More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
The students involved in the show choir program are definitely from a blue-collar hard-working community. Parents work two jobs, not a lot of money -- that sort of thing. Students are eager, talented and very willing to practice hard. They give of their time, talents and ability to the program daily. They are like a family. The choir is a second home to most of them. For many of them, it gives them a purpose to go to school -- to FINISH school and graduate.
They fund-raise constantly just to be able to go to festivals and competitions. Every time they go, a bus costs us a great deal of money -- WHICH THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES. Not the district! They also pay for their own uniforms.
About my class
The students involved in the show choir program are definitely from a blue-collar hard-working community. Parents work two jobs, not a lot of money -- that sort of thing. Students are eager, talented and very willing to practice hard. They give of their time, talents and ability to the program daily. They are like a family. The choir is a second home to most of them. For many of them, it gives them a purpose to go to school -- to FINISH school and graduate.
They fund-raise constantly just to be able to go to festivals and competitions. Every time they go, a bus costs us a great deal of money -- WHICH THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES. Not the district! They also pay for their own uniforms.