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Mr. Truitt from Las Vegas, NV is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keys To Build Our Musical Future

Help me give my students a new digital keyboard to foster their creative aspirations.

  • $1,367 goal

This project expired on April 2, 2025.

This project expired on April 2, 2025.

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How a Digital Keyboard Will Help our Academy Band Students

Our band students are curious, driven, and passionate about exploring music in innovative ways.

A digital keyboard will provide invaluable opportunities for our students to enhance their musical education in ways that align with our STEM-focused curriculum and their unique talents.

How This Keyboard Will Make a Difference

The digital keyboard will: Expand Musical Access: Not all students have access to pianos or keyboards at home. By integrating a high-quality keyboard into our classroom, students can develop essential music theory and keyboarding skills that translate across all instruments.

Support Ensemble Development: As the foundation of harmony, the keyboard will help students hear and understand chord progressions, enabling them to arrange and compose music collaboratively.

Enhance Technology Integration: The keyboard’s digital interface will allow us to connect with music software for composing, recording, and producing, fostering creativity and technological skills.

Reinforce Fundamentals: Beginning band students will benefit from its use during warm-ups and sight-reading exercises, providing a consistent pitch reference and rhythmic stability.

Broaden Student Skills: Equip students with the ability to play the keyboard and deepen their understanding of music theory.

Foster Creativity: Encourage students to compose original music and experiment with sounds.

Inspire Collaboration: Use the keyboard to explore ensemble performances and arrangements, teaching students teamwork and the importance of each role in an ensemble.

Our students at Lied STEM Academy are a diverse group of innovators who thrive on integrating music and technology. Many of them approach learning with curiosity and resilience, often exploring unconventional ways to solve problems. They embrace challenges, from mastering their first note on an instrument to designing a digital soundtrack for a class project.

Mr. Truitt Lied STEM Academy Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Las Vegas, NV View local requests

Nearly all 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

340 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Roland FP-E50 88-Key Digital Piano Black • Music & Arts $899.99 1 $899.99
ROC-N-SOC Original Saddle Drum Throne Black • Music & Arts $215.00 1 $215.00

Materials cost

$1,114.99

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,161.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$205.01

Total project goal

$1,366.72

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