What a year!
Wow! Where has the year gone? It seems like just yesterday that we were preparing for our wild and crazy “Midnight Madness” rehearsal before school started and now the school year is almost over. It’s been a year of fun, a year of learning and a year of making new friends.
I came across this article on the web the other day and wanted to share a part of it with you:
“If there were a course to teach your child self-discipline, time management and self-reliance, would you enroll him? If this class would raise his SAT score by an average of 107 points and significantly increase his mathematics proficiency, is it worth your tax dollars? If that same course would place him in the group with the lowest lifetime and current use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs, would you camp out to guarantee him a spot? You don’t have to. Just support the music programs in your school.”
(Tracy Begland, Dallas News)
We are truly fortunate to have this band program in our school and such a dedicated teacher as Mr. Carl (and his wife Ellen) working tirelessly with our students to help them be the best they can be. Expecting excellence and receiving excellence. It’s been a pleasure to “support the music program”. And it’s been a lot whole lot of fun, too.