Little Kids Rock

Media Contact:

Keith Hejna

Little Kids Rock

Work: (973) 746-8248

keith@littlekidsrock.org

National nonprofit donates hundreds of instruments and curriculum to San Diego Unified School District with support from The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation

San Diego, Calif., Nov. 30, 2009 — Little Kids Rock a leading nonprofit provider of free musical instruments and teacher trainings, today announced that it will launch its program in 19 sites in the San Diego Unified School District, bringing free instruments and an innovative music education program to hundreds of students. On December 5-6 at the Mission Beach Center, Little Kids Rock will instruct participating teachers in its unique curriculum and provide participating schools with 400 brand-new Fender® guitars, along with software and materials. Teachers who complete the workshop will begin leading classes this school year, reaching over 600 students in San Diego.

This Little Kids Rock guitar workshop is presented in the San Diego Unified School District through generous support from The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation.

The following San Diego public schools will benefit from the Little Kids Rock program and instrument donation: Crown Point Junior Music Academy, Edison Elementary School, Golden Hill Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary School, Innovation Middle School, James Whitcomb Riley School, Junipera Serra High School, Kearny High School of Science, Connections & Technology, La Jolla High School, Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, Monroe Clark Middle School, Muirlands Middle School, New Dawn School at Riley, Perkins Elementary School, Ralph Dailard Elementary School, Stephen Rowan Elementary School, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Zamorano Fine Arts Academy.

 

Workshop Details:

Where:           Mission Beach Center Intern Office Room 12
                     818 Santa Barbara Place
                     San Diego, CA 92109

When:            December 5-6, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

 

Media are invited to attend the two-day workshop. Please contact Keith Hejna at keith@littlekidsrock.org if you would like to attend.

 

About Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that transforms children’s lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in underfunded public schools. Little Kids Rock was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school. Today, Little Kids Rock is one of the leading nonprofit providers of free lessons and instruments to underserved children in US public schools, and has served more than 85,000 students at over 1,100 schools in 21 cities nationwide. Little Kids Rock Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley and other famous friends in the music industry. More information can be found at: www.littlekidsrock.org.

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