Music in Our Schools Month

I was at Farmington Elementary this afternoon, and the teachers there (Nicole Burnham and Ann Bradley) have a fabulous way of recognizing Music in our Schools month. They are posting trivia questions in the school hallway. If students come into the music classroom outside of class time and correctly answer the question, they'll get a treat. Here's a picture of today's trivia in the school hallway: 

Ann said that yesterday she only had a few students come in after school. Today the students just kept coming in, excited to answer the trivia. They are really catching on and getting excited about this.

What is music in the schools month? From the National Association for Music Education Website: 

Music In Our Schools Month® or “MIOSM®” is NAfME’s annual celebration during March which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools. 

Music In Our Schools Month® began as a single statewide Advocacy Day and celebration in New York in 1973 and grew over the decades to become a month-long celebration of school music in 1985.

It's not too late to do something for music in the schools month at your school. I loved what they are doing at Farmington, and it's a great way to build rapport with the students. If you'd like more ideas, there is a list *HERE* on the National Association for Music Education website.