Past projects 27
Keys to Success: I Can Play the Piano!
Funded Dec 5, 2024Thank You So Much for Supporting Our Keyboard Lab!
Because of your generosity, our students—starting as young as kindergarten—now have access to high-quality keyboards. It's been amazing to see their excitement as they explore music in a way that simply wasn't possible before.
Our older students have also been using the new space to prepare for their piano recital. Practicing on keyboards with weighted keys made a huge difference—they were able to transition to the grand piano with confidence and ease. Your support made that possible.
We truly can't thank you enough for investing in our students' creativity and growth. Your kindness is making a real difference in their lives”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
Pianos? Please?
Funded Feb 25, 2022Sorry for the delayed expression of gratitude. It has been a few challenging year, but that doesn't mean I am not forever grateful. With your help we were able to get small piano keyboards for students to use for piano instruction in the auditorium. Your support made a significant difference in our music program, providing students with the opportunity to explore their musical talents and creativity.
We truly appreciate your commitment to fostering a love for music in our community. Thank you for being a vital part of this journey!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
Hear Me Play
Funded Feb 17, 2017On behalf of our students, teachers, and families, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our project to provide flutes and clarinets to our elementary school students.
Your contribution has brought the joy of music into our classrooms and opened the door for countless young learners to explore their creativity, develop their skills, and find their voice through music. These instruments are more than just tools—they are opportunities for our students to build confidence, teamwork, and a lifelong love for the arts. Many students have had used the instruments in in-school and afterschool programs.
Thanks to your kindness, students who may not have otherwise had access to musical education got a chance to learn to play, create melodies, and discover their potential. The smiles on their faces and the excitement in their eyes say it all!
We are deeply grateful for your commitment to making a difference in their lives. Your generosity inspires us, and we hope it fills you with pride knowing the lasting impact you've made in our community.
Thank you again for believing in our vision and for supporting our students' musical journey.
P.S. I am so sorry this message didn't originally go through :(”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
Can I Play the Piano Too?
Funded May 17, 2021Thank you so much for your support! It means a lot to us. With your help my awesome students will be able to learn to play the piano. And not only that, we will have enough pianos for each kid in the class!
Thank you for supporting our school, our students and our music program.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
This classroom project was brought to life by Born This Way Foundation and 22 other donors.Recorders for All
Funded Dec 2, 2020Thank you so much for your help. My students and I greatly appreciate it. With your help all 3rd and 4th grade remote students were given recorders to use at home.
It has been amazing teaching them recorders and watching them grow. It's not always easy, but practicing the recorder teaches them a valuable life lessons: to practice, to problem solve and not to give up.
By now we have learned to play Hot Cross Buns, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Claire De Lune, Baby Shark and We Will Rock you. Ode to Joy will be next!
Thank you for giving us an opportunity for hand on learning in the remote environment!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 7 other donors.I Hear Music
Funded Sep 17, 2020I am extremely grateful for your help.
With your help we will be able to do creative movement activities, explore emotions and music, play along to the beat and do lots of other activities while everyone can hear the sound through our new beautiful speaker.
Thank you so much for supporting our students and music education.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 8 other donors.Uke Uke Ukulele
Funded May 6, 2020Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This means so much to me! I can't wait to get the ukuleles in September. I can't wait for my older students to start learning them. And we have a whole class set!!!! Now, there is one good thing of being quarantined, now I have 4 month to learn to play a new instrument :)”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 18 other donors.Music Materials Matter
Funded Apr 9, 2019Thank you so much for your generous donations.
With your help our students have access to new materials. They love using the dry erase markers on the dry erase boards to share what they know. Using laminated manipulatives engages all learners and makes it fun for all. Our new step xylophones are a big hit and make it very easy for students to learn steps and skips. And its great to have colorful tape and paper to use in the classroom for organization and various movement activities.
Thank you for supporting us on our learning journey. Thank you for supporting our school and music education.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
X is for Xylophone
Funded Apr 16, 2019Thank you so much for your donations. Kids have been enjoying playing the new xylophone. Now students get more turns and more instrument time. We set up instruments in a circle and rotate around the instruments. Depending on a song either one or 2 kids are playing on each instruments. Orff instruments are amazing because
I can scaffold instruction by removing extra keys as well as set instruments up for improvisation. With the addition of our new beautiful alto-xylophone spend more time on instruments.
Thank you for supporting our kids, our school. Thank you for supporting music education.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and 9 other donors.Help Us Read the Music
Funded Feb 16, 2017Thank you so much for your generosity.
With your help our students now have music stands on their pianos. It is amazing that such little things can make such a huge difference. Students can now look straight at the music and glance at their fingers whenever is needed instead of having to stop and shift their body to see. Since the binders are now standing on the stands I was able to set up my keyboards in a completely different way this year. It is working out great!
Thank you for supporting our students and music education.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Isayeva