The Art of Success

Scholastic Instructor magazine, Andrea Cooper… You couldn’t miss the drummer in the backward baseball cap among the sea of student musicians. It really was Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chad Smith, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, jamming with a bunch of third graders at Mary Chapa Literacy and Technology Academy. Students let loose on xylophones, marimbas, and djembes, while music teacher Christopher Lopez joined in on bass. Smith has adopted the Greenfield, California, school as part of Turn-around Arts, a public-private program developed by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humani-ties (PCAH). http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/art-success