The stage lights beams upon the Paraguayan students, each holding an instrument in their hands. The crowd is chatting loudly over the Latin dance music playing in the background. Then, at once, the crowd falls silent as the performance makes its debut.  Orchestra conductor Favio Chávez appears from...

As each new school year begins, some Branson students launch into a range of creative academic projects spanning everything from the intricacies of sports to the ins and outs of colonial history.  Independent studies are projects that students work on for generally a year or more with a teacher advisor....