One of the schools that performed at this year's State of the schools Address was Gilbert Academy of Creative Arts.

We had the chance to visit this North Las Vegas elementary school, and we met some very talented students and staff.

(Jennifer Prestridge) Let's go from the top.

♪♪♪ Today we worked with Chromatics, which was our instrument group, and some of our members of Collage, which is our choir, and they were creating movements to go along with an instrument piece that Chromatics has been practicing.

(Sophia) One of my dream jobs is to be a singer or a songwriter and maybe even actor.

I like when, like, the audience kind of sees me, like, doing it, especially when my mom's in there, because she's always, like, proud of me and stuff.

(Drama Teacher) Okay, 3rd grade, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna start on page 3 with Agent Holly and Agent Niquel.

Can you guys go set up over there?

And then we'll continue on to the computer nerds.

(Charles) And I want to be an actor when I grow up, so I moved to this school so I can act and show people my talent and just let people know what I want to do when I am older.

You get different prompts, and you have to express different emotions at different times in the show.

It's really hard to memorize your script without a script paper to see and know your roles.

(Doborah Faltinosky) As I was growing up, the arts were a big part of my life.

I really just want to be able to influence students to understand how art is really a part of our everyday lives and how that can really infiltrate our academics and, as we integrate them, how much of a deeper understanding our students can have for the curriculum itself.

-You can move through the space.

I want you to-- Metallophones, get ready to play your improvisation.

And then you guys do something with your prop and see how many different ways you can move it.

Elementary kids learn how to communicate confidently when they participate in the arts.

They learn how to collaborate and work together, as part of an ensemble, when they play or sing or act together.

-Like, how is that going to help them when they're adults?

-Every person at some point will have to stand up in front of a group of people and lead a meeting or give a speech, and this is a great way for kids to learn how to do that, even if they're nervous, to learn how to be confident when they perform.

We believe that every child is capable of creating beautiful music and movement.

And it doesn't matter what the level of talent is, they're going to grow from where they are.

-Bravo!

Phenomenal job!

Thank you to Gilbert Academy for inviting us to learn more about your wonderful school.