Eighteen Malta ISD fifth and sixth graders made school history, when Malta School’s first band brought home a superior rating from the recent Redwater Solo and Ensemble Competition.  
Up until this year, Malta, a Pre-K through 6th grade school, had never offered a band program.  Current Malta ISD music teacher and retired NBISD band director Margie Manning saw the need to remedy that.  “What was happening when I was in New Boston is that we were getting these great kids from Malta in our b...