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Mr. Roeder from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Your Own Best Secret Place

My students need Canvas, charcoal, and paint for their art project "My Own Best Secret Place."

  • $373 goal

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My Students

With all the budget cuts, my students have less access to arts education. My class needs canvas, charcoal, and paint for my art students' project "My Own Best Secret Place." They're making paintings of the place where they are able get away from everything and get a little piece of mind.

My students are 6th graders starting to discover who they are as students and as pre-teens.

These are public school kids in a large urban school district. They work hard. They push themselves to think beyond our expectations. Our school has made tremendous gains in the last ten years. We were taken off of our district's chart school hit list because we've made improvements in all subgroups. Now, with budgets as tight as they are, funding for materials, supplies, and an art teacher is gone. This is the second year I've taught an art class and these kids are blowing my mind. Sixth grade is such a great time for them to have an art class because they're mot so concerned with 'being cool' yet that they will still take chances in expressing their thoughts, ideas, and experiences. This class is not arts and crafts! They are all going to pain on canvas, sculpt in wax, and have their lives changed. I'm trying to get them to see the possibilities in them that they don't know exist yet.

My Project

They're making paintings of the place where they are able get away from everything and get a little pice of mind. Every project I have them do is geared towards getting them to look at their worlds like they are a microscope, small pieces at a time. The more they reflect on their daily lives, the more considerate thinkers they'll be. The more considerate they are, the better decisions they'll hopefully make as they get older, not just for themselves, but also for their families and communities.

I tell my students each and every day that the experiences they have this year, as artists, will make them more interesting people.

Being an artist doesn't require any inherent talent or prerequisite skill. Becoming an artist is a bizarre leap of faith that requires you to say, "I am an artist." This statement has now defined the nature and freedom of your existence.

Mr. Roeder Johnnie Cochran Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

32 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
WN DRAWING INK/INTRO SET8 14ML • Blick Art Materials $25.24 1 $25.24
WN DRAWING INK/SUPPLEMNTL SET8 14ML • Blick Art Materials $25.24 1 $25.24
BLACK CAT INDA INK/BLK QUART • Blick Art Materials $11.59 1 $11.59
BLICK PASTEL/SET12 CHARCOAL • Blick Art Materials $3.87 5 $19.35
BLICKRYLIC/BASIC PINT 6/SET • Blick Art Materials $23.25 1 $23.25
BLICKRYLIC/MIXING PINT 6/SET • Blick Art Materials $23.25 1 $23.25
DB STUDIO TRADITINAL/16X20 3/4IN BKSTPLD • Blick Art Materials $3.51 36 $126.36

Materials cost

$254.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$316.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.83

Total project goal

$372.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $372.19

11 Donors

-$173.68

Donations toward project cost

-$149.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$196.09

Match offers toward project cost

-$166.68

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.41

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 $0.00

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