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Ms. Melendez from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pre-K Express Through Art!

My students need 13 Art Center supplies, including collage kits and materials, 100 lbs. of terra cotta clay and clay cutters.

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All children are natural born Artists and Pre-K is where that talent is truly developed and embraced. I teach a dual language pre-k program in a high poverty school in New York City. The children in my class learn in both English and Spanish simultaneously. Our wonderful programs allows much creativity and fun filled activities.

Many of the children that enter my classroom come homes that do not provide children with childhood experiences and opportunities. Many of these children desperately need to exercise their motor skills especially their fine motor skills. Art activities allow children to use their fine motor skills and get them ready to start holding pencils and crayons appropriately. Unfortunately, budget cuts do not allow our pre-kindergartners to fully benefit from art projects and materials because of the lack of supplies.

In order to have an Art center that empowers the children to create, explore with , and make decisions with, our classroom needs sequence, paper shapes, glue, clay, and water color paper. Our class also needs a paper cutter so that I can cut up strips and pieces of paper to place into our collages. Carrying out these art projects really helps the students to make decisions, strengthen their motor skills, build vocabulary, and turn their creativity into something that tangible.

Your help will surely make a difference in the lives of these children because they will be able to be exposed to different kinds of materials. These children will be given ample opportunities to learn how to use various art materials so that they can manipulate materials to create physical creations.

Ms. Melendez PS 94 Henry Longfellow Grades PreK-2

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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

20 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ELMERS TACK PUTTY/BLUE 2OZ • Blick Art Materials $2.07 2 $4.14
NATURAL BURLAP/NTRL 36INXYD • Blick Art Materials $1.88 5 $9.40
SEQUIN MIXES/4OZ ASST • Blick Art Materials $4.67 1 $4.67
TERRA COTTA CLAY 77/TER COTTA BRN50LB • Blick Art Materials $21.24 2 $42.48
PURPLE COWS CUTTER/2 IN 1 COMBO • Blick Art Materials $47.57 1 $47.57
CANSON MONTVAL WC PK/9X12 500SHT PK • Blick Art Materials $59.19 1 $59.19
MCGILL STACKING/13/16IN CIRCLE • Blick Art Materials $5.52 1 $5.52
MCGILL STACKING/2 1/8IN CIRCLE • Blick Art Materials $11.47 1 $11.47
MCGILL STACK PUNCH/OVAL 1.3125X1.8125 • Blick Art Materials $11.33 1 $11.33
MCGILL STACKING/1 9/16IN SQUARE • Blick Art Materials $10.79 1 $10.79
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $28.00 1 $28.00
ELMERS GLUE/GALLON GLUE ALL • Blick Art Materials $8.33 1 $8.33
RIBBON RAINBOW ECONO/CLASSRM PACK • Blick Art Materials $4.67 1 $4.67
ULTIMATE COLLAGE KIT/COLAGE KIT • Blick Art Materials $19.97 2 $39.94

Materials cost

$287.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.75

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$329.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.34

Total project goal

$401.90

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $401.90

12 Donors

-$401.90

Donations toward project cost

-$329.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.34

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