Agenda Item
ii. Save the Music Grant Award for $75,492
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Cherisse M. Campbell, Chief of Community Engagement & Innovative Partnerships, Division of Community Engagement & Innovative Partnerships
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education accept the J Dilla Music Technology grant package for Southwest DeKalb High School and the Intro to Music grant package for Peachcrest Elementary School for a total of $75,492, funded through the Save the Music Foundation.
Why: Approving these grants expands equitable access to high-quality music education at no cash cost to the District, strengthens elementary and high school arts pathways, supports creative technology skills, and provides durable instruments, equipment, software, and instructional resources that directly benefit students at Peachcrest Elementary and Southwest DeKalb High School.
Details: The Save the Music Foundation grants provide DCSD with non-cash music education packages for Southwest DeKalb High School and Peachcrest Elementary School. Together, the awards supply instruments, music technology, software, and instructional resources that broaden student access to creative learning, performance, production, and foundational music instruction.
Financial impact: There is no cost to the District.
Contact: Dr. Cherisse M. Campbell, Chief of the Division of Community Engagement & Innovative Partnerships, Division of Community Engagement & Innovative Partnerships, 678-676-0409
Ms. Monica Fogg, Music Coordinator (K-12), Division of Teaching & Learning, 678-875-3602
Effective: Upon Board Approval
Status: Approved by Office of Legal Affairs
INTRO TO MUSIC GRANT 2026
INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES
☐ 1 Acoustic Guitar
☐ 1 Digital Piano (Casio Celviano)
☐ 1 Keyboard Bench (On-Stage)
☐ 3 Soprano Xylophones with mallets (Sonor Orff SMART Series)
☐ 4 Alto Xylophones with mallets (Sonor Orff SMART Series)
☐ 2 Bass Xylophones with mallets (Sonor Orff Global Beat)
☐ 1 Soprano Metallophone with mallets (Sonor Orff SMART Series)
☐ 1 Alto Metallophone with mallets (Sonor Orff SMART Series)
☐ 1 Bass Metallophone with mallets (Sonor Orff Global Beat)
☐ 2 Soprano Glockenspiels with mallets (Sonor Orff Primary)
☐ 2 Alto Glockenspiels with mallets (Sonor Orff Primary)
☐ 2 Pairs of Medium Rubber Mallets (Basic Beat)
☐ 1 Pack of 100 Soprano Recorders with carrying bags, cleaning rods, and
fingering charts (Harmony)
☐ 4 Festival 3-drum Combo Packs with Djembe, Timbau, and Tubano (Remo)
☐ 2 Boomwhackers 8-note C Major Diatonic sets (Boomwhackers)
☐ 2 Boomwhackers Octavator Tube Caps 8-pack sets (Boomwhackers)
☐ 1 30-Player Classroom Kit of Handheld Percussion (West Music):
frame drums, bongos, maracas, sand blocks, cymbals, cluster bells, rhythm sticks,
tambourines, jingle taps, crow sounder, tone block, tick-tock, castanets, triangles,
mallets and strikers, "Make Learning Fun" DVD, and reusable container with lid
☐ 30 Concert Ukuleles (Kohala Kine'O Series)
☐ 30 Concert Ukulele Bags (Kala)
☐ 5 Clip-on tuners
Instruments and accessories, except for the Acoustic Guitar, are shipped by West Music.
Next page shows the list of method books to accompany the instrumentation.
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INTRO TO MUSIC GRANT 2026
METHOD BOOKS
☐ Alfred’s Kid’s Ukulele Course 1 by Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger
☐ All About Music Songs! 8 Great Unison Songs and Activities Teaching Musical Terms
by Mark Burrows
☐ Boom! Whack! Pop! Play-Along Pops for Boomwhackers or Barred Instruments
by Tom Anderson
☐ Bucket Classics! Classical Play-Along Songs for Bucket Drums and Classroom Percussion
by Tom Anderson
☐ Color Me Mozart! Biographies, Recordings, and Coloring Pages for 25 Great Composers
by Anna Wentlent, Charles Grace, and Mitch Wyatt
☐ Gotta Have Games: 25 Creative Competitions for the Music Classroom
by Greg Foreman and Valeaira Luppens
☐ International Sound Stories: Folk Tales, Fables, and Poems for the Music Classroom
by Anna Wentlent
☐ Music Class Playlist: 36 Engaging Listening Lessons from Various Musical Styles
by Melody Easter-Clutter
☐ Once Upon a Music Class: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Nursery Rhymes for Primary Students,
Grades PreK-2 by Greg Foreman and Valeaira Luppens
☐ Once Upon a Music Class: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Nursery Rhymes for Intermediate
Students, Grades 3-6 by Greg Foreman and Valeaira Luppens
☐ Recorder Express (30 copies) and Recorder Express CD by Artie Almeida
☐ That’s So Orff! Lessons, Songs, and Activities for the Elementary Classroom
by Jennifer Kamradt
☐ The Music Center Handbook: 15 Do-It-Yourself Learning Stations for the Music Classroom
by Danielle Bayert
☐ The Musical Bookshelf: Connecting Diverse Children’s Literature with Music
by Dr. Suzanne Hall
☐ The Vocalize! Canon Collection: 55 Rounds for Choral and Classroom Singing
arranged by Andy Beck
Method books are shipped by Alfred Music courtesy of The ASCAP Foundation.
The grantee music teacher will receive one copy of each book unless otherwise noted.
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