Schools & afterschool
BOOST
Boosts engagement & attendance through hands-on STEAM; produces a music video usable for recruitment & funder reports; strengthens SEL & school climate; gives students access to celebrity producers.
Attendance/ADA improvement, PBIS, MTSS Tier 1 SEL, student engagement & program enrollment, expanded-learning quality
FAQs
Straight answers.
Yes. BOOST funds high-quality out-of-school-time enrichment, instructional materials, and professional development. Our interactive music and STEAM enrichments, school assemblies, team-building, and The Psychological Effects of Music instructional books are allowable out-of-school-time enrichment and instructional-materials expenses.
BOOST prioritizes engagement, attendance, and positive youth development in out-of-school-time settings. Our programs are built to drive the attendance and engagement your grant is measured on, while teaching students social-emotional regulation and STEAM skills — the exact outcomes BOOST-funded programs are asked to demonstrate.
Enrichment services, instructional materials, and professional development are standard allowable out-of-school-time expenditures. Because BOOST is administered by each state, confirm the specifics against your state's BOOST guidelines and your approved program budget — we provide the documentation your business office needs to support the line item.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music Interactive Social Emotional Learning School Assembly works as a site-wide event an end-of-session showcase, or a family engagement event teaching students and/or parents who music effects their behavior, self-regulation and how music can be used as a tool to manage behavior, emotions and stress management.
For sites running enrichment across several campuses, we can do a SEL school tour providing morning and afternoon assemblies at multiple sites within a drive-able radius.Yes. We deliver clear learning objectives and completed deliverables, and our programming supports the attendance and engagement tracking that feeds directly into program evaluation and year-end reporting.
Interactive MUSIC, STEAM, and team-building enrichments; keynote assemblies; supplemental instructional books (Grades 1–4 and Grades 5–College); and self-paced online courses — available in person and virtually.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music supplemental instructional books are instructional materials, an allowable out-of-school-time purchase, and can be bought per site or per student.
K-12 youth, in afterschool, summer, and expanded-learning settings — in person or virtual.
Programming is built to flex to your program's scope and budget. We provide a quote with clear options so you can align it to your BOOST award.
Yes. We work with district and program purchase orders and provide the invoicing and documentation your business office and grant reporting require.
Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time (BOOST) is a competitive grant that funds high-quality K-12 out-of-school-time programming — afterschool, summer, and expanded learning — to strengthen youth engagement, attendance, and positive development. It is administered at the state level (through state departments of education and partner agencies), often as multi-year awards renewed annually.
Schedule a discovery call or request a quote, and we will map the right package to your BOOST-funded goals and budget.
How this program runs
Same SIWM work. Built for BOOST.
Start with the social emotional learning books. Add a keynote. Bring a recording program when you want participants writing and performing — we produce the song and video.
Aligned with BOOST expanded-learning priorities through hands-on, student-centered enrichment. The program combines Music and Media Arts, CASEL 5 SEL competencies; , digital literacy, STEM/STEAM and career exploration while strengthening creativity, leadership, collaboration and student voice. National Core Arts Standards, Common Core ELA writing & speaking/listening (songwriting, public speaking); CTE Arts/A-V Technology & Communications;
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The Psychological Effects of Music
SEL books & curriculum
SEL books by Ava Johnson plus keynotes for the same rooms.
Ava the Aviator
Keynotes & assemblies
Interactive talks on the science of sound and the psychology of music.
The studio
Recording & music video program
Participants write and perform. We record, produce, and film.