Maine Motif Issue 1, Vol. II (Fall, 2017) | Page 13

10 Maine school districts were chosen out of a pool of twice as many applicants to be pilot districts. To be eligible for this program, school districts must serve 50% or more free or reduced lunch eligible students and agree to have a certified music teacher offer Modern Band during the 2017-2018 school year. Review teams selected districts based on their need, sustainability plan, and quality of proposed programing. Pilot districts have been given all the instruments, curricular resources, and support they need to run Modern Band programs in their schools including professional development workshops. Though only the pilot districts will receive the instruments, all the workshops and curricular resources will be available to all Maine music teachers at no cost.   School Districts involved in the pilot program are Central Community Elementary School, RSU 64;Crescent Park and Woodstock Elementary Schools, RSU 44; East End Community School, Portland Public Schools; Hitchborn Middle School and Penobscot Valley High School, RSU31; Houlton Middle/High School, RSU 29; Katahdin Elementary, Middle and High Schools, RSU 50; Medway Middle School, Medway School Department; Meroby and Rumford Elementary Schools, RSU 10; Troy Howard Middle School, RSU 71; Waterville Senior High School, AOS 92 For more information about Maine Kids Rock! or Arts Education in Maine, contact Beth Lambert, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist at the Maine Department of Education, at [email protected] or 207-624-6642.