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Mr. Rose from Bronx, NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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West Bronx Brass Band Takeover!

Help me give my students the chance to be a part of a brass band!

  • $2,230 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

Students at our school are some the most hardworking young adults I have had the pleasure to work with. Everyday I have students coming to my classroom before school, during lunch, and after school to work on their piano skills, perfect their bass lines, and hone their drum grooves.

Students at our academy come from working-class families with 85% of our students eligible for free lunch.

Eighty percent of our students are Hispanic, with many English Language Learners. For most of our students, the music room is the only space they have access to musical instruments as well as the freedom to express themselves through song and dance.

This past year our middle school classes focused on learning the basics of keyboarding, drumming, and singing through popular music. Our 9th-grade classes dived deeper into keyboarding, drumming, and composition through the use of Garageband. The 10-12 classes focused on playing in groups and put on a performance that featured nearly 20 student musicians in 4 different ensembles.

My Project

All of our students want to be given a chance to make music and this year at West Bronx we will be giving this opportunity to more students than ever before. This upcoming​ school year we will be offering band classes for our 6-8 middle students for the first time. This class will be in addition to the normal music classes but will focus on learning wind instruments.

This will give students the opportunity to make music in a large group setting of their peers.

Although this may sound like a typical middle school band- it's not. We will be focusing almost exclusively on brass band music of the New Orleans tradition, funk, and popular music sounds. This group will learn the basics of playing wind instruments, playing by ear, improvising, playing with a group, and reading music.

Mr. Rose West Bronx Academy for the Future 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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Bronx, 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

180 students impacted 23donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
pBone Plastic Trombone • Woodwind and Brasswind $159.00 2 $318.00
Plastic Trumpet 2.0 • Woodwind and Brasswind $149.00 2 $298.00
Plastic Trumpet 2.0 • Woodwind and Brasswind $149.00 2 $298.00
Plastic Trumpet 2.0 • Woodwind and Brasswind $149.00 2 $298.00
Plastic Trumpet 2.0 • Woodwind and Brasswind $149.00 2 $298.00
Plastic Trumpet 2.0 • Woodwind and Brasswind $149.00 2 $298.00
Claves • Woodwind and Brasswind $4.49 4 $17.96
351 Premium Celluloid Guitar Picks (12-Pack) • Woodwind and Brasswind $3.89 2 $7.78
1800B Mouthpiece Spray • Woodwind and Brasswind $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$1,837.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,895.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$334.46

Total project goal

$2,229.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,229.76

20 Donors

-$1,834.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,589.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$244.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$359.77

Match offers toward project cost

-$305.80

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.00

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 $0.00

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