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Dr. Berlin from Pearland TX is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Guitar Capo Crusaders

My students need guitar capos to transpose their music in to keys that are easier for young voices to sing.

  • $232 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The students absolutely adore making music! Music represents a decidedly positive part of their lives. It is amazing to watch them concentrate to solve legitimate music problems on real instruments as well as the beaming glow of satisfaction when they master a skill or learn a new song.

Music is one of the major motivating factors for being at school and engaging with all subject areas.

We are a Title I (high poverty) school in Texas. Despite economic hardships, including the recent flooding due to Hurricane Harvey, at school the students get the opportunity to interact with authentic instruments in meaningful ways. This has a tremendous influence on their lives.

My Project

When learning to play a string instrument, it is very helpful if students know the tunes and even sing along if there are words. We use folk songs as the basis for our guitar program literature. Using capos while learning guitar helps to put the songs they're learning into singable keys.

Guitar education is rooted in social justice by emphasizing access, equity, and rigor for populations who may not have had access to or interest in music education in schools in the past.

The instrument is inexpensive and culturally relevant to all people. Through the guitar, formerly disempowered populations can find that they have a voice to speak out against injustices. We're not just teaching an instrument, we're changing the world one child at a time.

Dr. Berlin
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elastic Heavy Single Capo • Woodwind and Brasswind $5.49 30 $164.70

Materials cost

$164.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$197.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.79

Total project goal

$231.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $231.96

4 Donors

-$115.97

Donations toward project cost

-$98.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.39

match offer

-$115.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$98.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.40

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 $0.00

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