This year in JGMS we have a lot of updates for the school. This article will explain what is going on with the Performing Arts Department. To start, we have a new general music teacher named Ms. Hart. Ms. Hart will also be helping with the school play and is the orchestra teacher. As many of you might know last year’s music teacher, Mrs. Budka, retired, and she also was the 7th and 8th grade chorus director. Mrs. Faulstich the 6th-grade chorus teacher will be taking Mrs. Budka’s place this year as 7th and 8th grade chorus teacher. This December, auditions for the school musical will start. The name of the musical hasn’t been announced yet but will be soon. So far that is all for the Performing Arts Department.