Arts & Music Outreach

Numerous studies and cases have shown the music programs help students in their careers, through teaching skills like teamwork, organization, coping under pressure, and discipline; it helps students de-stress from the workload of other classes, and engages and develops different parts of the brain. Playing in an orchestra or a band is relaxing, develops creative thinking, and improves memorization and coordination. There is even evidence that youth who play an instrument score better on the SAT and ACT and do better in their classes over all. 
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The benefits of music programs have been proven over and over again, however music programs and the arts at high schools and middle schools are cut because of lack of funding. Music is often one of the first electives to go, because of the costs of buying and maintaining the instruments, however the large student to teacher ratio forces students to go into other elective classes with lower student to teacher ratios, requiring more teachers and therefore more money. Additionally, often times mathematics and the sciences are glorified, while music is left behind. While music is recognized for its benefits, other core classes quickly replace music, as it is not given the same importance as the core subjects we learn in school.

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Other forms of art are just as important, as they nurture the same benefits music does. Something as simple as scribbling with a crayon or folding some paper can develop motor skills; the social environment the arts offers responsibility skills and communication skills; focus is promoted through learning parts or finding creativity. The list can go on forever.