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Mr. Stone's Thought of the Week...
Congratulations to our Seniors! I am so proud of each of you and am thankful to be a part of your high school memories. Good luck moving forward, but do come back and visit. We miss you! Senior parents, that goes for all of you as well.
As we come to the end of the year, it’s always an awesome time of much anticipated relaxation time and an almost instant start to the planning and preparation for next fall. I can’t wait to get ready for all the fun next year. Marching season will begin on June 10th at 8am with mini-camp, and we are beginning the registering process for our amazing New York trip. It’s going to be a great summer of anticipating a great year. Thank you all for your support and time this year. Enjoy your summer time off and see you in the fall.
New York Trip Information
Why Participate in the Instrumental Music Program?
Graduation Rates
- With a Music Program 90.2%
- Without a Music Program 72.9%
- With Music Program Rated “Excellent or Very Good” 90.7%
SAT Scores
On the 2012 SAT, students who participated in music scored ABOVE average.
Reading Above Average
Math Above Average
Writing Above Average
Benefits of Music
Recent Studies Suggest:
- Musically trained children (and adults) show enhanced problem solving, behavior regulation, and social skills
- Music improves cognitive abilities in students more than twice as much as sports, theater, or dance
- Musically trained children show enhanced verbal fluency and information processing speed
- Adults who received music instruction as children have more robust brainstem responses to sound than those who did not, suggesting that music education benefits carry over to adulthood
- Musicians’ brains tend to have a larger corpus calloscum, which plays an important role in the communication between the left and right sides of the brain
- Musical training can increase the blood flow in the left hemisphere of the brain, which suggests that the areas responsible for music and language share common brain pathways. Just one half hour of musical training achieved this effect.
Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
~Aristotle
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children’s education.
~Yo-Yo Ma
Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.
~Plato