About

Me: 29 year old, Portland based former third grade teacher, currently housewifing it up. Wanted to get back in the classroom; no jobs for a motivated lady like me. So I decided to give a gift to a pretty cool school; a free full time art teacher for a year. SCRAP provides the materials and everybody wins.

Contact me if you are interested in creative reuse, donating supplies or sharing this project with the media.

Please note:

I specify how much it costs to teach each lesson, per student. I am assuming that if you are teaching somewhere, you will have access to the following things, or could borrow them for free from another teacher, etc.

-Paper (even if is one sided pre copied-on, pulled out of the recycle bin at Kinkos, it doesn’t have to be Crane watermarked or anything. Everyone has access to free paper.)

-Scissors -even 10 pairs for a class of 24 kids would do, since it’s usually just a few cuts, unless you’re teaching Japanese paper cutting or something.

-Pencils  (again, just look in the piles the custodian sweeps up at the end of the day, you could find 3 pencils easy, and if you bribe the custodian with tasty treats he/she might set those pencils aside for you… instant class set!)

-Markers or crayons, nothing fancy, plus you technically only need like 50 of them, not every kid needs their own box.  Mmmm, classroom communism.

-Rulers or even just manila folders cut to make straightedges.

That’s it. All other materials are factored into the cost per student.