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To improve the music performance experience for all the students at LPE. These new electronic devices would improve the performance opportunity for the students so that they can hear the music better, and would improve sound levels for the audience (students and parents). This will also allow all of our students to hear when we have school assemblies outside.

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Electronics Update

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School:
Lake Park Elementary 
Subject:
Music 
Teacher:
John Stein 
Students Impacted:
500 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
September 10, 2023

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A Champion For Learning - $1,868.22

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 500

The students perform their musical presentations at Lake Park Elementary School in the courtyard.  Approximately 150 - 175 students perform at each program.  The audience is usually made up of 2 or 3 grade levels of students and adult family and friends who choose to attend.  This makes for an audience of about 500 to 600 people.  We are now able to provide adequate sound for both the performers to sing and dance with and for the audience to hear both the performers and student speakers.  The wireless microphone and rack/storage system makes for easy and quick set up.  This also reduces the number of cables on the ground.  Between the student performers and their parents that want to see each other after a perfomance, there was always a concern that someone would get caught up in the cables.  Normally three to four speakers/microphones need to be run for each program.  Using four speakers for our performances allows two of them to go toward the students to hear the music and two of them to the audience so they can hear the announcements.  In the past we had to have two teachers constantly turning the speakers one way or the other for all to hear.  This has been a huge aid to the student performances.  We also use the speakers and microphones for our school pep rallies, recognition assemblies and whenever the entire school meets together.  

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Wireless Microphone & Storage Case

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Speaker

 

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Powered Speakers

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Speaker

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

To improve the music performance experience for all the students at LPE. These new electronic devices would improve the performance opportunity for the students so that they can hear the music better, and would improve sound levels for the audience (students and parents). This will also allow all of our students to hear when we have school assemblies outside. 

 

What will be done with my students

When performing our musical programs in the courtyard, the students have a difficult time hearing the music. In the past, it has been necessary to have two people stand by the speakers and turn them either toward the students when singing or turn them toward the audience when speaking is taking place. By purchasing 2 speakers this problem would be eliminated. By also having an additional wireless microphone and portable case/rack it would eliminate the need for so many wires and allow more students to be leaders and actively involved in a performance. 

 

Benefits to my students

The students will always be able to hear during their performances. This will also be true for the audience. Some students will also get the opportunity to help set up equipment for performances and learn about the technology for a performance. Some students will get the opportunity to actually work some of the equipment at a performance with some training. The students will also be able to clearly hear when we have our school pep rallies and special programs in our courtyard that are not music related. 

 

Budget Narrative

These are well priced speakers, microphone, and a case/rack. They should last for a long period of time and solve all of the present and future performance needs at LPE. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 2 Electro Voice Speakers $898.00
2 1 Sennheiser Wireless Microphone $499.00
3 1 Gator Wireless Mic Case/Rack System $349.00
4 Tax $122.22
  Total: $1,868.22

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