I have to write an article

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I just remembered that our school's public relations person asked me to write an article about what I do in my elementary music classes. She asked me a couple of months ago and it's due in August. "What you do, how you do it, why you do it" was the structure I was given. 500-1500 words. I haven't written anything formally for years; musicians communicate mainly through rehearsal and performance. I have, of course, written bullet point outlines for curriculum, phrases to summarize, etc. but I am now used to throwing stuff like this post together for social media, not an article that will be published in our school magazine that goes out to alumni and supporters. It has to look and sound professional. I publish music compositions and that doesn't freak me out at all. My parents were both English teachers (among other things; my mom taught French and my dad taught history). Neither of them would have had any trouble writing a professional-sounding paper. I guess I need to up my game. Have you ever written for journals, professional magazines or sites, authored books or anything?