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Our school has been selected as a semifinalist for a 2012 GRAMMY Signature School award!   See the full article at: 

http://www.grammy.org/news/2012-grammy-signature-schools-semifinalists-announced


NEWS RELEASE  
THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION
 ANNOUNCES  2012 GRAMMY
SIGNATURE SCHOOLS SEMIFINALISTS 


U.S. High Schools in the Running for Grants for Music Excellence 

Supported in part by Best Buy, Campbell's Labels For Education Program, the Ford Motor Company Fund, and 
Gibson Foundation  


SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Dec. 12, 2011) — The GRAMMY Foundation (www.grammyfoundation.org) today 
announced that 125 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools semifinalists 
(www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2012. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. GRAMMY Signature Schools are made possible in part through the generous support of Best Buy, 
Campbell's Labels For Education program, the Ford Motor Company Fund, and Gibson Foundation.Applications for the 2013 GRAMMY Signature Schools program are online at www.grammyintheschools.com and the deadline to apply is Oct. 22, 2012.

"The GRAMMY Signature Schools program sustains excellence in music education by granting awards to public high school music programs in communities across the country," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. "Each of these semifinalist schools should be commended for their commitment to keeping the arts in their curriculum for the long term benefits of their students."