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Past projects 65

• Filling the Theater Cabinets

  Funded May 7, 2025

  Thank you for all of your donations and matches for this project. It is a wonderful way to celebrate teacher appreciation week. I can't wait to get these items and share them with all of the students. We are starting on our final project today, so the students will be so excited to use these new supplies!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

  This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 9 other donors.

• Caring for Our Technology

  Funded Mar 25, 2025

  Thank you for the donations to our technology project. Half of our iPads were no longer charging just because the cables had died and multiple cases had broken stands so they could no longer stand up. I can’t wait to tell the students that they will get a revamp of their technology!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 3 other donors.

• Acting Out Our History

  Funded Mar 22, 2025

  Thank you so much for your support. I can’t wait to tell the students their project was funded and that they can start working with all their theater supplies soon. This project will make such a difference in their performance. I am so grateful for all of the support from all their donors.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

• Learning to Build in Theater

  Funded Jan 15, 2025

  Thank you for the support of our project. Our students have been working hard building items for our spring musical. They used the yarn to create a Cousin It costume. They used the paint for the full set design. The cardboard was used to create 2D trees for the actors to hold and dance with. The pvc pipe was used to create fake wrought iron gates. All of these items were designed and created by the students to be used in our show. It was wonderful to see the students' creativity in developing these items into the custom items that were needed in the show.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

• Lights, CAMERA, Action

  Funded Dec 20, 2024

  Thank you for the support of our classroom. We have already been able to use the camera numerous times in the classroom to take pictures of our projects and record performances. Most recently, the students had their performances recorded so they could view them afterwards and provide self evaluations. It can be challenging to know how you look while acting, so with a camera we can document it in the classroom. Then students can look back later and see how their performance actually came across to the audience. I can't wait to continue using the camera for performances and evaluation with the students.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

• Becoming Our Ancestors

  Funded Sep 3, 2024

  Thank you so much for your donation to our project. Our students have been hard at work the past few weeks building items in class that they have designed for our musical. Some examples of projects they have been working on include: choosing characters to play in the show that are ancestors in the family, developing hair and makeup choices that are all in white/gray tones to match their characters, use the makeup and wigs to support these designs and fully embody the characters. These projects are wonderfully creative and really encourage students to push their thinking outside of the box on how to complete them. This project could not have been completed without your support and donations. The students have been loving the hands on work of this unit. Thank you.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

• Creepy, Crawly, Spooky Musical

  Funded Sep 18, 2024

  Thank you so much for your donation to our project. Our students have been hard at work the past few weeks building items in class that they have designed for our musical. Some examples of projects they have been working on include: building rolling tables and beds with casters, building self standing ghosts from chicken wire, using the shower curtains and tissue paper to make fake stained glass windows. These projects are wonderfully creative and really encourage students to push their thinking outside of the box on how to complete them. This project could not have been completed without your support and donations. The students have been loving the hands on work of this unit. Thank you.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 5 other donors.

• Building a Haunted Musical

  Funded Aug 9, 2024

  Thank you so much for your donation to our project. Our students have been hard at work the past few weeks building items in class that they have designed for our musical. Some examples of projects they have been working on include: painting champagne glasses to look like metal goblets, creating a rolling cart that looks like a potion cart, flowers that can be repeatedly removed, a bird that can be flown into the show and removed again, a goose that has been shot with an arrow, a rat that moves across the stage by itself, and so much more. This project could not have been completed without your support and donations. The students have been loving the hands on work of this unit. Thank you.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

• Building Our Imagination

  Funded Aug 27, 2024

  Thank you so much for your support of our theater classroom. Each year, the class is structured to provide students with hands-on experience with drafting, designing, and building items in a theater space. The challenge that arises is that we are always needing to replenish our supplies.

  This project allowed my cabinets to be filled. The markers have been used in our costuming unit and the perspective paper and scale rulers will be used in the next semester for set design. The storage bags, sewing supplies, and glue have been used across shows and units as well already. Thank you for your support!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and 11 other donors.

• Bringing Our Theater into the Digital Age #25

  Funded Sep 18, 2024

  This project has made such a difference in my classroom. As the class sizes get bigger, my students did not have enough technology for each to have an individual device. No longer do they need to share devices with a partner or hope that there is an absent student in class that day.

  Now, each student has a device that they can use for designs, brainstorming, research, writing, and more. And I am excited that students will continue to use these items for years to come in each and every class I teach.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Bean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 9 other donors.