Middle school and high school students in the district can earn their way to a free concert featuring teen recording hip-hop/rap artists Baby Jay and J Xavier to be held Friday, May 4 at noon in Galena Park ISD Stadium.
           All middle school and high school students with perfect attendance during the first and second six-week grading periods of the second semester will be transported to the stadium for the concert.  As an added bonus the secondary campus with the highest overall attendance will invite ALL of its students to the free concert. The concert is a joint venture between Galena Park ISD and Roland Entertainment to reward students with outstanding attendance.
           This will not be the only chance for students to see Baby Jay and J Xavier for free as plans for the second Perfect Attendance Concert are being finalized. That contest will begin in August 2007 and will be for secondary students with perfect attendance during the first and second six-week grading periods of the 2007-2008 school year.
            Baby Jay is a positive 15-year-old teen rapper who attends Galena Park High School who has been rapping since the age of seven and released his debut album “Keepin it Real” last fall.  He has shared the stage at the Verizon Wireless Theater and several schools in New York with legendary folk singer/songwriter Peter Yarrow of “Peter, Paul, & Mary.”   Bringing two generations of music together, Baby Jay is the student ambassador for International Education Foundation “Operation Respect” and makes special appearances/performances across the country with the organization combating bullying with Baby Jay’s song “Don’t Laugh at Me”.  Baby Jay has also helped raise money for Cure Autism Now Foundation. Baby Jay received a certificate of Congressional Recognition by Congressman Al Green in the summer of 2006.  
            J Xavier is a 14-year-old rapper from Houston who is looking to create a new movement in hip-hop.  J Xavier has performed live more than 250 times, he has developed his own TV show and has conducted more than 75 television interviews with everyone from Chris Brown and Juvenile to Nick Cannon and Kobe Bryant. J recorded a tribute to Houston Rockets star Yao Ming, scored a track on the recent Pink Panther Wal-Mart sampler, collaborated with funk icon George Clinton and in 2004, at the age of 12, J Xavier won PAX –TV’s America's Most Talented Kids Show contest.

Link to Attendance Concert Promotional Video