35.3% of High School Students dropout

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00/6961676525/">Pink Sherbet Photography</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” -Plato

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10158670@N00/6941441940/">cpence</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ― George Bernard Shaw

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58385162@N05/5980752930/">Mahin Fayaz</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

An investment in education, pays the best interest.

-Benjamin Franklin

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76029035@N02/6829290065/">Victor1558</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53807034@N05/5511772726/">hmomoy</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Not everyone is bred to be a athlete, some of us have a musical gift granted to us from birth, that

we need to embrace at an early age. -William Dodd

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26691915@N00/4248987472/">rolands.lakis</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94509941@N00/35003141/">beggs</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Music helps free the mind, heart, body, and soul

VH1 Mission: We are dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in America's public schools, and raising awareness about the

importance of music as part of each child's complete education.

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22074118@N00/2888054090/">nasrulekram</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Students in music courses scored: !

22% better in English 20% better in Mathematics

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40494725@N00/7140209563/">Benjamin Chun</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>

Throughout middle school I took a classical music appreciation course in which I played Cello.

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/15577588@N00/2222966741/">chrisbb@prodigy.net</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/71078118@N00/2102264370/">Joel Bedford</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">cc</a>

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7940758@N07/10511031104/">MIKI Yoshihito (´･ω･)</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Music taught me: • Memory Skills • Patience • Recollection • Critical Thinking Skills

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64111606@N00/3424750103/">shuttermonkey</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16230215@N08/4307771514/">h.koppdelaney</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">cc</a>

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without” -Confucius

Music consists of more exploration, rather than discipline.

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43419254@N06/4409680890/">© Salim Photography/ www.salimphoto.com</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Music played for children leads to/causes:

!

• Decreased ambient noise • Decreased stress • Soothing affects • Better sleep • Slower heart rate

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42164301@N00/500561280/">hyunlab</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14071207@N00/542471395/">openDemocracy</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>

Take A Stand: • Organize groups • Contact VH1 Save The Music • w/ a proposal • Speak to teachers, staff, and principles

about starting music programs • Start a charity • Get local parents, students, & businesses on

board

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” -Plato

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10158670@N00/6941441940/">cpence</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>

Conclusion

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ― George Bernard Shaw

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58385162@N05/5980752930/">Mahin Fayaz</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>

“Music brought me out of the darkness of poverty and into the light of well-earned success” -Yours Truly

Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836528@N00/8349362069/">kevin dooley</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>