Mattel Day of Play

Wednesday, December 8th, toy company and long-time America SCORES LA supporter, Mattel, hosted a very special and exciting event for all SCORES poet-athletes called the Day of Play. This event, held at Charnock Elementary, included a cupcake decorating booth, a Hot Wheels race track, dress up picture booths, a dj with a dance floor, and snow -- on which the kids could sled or make snowmen! Throughout the day, Santa was walking about, handing out candy canes and taking pictures with kids.


At the end of the event, Mattel gave every participant a wrapped gift and presented a check to executive director David Joseph. This was an unforgettable experience for the kids, most of whom have never in their lives seen snow. ASLA would like to thank Mattel for everything they have done!

ASCAP Residency Part II: Braddock

Last month, kids at Charnock got to work with grammy-winning artist Claudia Brant to write an original song and record it in a professional studio. This week, ASCAP sent song-writing duo Da Internz to Braddock Elementary for a similar workshop.


Last Thursday, Da Internz came to Braddock to talk about songs, and what the kids wanted to talk about in their own song. After deciding to write a song about making money, the kids wrote down different ideas to go into the song.

Over the weekend, Da Internz put the lyrics together and created beat for it, so that on Monday everyone could practice singing it together. After learning their song, the kids were excited to travel to the studio and record it.










Yesterday, the students boarded the bus to go to the Song Writing School of Los Angeles, a recording studio in Burbank. Da Internz split everyone up into smaller groups to go in and sing their parts.

The kids had an amazing time, while learning how much work goes into the creation of a single song. Now they cannot wait to hear their single.


Da Internz are a song-writing duo from Chicago who currently reside in Los Angeles. They have worked with other SCORES sites in the past, and were excited to bring their workshop to a local school. They have worked with artists such as Greyson Chance, Mims, John Legend, Jesse McCartney, August Rigo, and Justin Bieber. Here are the lyrics to the song they wrote with the kids:

If I had one chance I would take that chance
Grab the whole wide world, put it in my hands. Hey, hey
Gonna make good grades, graduate from school
Get a real job and a house with a pool. Hey, hey

It's what I gotta do to live my dreams
If I want to have everything.

I gotta make money, money, money, money
I gotta make money, money, money, money

I gotta work hard, aim for the stars, they're not that far.