Now, we first met this teacher that I'm about to introduce you to when he stopped by our Vegas PBS studios with his students to tape a segment for our holiday show.

His music students from Cox Elementary School performed "Ooey-Gooey Cinnamon Bun."

Loved that performance.

So very talented.

Now, when we found out that Mr.

Carter was once a student at Cox Elementary School, we knew we had to go visit his alma mater.

And what I witnessed in his classroom, let's just say, had me singing and dancing.

Check it out.

[students singing] (Maria) ♪ Did you ever see a music teacher ♪ ♪ inspire his students like Mr.

Carter ♪ [students singing] (Kaymen Carter) I can't hear you.

♪♪ -Okay, okay.

I promise to leave the singing to these talented students.

I can tell you that it's hard not to want to belt out a tune or two when you step inside Mr.

Carter's music class at Cox Elementary School.

♪♪ (Ricardo Diaz) He's the best music teacher ever because he's funny and he's fun to hang out with.

-I see that smile.

Who's having fun?

-Mr.

Carter's love of music started, in part, when he was a student at Cox Elementary.

-I would say a mix of CCSD, a mix of Disney, and a mix of church.

So it's like three, mix those three together, and then you got me.

Our pulse is in our heartbeat, right?

In music, we have pulse, which I heard, which is a heartbeat, and we heard the clock, which is steady beat, and that ties into rhythm.

What's rhythm?

I wanted to come back to Clyde C. Cox because I feel like it's a good community thing to do.

These kids are me, the reflection of me.

Get into it!

Two times, one-two.

-Thanks to Mr.

Carter, students like 2nd grader Ricardo Diaz already have a deep appreciation of the arts, even at such a young age.

-I love Mr.

Carter's music class because I get to play drums.

-Hands up.

You better get crazy.

So I try to promote like, if you can, go into music, because you develop so many skills: social skills, you develop how to practice on your own, how to learn stuff on your own.

♪ I love music ♪ (students) ♪ I love music ♪ -No.

Like we need music to help grow the brain, to help feed the soul.

We-- It has to be there, or I just feel like you're just gonna have a cloud of sorrow.

Sorrow.

We need, we need music.

It's such a love, and it's a good passion.

-There's no doubt that this pre-K to 5th grade music specialist is really passionate about what he does.

♪ -So-la-la ♪ (students) ♪ So-la-la ♪ -A graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Mr.

Carter is a proud triple threat.

-I did choir there, and then I just had a love for singing and dancing and acting.

So I've done plays.

I've done pop songs.

I've done all this stuff.

A lot of my students are triple threats.

They do sing.

They dance.

They perform.

They do it all, kind of like me.

-Speaking of dancing... (students) We're the Vibing Cubsterz.

-The Viding Cubsterz dance team, one of Mr.

Carter's two after school programs.

-Are you ready?

Hit it!

Break it down like... Since I do dance and have a small dance background, okay, I was like, well, I can have a dance team, too.

And I know kids like to dance, so I wanted to create something if you didn't have the vocal chops, then there was a chance to do dance as well for those who just like dance and maybe not like to sing.

-One of the students who loves showing off her dance moves... -Is that all you got, Cellena?

-...4th grader Cellena Harris.

-I love dance because it gives me a way to express how I feel.

And every dance move I do is made basically like how I feel.

-Mr.

Carter's students appreciate that he is a performer at heart.

-He has interesting and very, like, unique dances and choreography.

The thing that makes Mr.

Carter special is his sassiness, and he really just wants to make us smile every day.

-And even if these students don't follow in his dancing footsteps, Mr.

Carter hopes music and dance will continue to play an important part in their lives.

-The kids that I do run into, they'll always say, Oh, I remember doing those dances.

Oh, I remember singing those songs.

I miss--and I still hear it today--I miss being in music.

That's, that's the positive thing.

You leave that impact.

That's why it's important.

I want to leave the impact, because it was left for me when I was in music here.

It's just great to see.

-Are you ready?

-Talk about a superstar teacher, take a look at this: Mr.

Carter also produces and tapes from his own kitchen the school's morning announcements.

Way to go, Mr.

Carter.

And by the way, he is also the school's DJ.

He goes by "DJ Kutn Up."

Multitalented.