NW Folklife: Maplewood K-8 Orchestra

The Maplewood K-8 Orchestra performs at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

The Maplewood orchestra is made up of students from 6th - 8th Grade from Maplewood Parent Co-operative school in the Edmonds School District. It is a K-8 school that utilizing the many diverse skills of parents, teachers and children. It aims to foster a family-oriented program where children, teachers and parents are equal participants in an enriched environment that nurtures a life-long love of learning. Students get to select their instrument in 5th Grade. Students in this orchestra have been playing their instrument between 2-4 years.