Our music students come into the class with much enthusiasm, excited to play and see what we are doing each day. As a teacher I need to use many things to help students grasp musicality (rhythm, notes, intonation, articulation, etc.)
Our program consists of a 7th/8th grade band, two 7th/8th grade orchestra, 6th grade band and 6th grade strings.
We have three concerts at our school during the year. Many of our seventh and eighth grade band and orchestra students also participate in a performance at Disneyland each year, showing the public our accomplishments as musicians. We have a lot of diversity at our school with many students participating in their families' cultural music outside of school.
The last two years of school have been challenging with COVID. It is good to be back in the classroom this year. For us to meet the guidelines to play indoors we need certain PPE for our wind instruments. We have already had one public performance this year and look forward to our future concerts.
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We currently have PPE that we use daily for our wind instruments. The PPE we have does not include a MERV-13 filter, which is recommended for indoor playing.
Our temporary solution, until we can get MERV-13 filters, is using surgical grade masks as filters with our bell covers.
The bells covers for the trumpets have started to develop holes and we are looking to replace them with new bell cover MERV-13 combination bell covers. To properly meet the recommendations to play indoors we need to meet a few criteria: ventilation, wearing a mask, lessen the time playing, hygiene and having bell covers over our instruments. We have met all the criteria but as stated above are using temporary solutions with regard to the proper bell covers and filters. For the students to have a safe environment to practice and perform together on their instruments and to have equity across all instruments (woodwind, brass, percussion, and strings) we need to have the proper PPE for our students.
Gator Cases Double-Layer Aerosol Cover with MERV-13 Filter for Trumpet/Cornet, Alto/Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet; Fits Bell Sizes Ranging from 4 to 5-Inches (GBELLCVR0405BK)
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$12.23
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$244.60
Gator Cases 3 Inch MERV 13 Filters for 2-3 Inch Wind Instrument Bell Cover; 5 Pack (GBELLCVR0203FILTER)
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$19.36
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$58.08
Materials cost
$302.68
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$27.70
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.54
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$364.92
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$64.40
Total project goal
$429.32
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