My students need a synthesizer with a protective bag, an analog percussion sequencer, and music making equipment to develop their musical and expressive abilities!
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Seymour's classroom raised $906
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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
Imagine being able to form a rock band that gave you the ability to raise your voice about issues and ideas that are relevant to your life. Now imagine being able to do just that at 11, 12, or 13 years old in your own middle school while exploring the historical significance of rock personalities.
Creative and enthusiastic types abound in my current group of middle school students.
As a high-poverty school with an extensive range of cultures represented, we often need support in facilitating social expression in a safe and productive manner. Many of my students have the desire to participate in a music program in order to learn to express themselves through art, though as a school we lack the resources and maintenance to support this. We have had powerful experiences exploring music as a club with students, though our instrument supply is dangerously scant, and student demand for a program is at an all time high. We have watched as our students built confidence through participating in our rock club. Students that felt otherwise unable to express themselves have found hope through looking at the historical significance and performance of rock music.
My Project
As students begin to participate in the rock club, their voices grow in all aspects of their lives. Students begin to better understand themselves as advocates for positive change in their community as they study the significance of musical artists and their messages. We are requesting some basic reinvestment to our dwindling supply of rock band equipment. My students need a synthesizer and a sequencer with power cables and protective equipment to get our rock band equipped! Synthesizers and sequencers will allow our students to interact with technology that cultures their development of musical expression skills. Through participation in a rock band, students cultivate musical talent while engaging in a positive atmosphere that emphasizes teamwork, collaboration, and artistic expression. The boomwhackers requested in this grant facilitate teamwork and collaboration skills development in an especially interesting and captivating fashion.
We really are looking to start something BIG here: the creation of a space where students will learn essential life skills.
Your contribution to our music program will improve the experience of our students as it facilitates their participation in both artistic expression and physical music performance. Participation in a sufficiently equipped music program students will learn dedication to a craft as well as essential organizational skills.
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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