First Quarter Satch Grant 2019

First Quarter SATCH GRANT for 2019 goes to start-up The Lake Forest Elementary School Ukulele Club! The Ukulele Club of Gainesville wants to create opportunities for the students of Lake Forest Elementary School to learn music skills by learning to play the ukulele. This pilot program would impact approximately 20 students. The next roll-out of the program would be expanded to reach all of the third, fourth and fifth grade students during regular class sessions. Approximately 400 children would benefit annually. In five years approximately 2,000 students would benefit from this program.

Research on music education has demonstrated that learning music can help children in many ways, a few of which include language skills, reasoning, memorization, coordination, pattern recognition, teamwork and better SAT scores. One study reported that children who studied music scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math on SAT testing Importance of Music in our Schools Studying music positively influences class behavior and by learning music skills these children will be more likely to participate in band in middle and high school.

Congratulations and we look forward to more music in Gainesville!

If your organization would like to apply for a 2nd Quarter Satch Grant please check out the guidelines here: https://www.satchelspizza.com/#/grants/