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Ms. Trindle from Newark, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Strings To Make Our Violins Sing!

My students need violin and cello strings, shoulder rests, a tuner, and a metronome to keep our new orchestra program running smoothly.

  • $384 goal

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Ms. Trindle has another project! Donate to Uke Make Our Dreams Come True to help her classroom.

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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 Students

My students attend a public kindergarten through eighth grade public school in a high poverty urban community in New Jersey. They love music class and are great musicians. Even though we don't have a budget for new materials, we find creative ways to make music together.

Thanks to a donation from VH1, our school has received all the instruments we need to create a string orchestra!

This is a huge improvement to our music program and the students could not be more thrilled. However, we need to supplement these instruments with extra strings and more to keep our orchestra going.

My Project

My students have been so excited to get beautiful violins and cellos. They are now part of a small orchestra that our music program hopes to build and expand upon each year. However, we were not given crucial supplies like extra strings.

Receiving these new violin and cello strings will make it possible for me to replace the strings the same day my students break them.

Stringed instruments are sensitive and although we only began this program a few weeks ago, we've already had some string casualties. It would make a world of difference if we had a supply of extra strings in my music classroom and string breakage did not cause a pause in a student's learning.

Ms. Trindle Ridge Street Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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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
Prelude Violin String Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $16.79 10 $167.90
Recital II Cello String Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $26.99 2 $53.98
Violin Shoulder Rest • Woodwind and Brasswind $6.99 7 $48.93
TM-50 Combo Tuner/Metronome • Woodwind and Brasswind $20.90 1 $20.90

Materials cost

$291.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$326.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.55

Total project goal

$383.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $383.64

5 Donors

-$308.64

Donations toward project cost

-$262.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.30

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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