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Mrs. T. from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Textiles Around the World

My students need supplies for making quilts such as a sewing machine, batting, muslin, thread, pins, iron, ironing board, scissors, fabric paints for decorating fabric, and my students need looms for weaving.

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This year Independence Charter School's gifted support classes will study the topic of textiles, through critical thinking activities that include research, writing, oral presentations, field trips, and hands on projects. We have 135 second through eighth graders, with high IQ's eager to participate in the program. Our school does not have a budget for gifted support. I have planned our year of study to culminate with quilt exchanges with other classrooms somewhere in the world. We're enrolled in iEarn an organization that pairs together classrooms who want to collaborate on learning projects. Our school is a proponent of multi-cultural studies and world languages. Each student in our school is provided with instruction in full immersion Spanish or a daily period of Spanish instruction. Our social studies curriculum emphasis's country studies, and global topics. I'm planning for our gifted support classes to share their learning with the rest of the school, and also will encourage and support any proposals that students wish to pursue as a result of their studies. For the quilt exchange, we will partner with classrooms somewhere in the world to explore each others fables. Students will each research and depict fables in a square. Squares will be exchanged and then made into quilts. The study of textiles would not be complete without working with some kind of textile. ICS needs kind donors to help provide the materials that will make this topic truly memorable. Thanks!

Mrs. T. Independence Charter School Grades 3-5

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
24" x 36" Deluxe Cutting Mat, Green • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $38.99 1 $38.99
Hand Sewing Needle Assortment • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $1.99 1 $1.99
CARDBOARD LOOMS, 6.5INX13 PKG/12 • Blick Art Materials $6.62 3 $19.86
PALMER FABRIC PAINT, SET6 3/4OZ • Blick Art Materials $3.90 2 $7.80
CRAYOLA FABRIC CRAYN, SET8 • Blick Art Materials $2.15 3 $6.45
CRAYOLA FABRIC MRKRS, 10CT BRT CLRS • Blick Art Materials $3.77 3 $11.31
Proctor Silex® Easy Press™ Lightweight Iron • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $17.99 1 $17.99
Bleached Fine Weave Muslin • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $15.29 5 $76.45
Quality Cotton Batting • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $10.79 12 $129.48
Brother® XL-2610 59-Stitch Function Free Arm Sewing Machine • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $133.99 1 $133.99
8" Right Hand Fiskars® Scissors • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Grabbit® Magnetic Pin Holder • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $7.95 1 $7.95
Ball Point Colored Head Pins • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $1.99 3 $5.97
Coats & Clark Dual Duty Plus® White Thread, 500-yd. Spool • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $2.25 3 $6.75
Counter Top Ironing Board • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $6.99 1 $6.99
Fiskars® Retractable Rotary Cutters, 45mm • Sax Family & Consumer Science, Inc. $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$495.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $49.60

Sales tax

 $29.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$605.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.80

Total project goal

$737.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $737.80

8 Donors

-$631.00

Donations toward project cost

-$605.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$106.80

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