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  • Porter Ridge Middle School
  • Indian Trail, NC
  • More than a third 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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Music is beautiful to listen to if it is in TUNE. We are working toward having 30 tuners with a microphone for our students to check out during class. I teach 200 students across 5 classes and about 50% of my students can afford their own tuner. The other half are unable to have this device. Our goal is to eventually have enough as a class set for those students to use during their class time. The microphone attaches to the instrument and through vibrations provides real-time information to the student if they are sharp, flat or in tune. When tuning 60+ students in one class, the tuner may pick up other people and not just the person in front of the tuner.

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Music is beautiful to listen to if it is in TUNE. We are working toward having 30 tuners with a microphone for our students to check out during class. I teach 200 students across 5 classes and about 50% of my students can afford their own tuner. The other half are unable to have this device. Our goal is to eventually have enough as a class set for those students to use during their class time. The microphone attaches to the instrument and through vibrations provides real-time information to the student if they are sharp, flat or in tune. When tuning 60+ students in one class, the tuner may pick up other people and not just the person in front of the tuner.

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