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Mr. McElroy from Indianapolis, IN is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dancing Through Life at NCHS

Help me give my students the experience of working with Mrs. Leanne Haggard, a professional choreographer that will train them in spatial awareness, various choreography styles, and dance terminology.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. McElroy's classroom raised $752

This project is fully funded

My Students

My singers come from diverse backgrounds and attend a large urban high school of more than 3,800 students. More than 50 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Approximately 20% of our school are English language learners (ESL), including refugees and students new to our country. Approximately 25% of my students have special needs with an individual instruction plan. Most of my students do not have formal training in the performing arts or experience being in ensembles so I try to provide these opportunities by teaching them concert and performance etiquette and making sure all students from diverse backgrounds feel confident in the way they sound and unified in spirit and song.

Our choirs are a beautiful reflection of our diverse community and mirror the rich melting pot of the urban areas in our country, creating a sense of family within the classroom based on mutual respect and collaboration.

My Project

Many of the approximately 300 choral music students that I teach are not comfortable with moving to music and have not had much experience with dance and choreography. Many special education students and ESL students elect to take choir, so dance and movement help them successfully integrate into the choral classroom, especially if they have language deficits. Students are highly motivated to improve their dancing skills when given the opportunity. Students sing better and perform more confidently when they are comfortable moving to music. They will learn to be spatially award and physically fit while singing and dancing at the same time. They will become more well rounded as they will learn various dance styles from tap, lyric, jazz, musical theater, and contemporary movement patterns.

This project will bring LeAnn Haggard, former National Dance Teacher of the Year and professional dancer and choreographer, to our classroom for a total of 30 class periods to create appropriate movement for a variety of songs based on the developmental level of the students.

She will come into the classroom and teach the proper ways to physically warm-up, cool down, basic dance steps used in various styles of choreography for productions, and the proper posture for performing. The techniques she will teach will help our choirs improve their overall dancing, musical skills, rehearsal decorum, vocabulary, collaboration, and fitness.

Mr. McElroy North Central High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Visitor Total
Mrs. Leanne Haggard $600.00

Visitor cost

$600.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$639.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.76

Total project goal

$751.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $751.76

12 Donors

-$390.00

Donations toward project cost

-$331.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.50

match offer

-$361.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$307.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.26

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