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Performances include the Charging Yaks Marching Band and the YACS Orchestra. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000104037198;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);vertical-align:baseline;">This outdoor neighborhood gathering is free and open to the public, and for safety, street access around Kepler and Hancock will be limited.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000104037198;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">WHEN:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;"><span class="ydp28e2aa00yiv4854524888ydpfe31b0e8Apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);vertical-align:baseline;">Friday, December 5, </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-indent:36pt;letter-spacing:-0.02em;">6:30–7:30 PM</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000104037198;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">WHERE:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;"><span class="ydp28e2aa00yiv4854524888ydpfe31b0e8Apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);vertical-align:baseline;">Kepler & Hancock Street, Gretna, LA</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000104037198;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);vertical-align:baseline;">####</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000104037198;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;">Opened in 2013, Young Audiences Charter Schools are open-enrollment, arts-integrated charter schools operating in Jefferson and Orleans Parish on three campuses. Recent research shows that students at schools with an arts-integrated curriculum scored higher on standardized tests and academic measures than those at other types of schools, including academic magnet schools. (PAIR, 2013) Additionally, students involved in the arts have better attendance, fewer behavior referrals, increased class participation, and are more likely to report a love of learning.</span></p><br><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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