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Ms. Smith from Bronx, NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Musical Instruments for Elementary School Students

Help me give my students instruments like egg shakers and rhythm sticks as well as scarves to move with!

  • $490 goal

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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 Project

My students are special in so many ways! At our Performing Arts elementary school, students will explore musical elements with a variety of instruments (egg shakers, rhythm sticks, percussion instruments, etc.) and move to the music with scarves.

Our music classroom currently has a very limited inventory of musical instruments; not enough for each student in one class.

Please consider funding this project so students can learn rhythms and explore melodic contour with unpitched instruments and scarves. This year we plan to move our bodies, compose rhythms, and do lots of singing!

Ms. Smith PS 91 Bronx Grades PreK-2

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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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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

440 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Rhythm Stick Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 2 $99.98
Lakeshore Egg Shakers - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 3 $74.97
Tom Boy Drum with Mallet • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.76 3 $59.28
Tambourine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 3 $56.97
Jumbo Rhythm Rainstick • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 3 $44.97
Guiro Tone Block • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 4 $43.96

Materials cost

$380.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.38

Total project goal

$489.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $489.21

1 Donor

-$437.71

Donations toward project cost

-$415.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.49

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 $0.00

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