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Mr. Leopold from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Want to Bang on the Drum All Day!

My students need 20 practice pads, drum sticks, and cymbals.

  • $1,001 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My children don't want to work! They want to BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY! Unfortunately, we have broken drum equipment and not enough drum sticks or drum pads for any 1 class.

My students are the children that attend school in New York and are mostly English Language Learners.

The predominant culture is Dominican. The grades are from K-5th grade and I teach music in all the grades.

My Project

This is my 3rd Donor's Choose Grant I've written. The first grant enabled me to get video equipment so the students could see their performance work and critique it, my second grant was to get brass and woodwind instruments to start a beginning band program. This grant is to get the resources needed to start a 4-5th grade drum and rhythm program. Students will increase their math skills, their coordination, and eye/hand responses as they learn to master reading rhythm, sticking patterns, and when to play what type of drum in a multi-drum set.

SMASH!

BOOM! CRASH!!! TIKITICK! BONG! These are the sounds I hear on a daily basis, but I want my students to become more sensitive and controlled in their technique and their ability to play together as a group. Your donation could make this grant a reality. The students will learn how to work together as the battery of a beginning band ensemble.

Mr. Leopold PS 128 Audubon Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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New York, NY View local requests

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

300 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pulse Pro 5-Piece Drumset with Zildjian ZBT Cymbals. (Standard) • Woodwind & Brasswind $499.99 1 $499.99
Vic Firth Corpsmaster Marching Drum Sticks (MS1) • Woodwind & Brasswind $19.99 8 $159.92
Ambassador Coated Practice Pad (6 IN) • Woodwind & Brasswind $6.99 20 $139.80

Materials cost

$799.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$820.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$180.16

Total project goal

$1,000.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,000.87

8 Donors

-$1,000.87

Donations toward project cost

-$820.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$180.16

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 $0.00

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