West Essex Regional Schools Earn ‘Best Music Education’ Award

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — It’s music to the ears of the West Essex school community.

The West Essex Regional School District, which includes students from Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland, recently earned a 2019 award for “Best Communities for Music Education” from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM).

Now in its 20th year, the program honors schools and school districts for “outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students, and community leaders and their support for music education as part of the core curriculum.”

Learn more about the awards and see a full list of chosen school districts for 2019 here.

“It’s worth noting that we have some school communities that have received this recognition year-after-year. A few have been there for 20 years,” said Mary Luehrsen of the NAMM Foundation. “But, every year, new schools and districts are upping their game when it comes to music and the arts, often despite budget and curriculum pressures.”

Other Essex County school districts that earned 2019 NAMM awards included:

• Livingston
• South Orange-Maplewood
• Nutley
• West Orange

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