The students at Rachel Carson Elementary like to remind Principal Javier Arriola-Lopez that they speak three languages: Spanish, English and music.

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You can hear them tuning up at band rehearsal at the Gage Park school gym. Sitting under a basketball hoop and in front of their “Bulldogs” logo, the fourth and fifth graders count, sing and play a few tentative notes. The more advanced seventh and eighth graders bring full songs to life,

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