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Ms. Fowler from Summerville, SC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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X Is for Xylophone (part 4)

Help me give my students a new xylophone to replace our old and broken ones in the music room.

  • 5 donors
  • $662 goal

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My Project

I teach music at a Title I school in suburban South Carolina. The students make up 38 classes in grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, including special ed, regular ed, and gifted students. Many of these students come from low-income​ families and they rely on teachers or the school for their materials. All of my students love new experiences. They are always eager to get involved in learning.

Our mascot is the Busy Bee, and we certainly stay busy trying to make every moment count in music class!

My students get so excited on days when we play Orff instruments (xylophones and metallophones). In a single music class, we can learn a musical concept and practice it through singing and playing multiple parts on these instruments. It is a great hands-on approach to teaching music with my kids. Our challenge is that the Orff instruments in our classroom were the original ones purchased for the school over 34 years ago! They have been moved in and out of many locations as the school has grown. Some of the bars are broken or missing and the bodies of some of the instruments are cracked. They no longer sound well in tune either. I would like to replace them with high quality Sonor brand instruments with fiberglass bars, which do not react as much to the heat and humidity we have here in South Carolina.

These instruments will be used by hundreds of students each year. Your donation will make a huge impact on my students by making the music room their favorite place to be.

Ms. Fowler Flowertown Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Summerville, SC View local requests

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sonor Orff Global Beat Soprano Xylophone with Fiberglass Bars Fiberglass Bars • Music & Arts $490.00 1 $490.00

Materials cost

$490.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$561.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.16

Total project goal

$661.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $661.05

3 Donors

-$602.88

Donations toward project cost

-$545.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.57

match offer

-$19.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$16.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.66

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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