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Show i SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, February 21, 2008 Art City receives grant for music instruments ' ' y These students from Mrs. Giles fifth grade class at Sage Creek celebrated Chinese New Year with a dragon dance. All the students got to wind around inside the dragon. It was tons of fun. Gung Hay Fat Choy! af ti -iiKwcM rsarM jjEfeiivaawE mkS:miaiss& WiftSfJ 77 UuLCLLLL mid v by DiamondBack Ind, Custom Fit S Installed! Protect your Children Sharp looking Add value to your home 1 Judy Luther, music teacher at Art City Elementary Ele-mentary School in Spring-ville, Spring-ville, recently received a grant for Orff music instruments through the Nebo Education Foundation. Founda-tion. . "I am thrilled! Thank you for the generous support sup-port from the Nebo Foundation Foun-dation and for honoring my grant application. The funds will go towards the purchase of Orff Instruments. Instru-ments. This will add a new dimension to the developing develop-ing music program at Art City Elementary providing provid-ing greater opportunities for the students to create music," exclaimed Ms. Luther. Lu-ther. "Music is Life!". Susan Frischknecht, foundation board treasurer, trea-surer, said, "That's what the foundation is all about - to give our students the best educational opportu: nities possible whether it's through classroom grants or college scholarships." The Nebo Education Foundation meets the first Tuesday of every f sr- , - ,x v , , f ' ; 4 I y I H ' ; "i Jsi i v . -J" ,..."'.; - j -"--ilTriilliririirlriir'TilillllillliI iiiiiiii liiiltn iiniinriawniif aurnimirrfinmimaitomn-iiwrm )) aiim In 11 niirin mm mini mi -i m lirr r mm III 1 11 1 ml Mril -- Art City Elementary School music teacher Judy Luther, far right was recently presented a grant from the Nebo Education Foundation for musical instruments. month at 6:30 a.m. to discuss dis-cuss submitted educational education-al grants for students in Nebo School District. One of the goals of the foundation founda-tion is to fund worthwhile projects in the district that provide resources to enrich en-rich student learning. The Nebo Education Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) organization created to bring businesses and donors do-nors together for the benefit ben-efit of Nebo District school children. The foundation carefully manages and disperses tax deductible donations to local schools. 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