Why Study the Arts? 

Impressive Scholarship Data Shows that Colleges Want Arts Students!

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Has participating in the Arts helped High Schools seniors?  Judge for yourself:
  • $5.38M in scholarship awards were accepted by Music Department seniors at WVHS & NVHS – averaging $21K per student
  • Students declared 79 different majors or courses of studies (Engineering was most popular)

Students Who Make Room for an Arts Education GET IT ALL
YES!! Music students CAN have it all!
  • Music seniors were members of 42 non‐music clubs  and 12 different varsity sports at WVHS 
  • ​ View ACTUAL student schedules that show how several students successfully pursued music throughout their high school careers while maintaining a very rigorous course of study.
  • The typical schedule involving music allows students to take all of the classes they need for college.
  • Most students involved in music classes for four years maintain a grade point average well above 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.  
  • ​View how Waubonsie Valley High School students who study music throughout high school and pursue a degree in professions like medicine, business, engineering, and education have a high level of acceptance into college. Similarly, Take these facts into consideration when selecting courses for the high school. Music is a lifelong endeavor, and we hope it continues to be part of your life!

The Arts are Essential in Education

Look carefully and you’ll find musicians at the top of almost any industry. Woody Allen performs weekly with a jazz band. The television broadcaster Paula Zahn (cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on music scholarships; NBC’s Andrea Mitchell trained to become a professional violinist. Both Microsoft’s Mr. Allen and the venture capitalist Roger McNamee have rock bands. Larry Page, a co-founder of Google, played saxophone in high school. Steven Spielberg is a clarinetist and son of a pianist. The former World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn has played cello at Carnegie Hall
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1

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