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Mr. Poole from Miami, FL is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Music Instruments for Underserved School

My students need 3 clarinets with extra reeds and a trumpet. We have as many as 30 (thirty) students per class and currently have only one working brass instrument and one working woodwind instrument: a trombone and a flute.

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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

My students come from underprivileged families and several are in the foster care system. Many have behavioral issues; music will greatly help them appropriately express themselves and utilize discipline to improve behavior, learn to count (fractions, addition, etc.) and improve reading through comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. Our current inventory of music instruments is considerably lacking: most instruments are unusable due to severe damage and/or missing parts. Most students in all age groups do not know how to read or play music at all due to lack of resources.

My Project

I chose a trumpet and three clarinets. We currently have no trumpets to use, and this instrument is vital for students to have a well-rounded music education. I also chose three clarinets based on the price value, which will enable us to purchase more instruments and increase usability for many students per class. As of now, we have only one usable brass instrument and one woodwind instrument.

These instruments will greatly benefit students and unlock potential talent and immense creativity.

If we are able to fund this project, we will provide artistic enrichment for countless students for several years to come.

Mr. Poole Eneida Massas Hartner Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Miami, FL View local requests

More than half 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

300 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CL711 Bb Student Clarinet • Woodwind and Brasswind $399.00 3 $1,197.00
BTR-1277 Series Student Bb Trumpet • Woodwind and Brasswind $699.99 1 $699.99
Bb Clarinet Reeds, Box of 25 • Woodwind and Brasswind $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$1,936.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,996.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$352.24

Total project goal

$2,348.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,348.27

10 Donors

-$2,265.88

Donations toward project cost

-$1,929.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$336.39

match offer

-$78.28

Match offer toward project cost

-$66.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.11

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 $0.00

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