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Mrs. Simonson's Classroom

  • J.G. McCracken Middle School
  • Spartanburg, SC
  • More than three‑quarters 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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Past projects 6

  • Getting Our Voices Pitch Perfect

    Funded Mar 27, 2018

    Thank you for giving us the gift of experiencing new music! Our spring concert incorporated many of the gifts we received and our Southern Accents show choir continues to improve by utilizing our new books. You can see videos of our current choirs and our spring choir concert on YouTube at the MMS Choirs page (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU03eSIT6U4mKqvTeCD09XQ). We are excited about continuing to explore new genres of music which are now easily accessible to us through the books you supplied. Thanks again for supporting our choir!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

    This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple.
  • Instrumental to Our Success: Exploring New Horizons in Choir

    Funded Sep 16, 2018

    Thank you for supporting our choir program and our out-of-the box ideas and experiences! We are so excited to have a bluetooth pedal to help our accompanist and instruments for student accompaniment opportunities. We are going to love utilizing these new materials to enhance our learning and performances!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 3 other donors.
  • Music Literacy Made Fun!

    Funded Mar 11, 2018

    Your generous gifts of new marker boards and erasers have had a huge impact on our classroom! The students were so excited when we unwrapped them and began using them! They are also endlessly fascinated by the magnetic erasers and enjoy attaching them to the legs of their chairs for safe keeping while we work.

    We have already used the boards multiple times as a whole group for rhythmic and melodic dictation practice. This alone has helped many a 'lightbulb' go off as students begin to understand these topics even more by doing them themselves. We will soon begin using them for individual assessment as we work in stations around the room. The boards will allow students to show their work and learn by doing without having to waste paper.

    Thank you so much for opening the doors to hands on learning for these students!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

  • Eagle Music Recording Studio

    Funded May 9, 2018

    Thank you so much for your support of our choir program! We are so grateful for your donations to help us continue to grow a fun, inspiring, and educational program! With this mobile recording studio we will be able to produce professional quality recordings for our community and audition purposes.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

    This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 4 other donors.
  • Composing Music is Fun!

    Funded Nov 7, 2015

    My students love their new whiteboards and markers! We are able to take our learning to new levels by interacting with our music composition skills. Writing out music notation is very helpful in my students' learning of our theory essentials. These whiteboards have a blank side where students can answer questions or plan projects and a side with the staff on them where they can practice notating music. The 6th grade choir's new favorite activity is note name races. I give them a word and they spell it with notes on the staff as quickly as they can! Thank you for donating this valuable tool to encourage student achievement!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

  • Help Us Afford the Chords

    Funded Mar 1, 2012

    I wanted to thank you for your generous donations and the gifts they made possible (four guitars and two electronic tuners). I wish you could come to our classroom and see just how much joy the students are getting from learning to play guitar. Since that is not possible, I have submitted some pictures of the students in action.

    The students are learning a valuable skill that they can take with them after leaving my classroom. They are learning life skills such as patience and are developing a harder work ethic. Their listening skills are also improving thanks to the need to tune the guitars.

    Your gifts have had a tremendous impact on these students' lives. Thank you for giving them this opportunity and for teaching them to help others.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Simonson

The McCracken Eagles are singing! Our growing middle school choir is reaching for new heights and turning it up to become a top notch middle school choir while learning music theory and having a ton of fun!

About my class

The McCracken Eagles are singing! Our growing middle school choir is reaching for new heights and turning it up to become a top notch middle school choir while learning music theory and having a ton of fun!

About my class

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