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Ritchie Helps Shine Spotlight On Mexico School Choir
March 31, 2017
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State Senator Patty Ritchie recently welcomed the Mexico Academy and Central School District High School Jazz Choir to the State Capitol.
Students performing were taking part in a celebration of “Music in Our Schools Month,” which helps to highlight the importance of the arts in education. Last year, Senator Ritchie secured over $35,000 in special funding benefitting music and art programs in schools across Central and Northern New York, including programs in the Mexico Academy and Central School District.
(Attn. photo editors: Senator Ritchie is joined in the above photo by Assemblyman Will Barclay and students from the Mexico Academy and Central School Jazz Choir)