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Johnny Appleseed Elementary School
Leominster, MA
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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Uke Can Play!
Funded Jan 1, 2019
I truly appreciate those who helped to fund this project! My fifth grade students will be so happy to learn how to play the ukulele. Many of them have never had the opportunity to play an instrument, and now they will finally have the chance. I feel completely blessed and thankful.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Lehtonen

Studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between musical training an improved executive function in both children and adults. In my district, not all students can afford an instrument to play, so I want to begin a ukulele program at school so students have the opportunity to have more intensive musical training. My students will get intensive training in how to care for a ukulele, how to read music, and they will learn some basic songs and chord progressions, leading up to a school performance for them to show what they have learned. Their growth in both learning and self-esteem will be an amazing thing to witness throughout the year.

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