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Communications Recognized Nationally
Churchill Graduation Celebration Shines
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Support Person Of The Year 2025
Counselor Named OCCAE Support Person
Ravens Honored At ACE/OTEC Celebration
Student Celebrated for Arctic Grayling Project
Celebrating The ROHS Class of 2025
STUDENTS EXPERIENCE STEAM
Student Awarded Full-Ride Scholarship
Royal Oak Schools Releases 2025–2026 Calendar
Student Advances to Optimist Regional Contest
Abela Named Business Administrator of the Year
ROS Board Announces New Superintendent
Transforming Literacy Instruction
May 2025 District Dispatch
Teachers of the Year 2025
Counselor Honored as 2025 Counselor of the Year
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Explore Summer EBT
Superintendent Fitzpatrick To Retire
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Summer Sports Camps 2025
UMatter Week Honored with Award
Preparing Students With Real-World Skills
The February District Dispatch 2025
Teacher Selected for Research Program
The January 2025 District Dispatch
Chromebook Accessibility Features
MiHEART Safe Schools
Keep your family information up to date
Grant Extends Opportunity To All Students
Fall 2024 Sports Wrap
Newly Elected Board Members
The November District Dispatch 2024
SPECIAL ED WELCOMES NEW FACES
Educators Highlight Writing at Conference
ANNUAL ELD FAMILY NIGHT
‘Soup with the Super’ Event for Senior Citizens
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Why is Music Education Important?
19 Benefits of Music Education
1. Musical training helps develop language and reasoning:
Students who have early musical training will develop the areas of the brain related to language and reasoning. The left side of the brain is better developed with music, and songs can help imprint information on young minds.
2. A mastery of memorization:
Even when performing with sheet music, student musicians constantly use their memory to perform. The skill of memorization can serve students well in education and beyond.
3. Students learn to improve their work:
Learning music promotes craftsmanship, and students learn to want to create good work instead of mediocre work. This desire can be applied to all subjects of study.
4. Increased coordination:
Students who practice with musical instruments can improve their hand-eye coordination. Just like playing sports, children can develop motor skills when playing music.
5. A sense of achievement:
Learning to play pieces of music on a new instrument can be a challenging but achievable goal. Students who master even the smallest goal in music will be able to feel proud of their achievements.
6. Kids stay engaged in school:
An enjoyable subject like music can keep kids interested and engaged in school. Student musicians are likely to stay in school to achieve in other subjects.
7. Success in society:
Music is the fabric of our society, and music can shape abilities and character. Students in band or orchestra are less likely to abuse substances over their lifetime. Musical education can greatly contribute to children’s intellectual development as well.
8. Emotional development:
Music students can be more emotionally developed, with empathy towards other cultures. They also tend to have higher self-esteem and are better at coping with anxiety.
9. Students learn pattern recognition:
Children can develop their math and pattern recognition skills with the help of musical education. Playing music offers repetition in a fun format.
10. Fine-tuned auditory skills:
Musicians can better detect meaningful, information-bearing elements in sounds, like the emotional meaning in a baby’s cry. Students who practice music can have better auditory attention and pick out predictable patterns from surrounding noise.
11. Music builds imagination and intellectual curiosity:
Introducing music in early childhood can help foster a positive attitude toward learning and curiosity. Artistic education develops the whole brain and develops a child’s imagination.
12. Music can be relaxing:
Students can fight stress by learning to play music. Soothing music is especially helpful in helping kids relax.
13. Musical instruments can teach discipline:
Kids who learn to play an instrument can learn a valuable lesson in discipline. They will have to set time aside to practice and overcome the challenge of learning with discipline to master playing their instrument.
14. Preparation for the creative economy:
Investing in creative education can prepare students for the 21st-century workforce. The new economy has created more artistic careers, and these jobs may grow faster than others in the future.
15. Development in creative thinking:
Kids who study the arts can learn to think creatively. This kind of education can help them solve problems by thinking outside the box and realizing that there may be more than one right answer.
16. Music can develop spatial intelligence:
Students who study music can improve their spatial intelligence, allowing them to perceive the world accurately and form mental pictures. Spatial intelligence is helpful for advanced mathematics and more.
17. Kids can learn teamwork:
Many musical education programs require teamwork as part of a band or orchestra. In these groups, students will learn how to work together and build camaraderie.
18. Responsible risk-taking:
Performing a musical piece can bring fear and anxiety. Doing so teaches kids how to take risks and deal with fear, which will help them become successful and reach their potential.
19. Better self-confidence:
With encouragement from teachers and parents, students playing a musical instrument can build pride and confidence. Musical education is also likely to develop better communication for students.
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