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FREE Linden Chamber of Commerce is an affiliate of Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce. Distributed as a community service by the Linden Chamber of Commerce. Issue 99 • May 2018 SCHOOLS AMONG NATION’S BEST FOR MUSIC EDUCATION Submitted by Gary Miller Place Your funding, graduation requirements, music-class participation, For the fourth consecutive year, Linden Public Schools instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, and Ad In have been selected as one of the “Best Communities for community music-making programs. Responses were verified Music Education” in the nation. with school officials and reviewed by The Center for Public ThisA GREATSpace! Linden joins just 583 districts across the country and just Partnerships and Research, an affiliate of the University of ATTENTION GRABBER 38 in New Jersey in receiving the prestigious distinction from Kansas. the NAMM Foundation. “I am very proud of our department for receiving this honor Now in its 19th year, Best Communities for Music for a fourth consecutive year,” said Matthew Lorenzetti, Education recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, Linden’s supervisor of fine and performing arts, as well as the administrators, parents, students, and community leaders who Gifted and Talented program. “Thanks so much to our Board work together to ensure access to music learning for all of Education members, administration, staff, and community students as part of the school curriculum. for their continued support of the arts, and thanks especially to “I am extremely proud of this accomplishment,” said our students for helping make this national recognition Linden Superintendent Danny A. Robertozzi. “We have possible.” always seen education in music and the arts as essential in This award recognizes that Linden is leading the way with our mission to make sure every student reaches his or her learning opportunities as outlined in the Every Student First come, first served. highest potential. This shows that the commitment of our Succeeds Act (ESSA). The federal law guides education policy CALL TINA staff, from elementary school to high school, as well as the in the states and in 2015 replaced the No Child Left Behind support they get from our parents and community, is paying Act (NCLB), which was often criticized for an overemphasis FOR DETAILS great dividends in our children’s overall education.” on testing while leaving behind subjects such as music. 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