Bring the Thunder

Funded Oct 21, 2023

Thank you so much for your generous donations to Bring the Thunder. My students were very excited and intrigued when they walked into the gym and saw the drumming equipment. With the anticipation of something new and different my students listened and followed directions the best they have all year. Because of this the lessons when very smoothly. After hearing how much fun the students were having drumming in PE I had office staff, classroom teachers, and even the lunch ladies come to watch.

Multiple classroom teachers came back and told me that their students were the most regulated than had been coming back from a specialist. Helping with the claims that drumming is beneficial in so many ways for the brain. Two of my harder first grade girls who usually try to get out of activity surprised me and were two of my best drummers all week! When the kids left the gym after drumming, they had smiles on their faces and looked like they had just had a workout.

I plan on having cardio drumming lessons a couple times during the year. We even talked about having an after-school staff drumming session to help with stress and build some togetherness. Your support means a lot to us here at Grant Elementary and will help us work on our physical fitness.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Meenach