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Mr. Fox from Belmont CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Young Composers Need Keyboards!

My students need two keyboards, stands, and headphones to compose originals songs.

  • $374 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Many of my fourth graders are talented musicians who have been learning how to play instruments like the cello, saxophone, and piano. They're also learning how to read music and write original compositions in music class!

These kids are motivated, hard-working, and eager students who really love to express themselves musically.

Many of them are English language learners who come from low-income families. They take school very seriously and love to impress adults with how smart and talented they are!

My Project

Researchers who study the impact of music on education have found that music instruction facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills that children use in other areas. They have also found a causal link between music and spatial intelligence. Understanding music can help children visualize various elements that should go together, like they would do when solving a math problem. My students have been composing original songs in small groups using Orff metallophones but these instruments are shared with other students around the district. My class currently has access to these instruments for less than one hour each week.

These new keyboards with headphones and stands would allow my students to compose original songs for class projects and videos during their free time in class, before school, and after school.

They would be able to further demonstrate their understanding of harmony, consonance, and dissonance, as well as tonal systems and rhythm.

Mr. Fox
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Casio Inc. CTK2400 PPK 61-Key Premium Portable Keyboard Package with Samson HP30 Headphones, Stand and Power Supply • Amazon Business $129.95 2 $259.90

Materials cost

$259.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.04

Total project goal

$373.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $373.62

1 Donor

-$373.62

Donations toward project cost

-$317.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.04

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 $0.00

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