. They have an innate love of music and take pride in their always increasing knowledge of it.

My Project

If my students received these books about music, their base knowledge would be significantly increased. They would read stories about composers and musicians from all over the world, learning about everything from opera to jazz to rock and roll. They would experience illustrations that depict instruments they have never heard of and see portraits of barrier breaking artists who have made the world a better place.

Donations to this project will make a difference because my students will enjoy these books so much.

They are enthusiastic, deserving children with a natural eagerness to learn about music from all over the world. Thank you so much for considering donating to us.

Ms. Trindle Ridge Street Elementary School 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.

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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 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pictures at an Exhibition • AKJ Books $6.20 1 $6.20
The Sound That Jazz Makes Carole Boston Weatherford, Eric Ve • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
The Peter Yarrow Songbook: Songs for Little Folks Peter Yarr • AKJ Books $13.22 1 $13.22
Manuelo, The Playing Mantis • AKJ Books $5.46 1 $5.46
Mysterious Thelonious Christopher Raschka, Chris Raschka (Il • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Let''s Make Music!: An Interactive Musical Trip Around the Wo • AKJ Books $15.59 1 $15.59
Farewell Symphony Anna Harwell Celenza, Joann E. Kitchel (Il • AKJ Books $17.12 1 $17.12
The Magic Flute Adapted by Kyra Teis, Kyra Teis (Illustrator • AKJ Books $14.00 1 $14.00
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson Pam Mu • AKJ Books $23.36 1 $23.36
101 Music Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Rhythm a • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
A Gift of Music • AKJ Books $10.10 1 $10.10
Ah, Music! • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Classical Music Stories • AKJ Books $8.57 1 $8.57
For the Love of Music • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D''Arezzo Susan • AKJ Books $13.26 1 $13.26
Grandpa''s Music • AKJ Books $15.29 1 $15.29
M is for Music • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
I Am The Music Man • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
The Wolf Who Loved Music • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
The Deaf Musicians • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Water Music : Poems for Children • AKJ Books $10.76 1 $10.76
Violet''s Music • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25

Materials cost

$254.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$293.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.80

Total project goal

$345.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $345.36

7 Donors

-$341.31

Donations toward project cost

-$293.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.05

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