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Ms. Tavares from Houston, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Paint, Please!

My students need a variety of types of paints and glazes for their art projects.

  • $1,229 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

Vincent Van Gogh said, "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." My students would love to have the ability to paint as much as possible without worrying about whether we have enough paint to go around.

I teach art in Texas to 800, low socio-economic students from Prekindergarten-5th grade, who attend art class for 45 minutes once every six days and that is never enough time!

They are always asking for more! Due to this, I open my art room for 30 minutes before the school day begins and the students come in droves! They use this time to complete projects, research artists or show me artwork that they have completed at home.

My Project

The first question asked when the children walk through the door at the beginning of the year is, "Are we going to paint today?" If paint was made available to the students everyday, that would be their medium of choice. Therefore, I am requesting gallon and half gallon jugs of a variety of types and colors of paint (tempera, acrylic and glaze for ceramics). With a school of 800 students, paint is a hot commodity! By purchasing paint in larger quantities, it will allow the students more opportunities to use the medium, without running out. By having a variety of paint (acrylic, tempera, glaze), I can give the students more choice in their artwork, thus helping the children become problem-solvers for the 21st century.

A large quantity of paint in the art room will allow the students more opportunities to create art in the way that they choose to create it.

They will have more choices, thus becoming more prepared for life beyond school.

Ms. Tavares Hollibrook 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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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

800 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAINT CHROMACRYL STUDENT 6 1/2 GALLON SET SECONDARY • School Specialty $105.44 1 $105.44
PAINT CRAYOLA WASHABLE ASST GALLON SET OF 6 • School Specialty $105.44 1 $105.44
PAINT ACRYLIC CHROMACRYL STUDENT 1/2 GAL SET 6 • School Specialty $105.44 1 $105.44
PAINT CHROMACRYL STUDENT 1/2 GALLON SET WARM SET OF 6 • School Specialty $105.44 1 $105.44
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-1 BLACK GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-11 WHITE GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-58 RED GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-32 BROWN GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-41 GREEN GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-21 BLUE GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-60 YELLOW GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
GLAZE TEACHERS CHOICE TC-64 ORANGE GAL • School Specialty $50.82 1 $50.82
PAINT PUMP FOR GALLON JARS • School Specialty $1.70 24 $40.80
PAINT CRAYOLA WASHABLE ORANGE GALLON • School Specialty $20.42 1 $20.42
PAINT CRAYOLA WASHABLE VIOLET GALLON • School Specialty $20.42 1 $20.42

Materials cost

$909.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $91.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,044.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$184.34

Total project goal

$1,228.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,228.95

12 Donors

-$951.31

Donations toward project cost

-$810.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$140.45

match offer

-$275.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$233.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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 $0.00

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