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Ms. McManus from Los Angeles, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Pen & Ink Is Mightier Than the Sword!

Help me give my students the art supplies and confidence they need for a create year!

  • $987 goal

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My Project

My Drawing and Painting students need the best art supplies to learn and create with. We love digital art, but there is nothing like the experience of dipping a fountain pen into a bottle of india ink, drawing on paper or creating an original acrylic painting.

Putting a pen into the hand of an young artist is the ultimate challenge to their creativity!

Your gift will allow my students to make 100s of drawings and painting. The Drawing classes will be able to participate in the Inktober challenges, as well as creating some wonderful work for our October and November art shows. The painting students will be able to stretch out into some larger canvases and all of us will have a wonderful autumn!

Ms. McManus Cortines School - Vpa Grades 9-12

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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Los Angeles, CA 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

200 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blick Economy Cotton Canvas Panel Classroom Pack - 18 x 24, Class Pack of 24 • Blick Art Materials $115.45 2 $230.90
Blick Economy Cotton Canvas Panel Classroom Pack - 8 x 10, Class Pack of 24 • Blick Art Materials $21.14 6 $126.84
Blick Black Cat Waterproof India Ink - 3 oz • Blick Art Materials $3.86 18 $69.48
Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil - White • Blick Art Materials $1.42 48 $68.16
Blick Black Cat Waterproof India Ink - Quart • Blick Art Materials $14.53 4 $58.12
Speedball Standard Point Dip Pen Nibs - Fine • Blick Art Materials $1.01 48 $48.48
Borden & Riley Kraft Papers - 12 x 18, 50 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $22.30 2 $44.60
Speedball Standard Pen Holders - Black • Blick Art Materials $1.55 24 $37.20
Canson XL Black Drawing Pad - 12 x 9, wire bound • Blick Art Materials $8.38 4 $33.52
General''s Sketch and Wash Pencil - Soft • Blick Art Materials $1.10 12 $13.20

Materials cost

$730.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $66.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$838.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.94

Total project goal

$986.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $986.24

5 Donors

-$512.27

Donations toward project cost

-$461.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.61

Matching donations from our partners

-$443.11

Match offers toward project cost

-$376.64

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.86

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 $0.00

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