Music video says it all

Students and local PTA members create a Youtube posting that's fun but carries a serious message about education funding in California

What can parents do in the face of budget cuts that threaten their children's public schools? Get creative, make a music video and post it on Youtube to get the word - and song and dance - out.

First District California State PTA members in South Pasadena did just that. Click on the image at right to watch students in the South Pasadena Grade "A" Jug Band perform "We Ain't Got the
Do Re Mi."

The audience for the video so far has included Jack O'Connell,
California Superintendent of Public Instruction. He watched it on June 3 during a visit to Arroyo Vista Elementary School in South Pasadena.

"It was great," O'Connell said, who also praised the project as "creative" and "original."

California State PTA member Deb McCurdy rewrote the lyrics to "Do Re Mi," a Woody Guthrie song of 1937. The video was directed and edited by another California State PTA member, Helen Mendoza.
 
"We wanted to produce a fun but throught-provoking video," Mendoza said.

We think you'll find the video carries just the right tune and message. Please share this email with everyone who cares about the children of California.