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  • Tilles Elementary School
  • Fort Smith, AR
  • 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. Learn more

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Music is and has been the salvation for so many -the ticket out of an otherwise hopeless situation which for the most part is beyond a kids control. Even at the elementary level, the gift of music inspires so many. My student population is varied; racially, economically, and academically; but those percieved barriers fall away when in the musical setting - it is the universal language and universal equalizer.

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Music is and has been the salvation for so many -the ticket out of an otherwise hopeless situation which for the most part is beyond a kids control. Even at the elementary level, the gift of music inspires so many. My student population is varied; racially, economically, and academically; but those percieved barriers fall away when in the musical setting - it is the universal language and universal equalizer.

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