Chip Johnson, SF Chronicle, June 5, 201
""When you give kids a purpose, whether it's playing the piano or blowing on their saxophone, it immediately allows them to express themselves and it helps them understand the whole experience," Harris said. "Suddenly, U.S. history has meaning and students may push a bit harder for that trigonometry quiz in order to get to that music class or that play rehearsal." Among this year's graduating class of 73 students, 71 have been accepted to colleges in the fall - and the list of colleges and universities that have accepted them is impressive."