More than music, MLK Jr. High school prioritizes music programs to aid student growth [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — Today is the last day of National Music in Our Schools Month. The goal is to teach educators, students, and the community as a whole about the importance and benefits of high-quality music education programs in local schools.

Music is threaded into the fabric of everything that is New Orleans. It’s no different when you go into local high schools across our area. Over at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School, they’re using music literacy to help students overcome life’s challenges and excel in the classroom.

While the pride of the Lower Ninth Ward Marching Band is a bit smaller in comparison to some of the other schools, they are just as loud and proud. The school prize itself on the over-well-being of their students, academically, …