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Mr. Garcia Pelaez from Cudahy, CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Music is KEY: Keyboards for Home Practice

Help me give my students CASIO CT-200 KEYBOARDS so they can practice PIANO at home while at the same time learning about MUSIC PRODUCTION. These keyboards have the perfect size and features size for practicing at home!

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Music Heals & Empowers! This has been the experience of many students during the 13 years that this program has been active.

With classes based on a direct experience of music, our kids have discovered, not only the JOY of making music, but the ability of developing RESILIENCY THROUGH MUSIC.

The majority of my students come from Latino families that have immigrated to the US to provide a better life for them. These kids are probably not very different from the ones that attend other schools in the vicinity. Their families have stories of struggle, fueled with their imperious desire to improve and the parent's hope that the students can receive a good education that lifts them out of poverty.

You can find stories like this one all around this site but, for me, these are the faces and stories that have touched my life as a teacher. I have seen how many of them, through music, have felt fulfillment and enjoyed sense of belonging. I have tried to instill them sense of pride and sense of empowerment, the belief that if they are persistent and focused, they will achieve whatever goals they envision!

My Project

Music is the KEY! I am convinced that, in the current times of Social Distancing, music classes are essential to support the socio-emotional health of our students. As a their teacher, I feel I have a great responsibility to keep inspiring my students and foster their growth and learning. During the Spring Semester, I tried everything: we shared music to cope with the pandemic, we discussed the role of music in the social justice movements, we learned music theory and we even started getting acquainted with different Music Production tools and techniques. Many of these activities were very successful and helped my students, however... my students MISSED PLAYING INSTRUMENTS and our school didn't have enough instruments to distribute among them, so they could practice at home

I really believe that these KEYBOARDS will allow my students not only to continue learning and practicing music, but to GROW SOCIO-EMOTIONALLY in these difficult times.

These KEYBOARDS would help us to serve more students in our school, so they can practice at home, not only during the current Remote Learning phase, but also when we are able to go back to the classroom.

I have been running the Music Program at my school for 13 years already and I have always tried to develop a program that is really serving my community and tackles the interests and needs of the students. Throughout the years, students have been leaning more towards piano and I hope that these keyboards allow more students to practice at home and get their music skills and their emotional well-being.

They are basic but serviceable: they have enough features not only for home practice but also to connect them to a computer and work also in all the different music production activities I am envisioning for the year!

Mr. Garcia Pelaez Ellen Ochoa Learning Center 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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Cudahy, CA 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

200 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Casiotone CT-S200 61-Key Digital Keyboard • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.00 7 $833.00

Materials cost

$833.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $76.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$951.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$167.95

Total project goal

$1,119.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,119.67

10 Donors

-$916.43

Donations toward project cost

-$781.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.46

Matching donations from our partners

-$199.72

Match offers toward project cost

-$169.76

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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