A Palo Alto high school student has developed a new, and melodic, way for parents to keep fidgety and stir-crazy kids occupied during quarantine. Inspired by a successful songwriting class she hosted with her local elementary school (as well as living with her restless and frustrated 10-year-old sister), Julia Segal, 17, came up with a creative, musical solution to fill the time. Her creation, dubbed Quarantunes, organizes musically talented teens who are willing to teach free, online music lessons in exchange for optional donations to medical efforts fighting the spread of the coronavirus.
Initially, Segal envisioned recruiting friends and classmates to become teachers for a local organization that mainly catered to the Palo Alto area, but she quickly realized that “there are kids everywhere in the country that are looking for ways to be occupied.”
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