performance on state testing. These statistics help to support the stance that Johnstown-Monroe High School should offer more music classes for their students to take. At Johnstown-Monroe High School there are only band and choir classes that are available to the students. The music program, however, is extraordinary for the size of the school. Although there are only about 500 students attending the school, a majority of the students are involved in the music program. Not only does the music program have…
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I have sung in the church choir since I was a child. I started out in Kids of the Kingdom, which is the Youth Choir for elementary school children. We performed musicals and sang occasionally during the church service. I have acted in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ester, and the Wizard of Oz. As I got older, I moved up to CrossFlame, which is the Youth Choir for middle and high school students. The director for both of these Choirs is Ron Sinclair, a man that a respect…
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phenomenal oboe player and opera singer. He is a role model for all choir and band students. Eric Owens first started music when he was six, he played the piano. As he got older in junior high he play we the clarinet. Later he switched to the oboe. He and his mother lived alone together when his dad divorced. They lived through hard times together. When Mr. Owens was in high school at Central High School he switch to choir his senior year. Then he entered a pre-college program at Temple…
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holiday choir contest “We were all gathered at the school for a fieldtrip to UNC-G, so we were here at 6:30 a.m. and when they called Mr. Hanson we were all gathered around him, when they said that we won we all started screaming,” sophomore Silas Waller said. “We passed the phone around and all got to say our names on the radio, it was all live and it was really cool.” Northwood’s a capella group Pitch Please, was named the winner of the Division II Mix 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition…
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it shows in my school work which is neat and consistently turned in on time. I am a very hard worker, I pay attention in class, make sure I understand what we are learning, and ask questions if I need clarification on a subject that I do not understand. I always do my homework and try as hard as I can to get good grades. Even with a learning disability, I have been able to meet and in some cases exceed the demands of a busy high school schedule while participating in sports, choir, and animal rights…
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making new friends at a show choir camp miles away from home are all few of the many reasons why music has taught me to reach out chase my dreams down. Being on the Advanced Choir at Brownstown Central High School has been an absolute blast. Choir has taught me to choose my friends wisely and to cherish every moment with them. Without them I wouldn’t be the same person I am today. I am so honored to be the assistant choir director at Brownstown Central Middle School. Seeing all of their faces every…
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music program extends across many schools, starting with Starry or Longfellow Elementary and its choirs, and ending with Marion High School and its many extracurriculars like Jazz…
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I failed at conventional high school. I was raised in a K-8 charter school, we were sheltered from reality. I was a straight A student, the lead in every show, and on student council. I was a big fish in a little pond. But when my 8th grade continuation celebration rolled around and I ventured into public high school Suddenly I was a shrimp in the ocean. I had no friends at school, but I had plenty at the theatre company I was involved with. I felt at home there, and so I threw myself into theatre…
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warned me not to do something I never enjoyed much in the first place? Yet here I stood anyway, at the Prairie Premiere Show Choir Invitational, about to go on. So as the first drum beat reverberated across the stage, I stepped forward. It all started six months before that moment, back in May of the previous school year. Having finished my Sforzando, our middle school show choir, career just two months prior, I was debating whether or…
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I wish to become a member of the YMEDACA Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, because I have the ability to excel in academics, be a hard worker, and a great role model who always helps other. One must demonstrate the qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and citizenship to be considered a member of National Junior Honor Society. Therefore, by showing that I have each of these qualities, I can contribute to the Lincoln Park Academy NJHS. All of my life I have lived by…
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