“I was just four years old when I wanted to be a dancer…Dance has helped me in so many different ways. Dance has helped me in science by being able to classify, or understand body parts, by ‘dancing’ them out. Dance has helped me relate to social studies by understanding the religion, background, cultural and spiritual reasons why people dance…I think we could do better with funding to give art programs to kids like me.”

by Chyna McCleary
8th grader at Kelly Miller in 2013