CVESD Recognized as Best Communities for Music Education

For the 6th consecutive year, the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 24th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.

To qualify for the Best Communities designation, CVESD answered detailed questions about funding, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, and support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified by school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.

CVESD has an award-winning Visual and Performing Arts still took the SAT and got a high score; they felt that their advanced test score was being overlooked when it came to applications in the UC system. Another issue to consider is how not all universities are taking it away. Some students said how they didn’t even try to apply to out of state universities just because of the SAT requirement. This means universities that do require the SAT may see a sudden drop in applicants since an abundance of top universities have walked away from SAT.

Program (VAPA) where students regularly access the arts during their school day. The VAPA program’s mission is to provide inclusive, purposeful, and standards-based arts instruction to every student, fostering their creativity, selfconfidence, and critical thinking skills through the arts. The program focuses on building a strong arts community where teachers can collaborate and provide community-building efforts through performances and showcases.

While it is too early to fully see the effects of this change in the application process it is interesting to hear the various opinions on this topic from students in our hometown, Chula Vista.

The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported partly by the National Association of Music Merchants, its 15,000 member companies, and individual professionals. The foundation advances active participation in music-making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving, and public service programs. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www. nammfoundation.org.