About the Project

“Uke Can Do It!” Ukulele Club has become a fixture at Maryland Elementary with the potential to be self-sustaining in the next two years! The overarching goal continues to be providing all students exposure to music and a chance to learn to play the ukulele during their tenure at Maryland Elementary. We have continued to expand our club and we are indeed changing the trajectory of our students through music. Building upon the established relationship with Guitars In The Classroom (GITC) and a new partnership with Sanford Harmony’s Social Emotional Learning(SEL) program, we will continue running our afterschool ukulele club throughout the school year. We are proud to now have a system which allows educators on campus to check out class sets of ukuleles to utilize for a month or more at a time! This year building in a base of SEL will serve to strengthen the program and allow us to continue song writing as a part of the ukulele club curriculum, utilizing strong SEL read alouds, and anchor texts for songwriting. Our students will be learning to play a musical instrument, developing social emotional learning skills, working on grammar, phonemic awareness, and writing standards as they participate in our club!. “Uke Can Do It” has the potential to shift our students’ trajectories in life, giving them a chance to learn a musical instrument, develop language, social emotional skills, and possibly find a new hidden talent or passion in learning and life!