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Mr. McCormick from Benton, LA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Students Play Better in Tune!

Help me give my students the opportunity to play better in tune and collaborte with their peers making ensemble sounds.

  • $5,094 goal

This project expired on December 12, 2024.

This project expired on December 12, 2024.

My Project

This year the state of Louisiana has made it a law that students are unable to use their cell phones. While this is a great idea and will show benefits in the classroom, the band room has been negatively affected. For many years we have allowed students to use their phones as a Tuner so that they can monitor their pitches and stay better in tune.

Without the phones, we need a classroom set of tuners.

Korg has the top-of-the-line tuners and with the mic clips each student can see their pitch better than with a cell phone.

These tuners will help guarantee that our program will sound even better for competitions and concerts.

Mr. McCormick
Grades 9-12
  • Benton High School
  • Benton, LA
  • 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

    This project will reach 162 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
KORG TM-70 Tuner/Metronome and CM-400 Contact Microphone Combo White • Music & Arts $64.99 60 $3,899.40

Materials cost

$3,899.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$341.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$58.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,329.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$763.96

Total project goal

$5,093.05

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