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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="060785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>MHHS Fifth Grade Band News</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MHHS Fifth Grade Band News"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Band Students Info"><U>New Band Students Info</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Band Program Overview"><U>Band Program Overview</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Silly Questions"><U>"Silly" Questions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="calendar_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Music Department Calendar 20082009"><U>Music Department Calendar 2008-2009</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bethel Music Center Music Learning Cent"><U>Bethel Music Center & Music Learning Center</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. Kings Bio"><U>Mrs. King's Bio</U></A>   |   <A HREF="website_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Website Links"><U>Website Links</U></A>   |   <B>ENCOURAGING NEWS!</B>   |   <A HREF="practice_tips.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips"><U>Practice Tips</U></A>   |   <A HREF="encouraging_musical_talents.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Encouraging Musical Talents"><U>Encouraging Musical Talents</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="061d2b03.jpg"> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Does your child enjoy playing an instrument? </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>I urge you to read this information.</B></div> <div> <B> The social, emotional and ACADEMIC benefits to staying in the band program far outweigh the problems of missing classes for band lessons.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="090e3e53.gif"> <div> <I>ENCOURAGING NEWS!</I></div> <div> <B>WOW! Do you realize all of the benefits of instrumental music study to your child's education?</B> </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul." </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><I>Plato</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>On the 1999 SAT, music students continued to outperform their non-arts peers, scoring 61 points higher on the verbal portion and 42 points higher on the math portion of the exam.</B></div> <div> -Steven M. Demorest and Steven J. Morrison, “Does music make you smarter?,” Music Educators Journal, September, 2000</div> <bR> <div> <B>Students in arts programs are more likely to try new things, and they can better express their own ideas to friends, teachers, and parents.</B></div> <div> -<I>Champions of Change, </I>The President's Council on the Arts and Humanities, 1999</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><I><B>"THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN MUSIC IN SCHOOL ARE DISCIPLINE, PERSERVERANCE, DEPENDABILITY, COMPOSURE, COURAGE, AND PRIDE IN RESULTS...NOT A BAD PREPARATION FOR THE WORKFORCE!</B></I></FONT><I><B> " </B></I><I>Gregory Anrig- President, Educational Testing Service</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Students who participate in All State music ensembles consistently score over 200 points higher on the SAT than non-music students. This figure indicates that students can pursue excellence in music while also excelling academically.</B></div> <div> -Texas Music Educators Association, 1988-1996</div> <bR> <div> <B>The part of the  brain responsible for planning, foresight, and coordination is substantially larger for instrumental musicians than for the general public.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> “Music On The Mind”, Newsweek, July 24, 2000</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"I believe arts education in music, theater, dance and the visual arts is one of the most creative ways we have to find the gold that is buried just beneath the surface. They (children) have an enthusiasm for life, a spark of creativity, and vivid imaginations that need training… training that prepares them to become confident young men and women."  </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><I>Richard Riley, U.S. Secretary Of Education</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTS LIVE LONGER THAN OTHERS, </B></div> <div> <B>ACCORDING TO A SWEDISH STUDY.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> -British Medical Journal, 1996.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Students who participate in school band or orchestra have the LOWEST LEVELS of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among and group in our society.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> -H. Con. Res 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic...music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment."  </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><I>William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><I><B>"WHOEVER HAS SKILL IN MUSIC IS OF GOOD TEMPERMENT AND FITTED FOR ALL THINGS. WE MUST TEACH MUSIC IN SCHOOLS." </B></I></FONT> <I>Martin Luther (the ORIGINAL Martin Luther circa 1550)</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>