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Ms. Shariffskul from Berwyn, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Put the Drama Kids In the Spotlight!

My students need a followspot to light our performers.

  • $400 goal

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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

Don't leave us in the dark! Help us show our talent by putting us in the spotlight!

Our middle school drama/speech department serves kids grades 6 - 8.

Our Title I school district is in a high-risk community where most students are minority and low-income. Though our students struggle at times to succeed, they are passionate, imaginative kids who deserve the chance to experience a creative learning environment. We have an after school drama club program where students can participate in 2 full length plays, improv team, speech team and Thespian society. This program allows students of all ability levels and learning types to play a role in the creative process. This year, over 90 students participated in our program. We try to find a place for any child interested in the performing arts. Our students act, sing and dance on the stage and learn technical skills backstage as well. Students are responsible for just about every aspect of the creative process: sound, set, props, costumes, makeup, and lights are all designed and executed by the theater students.

My Project

We have a pair of spotlights operated in turns by several students that we have used for our plays. Unfortunately, one has stopped working and needs to be replaced. Often in theatre, a spotlight is used to show the audience where to look. The follow spots can change color, size, and move to follow an actor on stage. Our plays take place in a large gym with a stage. We perform each production for more than 700 students. Anything we can do to help draw the audience's attention to the right actors in such a large room helps. We train a few students every play to operate the spots for performance.

Having two spotlights allows multiple students to be lit on stage, allows more children a chance to work behind the scenes, and provides our large student audience the ability to follow the story more closely.

Your donation will make it possible for us to continue providing students with high quality equipment and performances that they deserve.

Ms. Shariffskul Lincoln Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Berwyn, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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
Followspot 400G • Woodwind & Brasswind $299.99 1 $299.99

Materials cost

$299.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$339.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.91

Total project goal

$399.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $399.40

6 Donors

-$190.88

Donations toward project cost

-$169.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.13

match offer

-$199.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$169.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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