speaking of stellar schools, at 35, you heard right, 3560 magnet programs were just recognized nationally for excellence by magnet schools of America.

And among those honored Thurmond wide Academy of the Performing Arts.

We stopped by the Henderson Middle School to learn more about its talented show choir.

vocal warm ups are to get your body started like your diaphragm and your mouth and like your throat and all that.

which help our voices get ready to sing more intricate pieces.

we focus on breath support, stage presence, we focus on dancing So when we're doing this exercise, it helps us warm up our voice.

It helps us with agility and scales, So our show choir group is comprised of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, and we really focus on singing and dancing and becoming a complete performer, I've learned multitasking because a lot of people don't really think about it like how you're singing and dancing while you're performing.

But it takes more than you expected.

Like you need facial expressions, you need energy, but you also need to sing all at the same time.

when you put it together, it's really hard, but it's also really fun.

It's very fun experience.

greatest thing about teaching this class is that you watch students, especially if they're in it for three years.

You watch students really figure out who they are and have the confidence to stand up on stage and just on the stage and deliver their voice, deliver their singing to to a group of people.

say, So last year I was really shy and I didn't even want to hold a mic or go on stage in front of people.

But when I found my self-confidence, I started going out and putting myself out more and I started to just let go with the flow, basically, and like have more self-confidence.

being in this group just opens up a lot of new experiences.

what I've learned is just never be afraid of being who you are and never be afraid to just put yourself out there.

when you're performing, you need to have confidence.

Confidence is like number one always.

And it's taught me how to have confidence.

I really feel like these skills transfer to anywhere in life, whether you're going to be a teacher, a lawyer, a doctor, a business person, you have to be able to talk to a crowd of people and you have to feel confident enough in yourself that you can deliver what you're going to say.

at the end of the day, just be yourself.

I came out of my shell and like also the performances.

When you're done, it's like you reflect and it's it's just amazing.

in the late.

Bravo.

What dedication.

Great job to all of you.

So talented.

Well, Thurmond White Stroke Choir just returned from an awesome field trip to the happiest place on Earth.

Disneyland students work with Disney staff to learn how to record voiceovers for movies.

So very cool.

Thank you so much for sharing all of these photos of your awesome trip.