“It was our first time participating, but what I can say about the program is, when we first signed up I just assumed that this would just be kind of like busy work for the kids to do, you know during summer, but I really appreciated how each teacher really, they really expected their students to do well. So that gave the girls and the kids confidence to do well too. It wasn’t just busy work. It was, you want to be an actor? This is what we do- we warm up, and we do our vocal exercises, and we practice. If you want to draw, this is how we draw- these are the techniques. The dance routine, it wasn’t just clap one, two, three. It was a full routine that they had to practice, and doing things like that, it makes a difference because, I would have never known what they were interested in if they were just getting busy work. So that’s what I appreciated. It wasn’t just something for them to do- it was really an outlet for them.”