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The Amazing Singing Book

My students need MUSIC, LITERATURE, and TECHNOLOGY all rolled up in a single amazing lesson!

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My Students

I work at a wonderful school in Seattle. We are nestled between the Central District and the Lake Washington neighborhoods. We offer Montessori Math instruction as well as rigorous ELA classes. Our students include families that have lived in the neighborhood for generations as well as families that are new to our country. We bring together a variety of cultures and backgrounds through hard work and love.

I have the privilege of working with every student in the school and I don't want to waste a minute of teaching time!

I am the school librarian and the technology teacher. It is the best of all worlds. Books and bots all day long. So now, I need to make the most of this time.

I want to keep things fresh and the interest high so I am constantly striving to present the students with new experiences that will foster their love of technology, literature, and learning. Sometimes I need help with that.

My Project

Have you ever read a book that was so good it made you want to give it a hug or maybe sing it a song of appreciation? Imagine if that were an experience shared with 420 of your classmates! We have a huge opportunity but we need your help to take advantage of it. We are lucky enough to have local group of professional musicians and educators that will come into our school with the following program.

Read a book, hear a song, make a song, record a song, upload the song to websites for each class.

Amazing, right? This four day program will be run out of the library by Seattle's renowned Style Company (Songwriting Through Youth Literature Education) and reach every student in the school. The entire school will be reading from the same book. Every class will make their own song based on that book. The song will be recorded with high end equipment and as a bonus, the students will get first hand experience with looping and other modern recording techniques. Finally, all of the songs will be uploaded to websites unique to each classroom.

Mr. McNew Leschi Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

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Where your donation goes
Visitor Total
Style: Songwriting Through Youth Education $2,140.00

Visitor cost

$2,140.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$32.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,202.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$388.61

Total project goal

$2,590.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,590.71

8 Donors

-$1,572.06

Donations toward project cost

-$1,396.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$175.81

match offer

-$948.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$805.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$70.59

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 $0.00

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