Education United States Project #7953

Infuse U.S. Classrooms with Music for Learning!

by Guitars in the Classroom

Infuse U.S. Classrooms with Music for Learning!

Project Report | Apr 15, 2011
What The Teachers Are Saying

By Nick Sinutko & Jessica Baron | Project Leaders

Teachers in Training at UC Berkeley

Thanks to you, this morning, GITC reached it's first goal of receiving contributions from 50 donors, so our place with Global Giving is better than halfway secured! We have another 16 days to raise the $1700 to get to $4000. Thank you for putting your hard-earned dollars where your hearts are- in favor of keeping music alive in school for the children.

Placing your faith in the teachers and in our organization through your charitable giving imbues our work with your energy. We all feel it. SO FAR, YOUR PARTICIPATION has replenished funding for GITC-Lee and GITC-Brooklyn, where instructors Robin O'Herin and Daniel Loomis will be able to continue providing free musical training for classroom teachers and specialists in Massachusetts and New York!

Just this week, we received a note from a teacher training with GITC who wrote us to talk about the immediate impact felt inside, and outside of the classroom.

Hello,

This message is to tell you how much I learned in the GITC sessions this winter. On the last day of school before spring vacation, I played This Land is Your Land ( a planned part of our social studies lesson) and an innovation of Jet Plane to say goodbye to my students. They were amazed and intrigued, singing along and encouraging me and telling me they couldn't wait until after break so that I could bring my guitar again and we could sing more songs.

I have also found that when I return home after a long and stressful day, I NEED to play my guitar. After I return from wherever I was transported to, I find that I'm revived, invigorated, and my excited dog is curled up in the corner on her bed, fast asleep.

Still inspired and looking forward to the next (more advanced) session,

Francesca Miller-Schindler

Hamilton Elementary

Grade 1, SEI/MEC

WANT YOUR GIFT TO HAVE DOUBLE THE IMPACT? Make a contribution on April 19th, when GlobalGiving will be matching portions of any donations made that day through the Project Page!

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Apr 5, 2011
Special Ed Teachers in MA Thank You

By Nick Sinutko | Project Leader

Teachers strum & sing at GITC-Lee, MA

Amazingly - in just under 48 hours, and with the support of 26 individuals - Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) has raised almost $1100 dollars! Several of you donors are trainers who bring music training to teachers and students everyday! Thank you for your dedicated service to this mission and our schools! Others of you are program sponsors, guides, and advocates. You really understand the power of music to motivate, inspire, teach, heal, and unify. Thank you for your caring help! Some of you are GITC “family friends” and volunteers, people whose good will keeps us going and growing. Thank you for sharing your time, passion, and resources!! Others of you are brand new friends! We welcome you to our work and thank you for caring and making a difference!

The teachers your gift is empowering to implement daily music-making into their classrooms will experience the benefit of your support now and for the rest of their careers as they reach thousands of children for years to come.

To show you just how much your contributions matter, we will continually be highlighting programs on the map that are coming to life with your help! This week it's GITC-Lee, Massachusetts. This program is a special pilot for our new MIRSE model- Music Integration for Resource and Special Educators! These teachers are discovering ways to use music with children facing diverse challenges from homelessness and violence to learning disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, hearing impairment and many more. Music has the power to bring them all relief and opportunity. Trainer Robin O'Herin is an accomplished Blues and Gospel musician and a passionate educator, and you can learn all about her at www.robinoherin.com. Thank you for supporting all of our efforts in Lee!

This week, we’d like to offer a special thank you to anyone donating $100 or more to this cause. We will send you a special GITC guitar strap, pictured here, and not available in stores, thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Levy’s Leathers. Again - thank you, and please share this project with your Facebook friends if you haven't already - one post can go a long way.

See you in next week's Project Update, and feel free to contact me at nick@guitarsintheclassroom.org if you have any questions or comments about the project. You can always learn more about GITC at our website.

Best,

Nick and Jess

GITC Strap by Levy's Leathers

A new tool for teaching & learning

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Teachers hit right chord with new learning strategy in Lee, MA

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