This is all because Superintendent and Principal Mark Angle, an undergrad music major in college, wants to make sure the kids at his school get what he says is a positive correlation between music and school, no matter the poverty level, amount of disciplinary referrals, or size of the school.

Some 4th and 5th graders at Days Creek are pretty excited about the new band program as well, and say they’re looking forward to learning the instruments and playing in a band with their friends.

The new program will provide a basic music course for the elementary kids, a beginning band course for the 4th and 5th graders, and a choir program for the middle and high school kids. Once they establish the band program with the 4th and 5th graders, Angle says he hopes to continue developing the band program with those kids as they move through school, eventually having an intermediate and advanced band program for the middle and high school kids.