Our students love music. They are passionate about music and music-making. Music is what keeps them motivated to come to school. They excel in music despite our school being situated in the midst of five federal housing projects. Most, if not all, of our students come from homes of highest poverty. Our school has a 70% highly disadvantaged rate.
Beautiful music comes out of our orchestra room.
Our students play with great passion. Music is what they excel at. Our students would never have been able to play in an orchestra were it not for the school orchestra program.
My Project
Our cheerful orchestra students really need a full-sized cello. Our orchestra is growing and we are short of cellos to give our orchestra a balanced sound with lower-voiced string instruments. We do not have a sufficient number of cellos to have a full and balanced sound when we perform.
The new cello will enable more students to be able to play the cello in our school orchestra.
The new cello will fulfill the need of more students wanting to learn to play the cello. The new cello will be used to give these students the opportunity to learn to play this beautiful instrument. They will learn a rich and varied repertoire of music and gain music literacy skills that will change their lives for the better for the rest of their lives.
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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