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Did You Know???

music makes your child SMARTER!!!
Music training helps under-achievers. In Rhode Island, researchers studied eight public school first grade classes. Half of the classes became "test arts" groups, receiving ongoing music and visual arts training. In kindergarten, this group had lagged behind in scholastic performance. After seven months, the students were given a standardized test. The "test arts" group had caught up to their fellow students in reading and surpassed their classmates in math by 22 percent. In the second year of the project, the arts students widened this margin even further. Students were also evaluated on attitude and behavior. Classroom teachers noted improvement in these areas also.
Source: Nature May 23, 1996

Did You Know???

music helps your child have higher test scores!!!
A ten-year study, tracking more than 25,000 students, shows that music-making improves test scores. Regardless of socioeconomic background, music-making students get higher marks in standardized tests than those who had no music involvement. The test scores studied were not only standardized tests, such as the SAT, but also in reading proficiency exams.
Source: Dr. James Catterall, UCLA, 1997

Marple Newtown Elementary Concert Band
to Perform at Wachovia Spectrum

The Marple Newtown Elementary Concert Band will once again perform the Star Spangled Banner at a Philadelphia Phantoms Hockey Game at the Spectrum.  The Phantoms will be playing the Hershey Bears at 7:05 p.m. on Friday February 22, when the elementary band will go out on the ice before the game to play the Anthem.