PHILOSOPHY

** MUSIC AT BILL ROBERTS **

Our goal is to enable all children to lead balanced, productive, and meaningful lives and to make music an essential part of public education. We know the following to be true:

Music is a basic expression of humanity. Music expresses what literal languages cannot communicate. Music expands each child’s educational horizon. Music education improves student achievement.  Students who take arts classes score significantly higher on SAT tests than their artless peers (high SAT scores are traditionally considered by colleges and universities as important admission criteria). Students with four years of arts classes in high school outperform their artless peers by an average of 58 points on the verbal portion and 38 points on the math portion of the SAT – this information was recently published by the National College Board in 2005. Arts Education - the //HeART// of the curriculum!