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Mrs. Howard from Jacksonville, NC is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Totally Tubano Part III!

Help me give my students a high quality world music drum (tubano drum) to learn and practice rhythms, perform music from other countries/cultures, and to create their own music and accompaniments.

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My students love to perform music on instruments, especially barred instruments (xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels and bass bars) and drums. While our classroom does have many barred instruments, we are lacking drums. Due to not having many world music drums, student learning is limited. My students learn best through singing, movement, speech, creating and performing on instruments so increasing the amount of instruments will increase student learning and understanding.

I teach 600 students in grades K-5, and they come to me for 45 minutes once a week.

My school is a Title I school in a military town. Military families many times will move away due to orders or deployments, but often return 1 to 3 years later. Students at my school are eager to learn and are most excited about performing on instruments and creating and performing their own compositions.

I am certified in the Orff approach and use this approach daily as a way for my students to learn. Students learn through exploration and creating. Our classroom is lacking in drums, especially world drums to allow for students to explore, learn and create. Tubano drums are similar in tone to both an African Kpanlogo drum and a Conga drum. All of which my students have not had much access to playing.

Having a third tubano drum would open up the ability to teach and for the students to learn about the music and culture of areas that have been missing from our classroom: Latin America and Africa.

While one drum may seem insignificant, adding this drum to our classroom will give us a place to start and allow for a more authentic application of world music. This will positively impact the students learning experience by giving them the opportunity to learn through exploration and to create with their peers.

Mrs. Howard Clear View Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than half 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

600 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Remo 100 Series Tunable Tubano 27 x 14 in. Kintekloth • Music & Arts $389.95 1 $389.95

Materials cost

$389.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$456.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.51

Total project goal

$536.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $536.73

4 Donors

-$485.85

Donations toward project cost

-$413.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.13

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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