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The Write Notes – July 2020
Dear Students and Families,As July winds down, I know we are all thinking about “Back to School” and fall schedules. Only one thing is really certain. It’s going to be a different kind of fall semester. We are still making some big decisions at our house about how to make the best of things. I’m…
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Why start young? It is now widely accepted that there are direct correlations between musical study and verbal competency, motor and auditory skills, reasoning abilities and problem solving – essential abilities that children take into adulthood. Musical experience promotes brain development. A 2009 study featured in the Journal of Neuroscience showed for the first time…
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