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Guitars in the Classroom

Since 1998, Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) has been inspiring, training and equipping classroom teachers to integrate music making across the academic curriculum through "song-based instruction" so students of all ages have educational, musical access & opportunity at school every day. Our work prepares educators to lead music, employing it as a dynamic tool for reaching all learners, teaching all subjects, and building character, creativity and community.Programs & materials are free.
Bring Musical Learning to Youth in Crisis
Bring Musical Learning to Youth in Crisis
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
This project will give teens in crisis new hope through creativity. Students in transition from juvenile hall to school respond positively learning to make, share and perform music. The program serves as an on-ramp for developing literacy, communication and social skills. With approximately 70% of prisoners in California functionally illiterate and the high school dropout rate soaring, this project can improve youth offender's success rate in moving from incarceration to graduation and work.
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Infuse Learning with Music in Pre-K-8 Classrooms!
Infuse Learning with Music in Pre-K-8 Classrooms!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
By training PK-8 teachers to lead music, you will bring music making & more effective learning to this generation & those to come. Students of all ages will gain the chance to engage enthusiastically in lessons in all subjects through singing lyrics for learning! REVERSE the negative impact of school budget cuts when you support 240 teachers to reach 27,000 students with music in 100 schools. Please make music a meaningful part of education each day so children can achieve their goals & dreams. project reportread updates from the field
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Give Special Needs Students a Musical Start!
Give Special Needs Students a Musical Start!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
Make a life-changing difference for special needs students who need a chance to participate in music. Whether they're excluded in isolated classrooms or disabilities limit their chance to participate in a mainstreamed setting, these students deserve to experience the benefits that come from making music. GITC's approach is adaptive and accessible for anyone facing physical, cognitive, psychological or developmental challenges. Each gift will help us provide specialized training and instruments. project reportread updates from the field
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Give Preschool Children a Musical Head Start!
Give Preschool Children a Musical Head Start!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Children
 
Be a life changer when you empower GITC to reach children in day care and Head Start programs with hands-on daily music making. As their teachers learn to lead music with GITC, your can help us provide ukuleles for the children to strum as part of learning their letters, numbers, shapes, and all the rest. This hands-on music puts them on a positive path and imparts music when their minds and bodies are growing the fastest between birth and six! And music is the gateway to learning so much more! project reportread updates from the field
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Restore Music in Rural W. Virginia Schools!
Restore Music in Rural W. Virginia Schools!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Children
 
Bluegrass music is rooted in the Appalachia region of West Virginia where immigrants worked through times of trouble and found solace in their music. Today, rural parts of this culturally rich area are facing the long term effects of increasing poverty as it depletes the schools, wears down families and leaves children empty-handed. In rural Clay County, the music in schools has all but vanished and impoverishment is threatening to destroy the heritage of Bluegrass music for future generations. project reportread updates from the field
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Give the Gift of Music to Children This Holiday!
Give the Gift of Music to Children This Holiday!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
This project will provide instruments and music training for Prek-5th grade classrooms in Title I (low income) schools that are lacking the resources to give kids the chance to learn. With your help, we will accomplish this by training the classroom teachers and special educators to play ukulele, sing, write and lead songs for learning. And we'll place sets of ukuleles in the classrooms so children living below the poverty level will have the opportunity to learn to make music in 2015 & beyond! project reportread updates from the field
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Songs in their Hearts & Strings in their Hands!
Songs in their Hearts & Strings in their Hands!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
This special project will support eight new free music training programs in at-risk schools around the U.S. 150 teachers will get the chance to participate and they will lead music for over 7,000 students a week, collectively. This will dramatically improve literacy, language & reading skills as students create and share songs with their own Lyrics for Learning in class and with their families. In addition to training, participants will receive instruments, accessories, supplies & materials. project reportread updates from the field
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Provide Hands-On Music for Homeless Students
Provide Hands-On Music for Homeless Students
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
This project will deliver supportive music instruction and instruments to classes serving homeless students. Singing will reduce anxiety and isolation, increase belonging and boost learning for children coping with homelessness. project reportread updates from the field
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Warm their Winter with Songs for Learning!
Warm their Winter with Songs for Learning!
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
This special project will infuse pre-school through third grade classrooms with singing and special songs for learning to read, spell, write creatively and reason! Our focus on students in at-risk schools in the Southwest, Midwest, and on the Gulf Coast will dramatically improve early literacy as students create and share songs with their own Lyrics for Learning. In addition to training, participants will receive instruments, accessories and supplies with a focus on ukuleles in grades P-3! project reportread updates from the field
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Save Their Lives & Enrich Their Futures with Music
Save Their Lives & Enrich Their Futures with Music
by Guitars in the Classroom
United States  Education
 
In some GITC communities, life everyday is a struggle for survival. Children living in poverty and danger come to school seeking nourishment, safety and comfort. Their teachers go far beyond providing essential instruction. In these places, GITC teachers become life savers, role models, bringers of hope. What else delivers immediate help to the worried mind and heavy heart more than music? This microproject will empower GITC to bring special musical aid to 3 such communities. project reportread updates from the field
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