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Mrs. Malone-Smith from Great Barrington, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Printmaking for Middle School-We Need a Printing Press!

My students need a printing press! Grades 5-8 would love a new printing press for printmaking.

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My Students

Please help us fund this new press. Currently, students in art class (in classes up to 24 students) have to wait in line for the one press we already have. But with your contribution, we can purchase a second press which will give more students access to the magic of printmaking!

Our School is a rural regional school.

Our students are in the 5-8th grades. All students take art every year, so any purchase made for the art room will benefit our entire student body of 400 students. Our students are inquisitive and eager to learn new things. They are creative and passionate about art and learning. In my teaching, I instill a balance between creativity/experimentation and skill with effort being the most important. Good teaching and learning are in the forefront of our District's goals. The experience of students learning the skill, art history, and learning by doing in printmaking is is in line with the District's goals.

My Project

The printing press we would like is the Econo Etch Model II. With this compact press, we will be able to use it to create monotypes and monoprints, linoleum block prints and collagraphy. This press is identical to the one we currently have. This is important as students at this age benefit from having supplies that are similar to reduce the learning curve of a learning new technology. I think it's valuable to allow students of all ages to use professional art supplies, such as printmaking presses. Giving them the opportunity to use professional tools and supplies tells the students that they are trustworthy, responsible, and important, and this is reflected in their artwork through good attitudes, effort, their willingness to learn, as well as creative and innovative results.

Printmaking is one of those artistic processes that has allows for instant feedback.

You apply the ink, pull the print and right away you know if it was a success or not.

Mrs. Malone-Smith Web DuBois Regional Middle School Grades 6-8

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Great Barrington, MA View local requests

More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ECONO ETCH MODEL II/W/STEEL BED PLATE • Blick Art Materials $479.40 1 $479.40
PRESS BLANKETS/1/16X10.5X19 CTCH/EC • Blick Art Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
PRESS BLANKETS/1/8X10.5X19 PUSH/ECO • Blick Art Materials $11.65 1 $11.65

Materials cost

$499.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.68

Total project goal

$631.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $631.21

17 Donors

-$355.00

Donations toward project cost

-$301.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.25

match offer

-$276.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$234.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.43

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 $0.00

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