The mission of the “Musicians Make Better Students” (MMBS) program is to give children in schools without music programs within our community the opportunity to play music in a structured after-school environment. The program is targeted to three K through 8th grade schools located in the North Portland Roosevelt High School cluster. The K-5th grade schools are Rosa Parks and James John Elementary, while Clarendon at Portsmouth houses the K-8th grade program. Each is a school that has no current music program and has primarily minority populations below the area median income that comprises its student body