8th Grade Instrumental Performance of “Cold Duck Time”
Posted by David CoeAfter Owen’s speech about baking, the 8th grade Instrumental Music class did some cooking of their own! Their performance of “Cold Duck Time” was outstanding! We had a super tight djembe drum section of Aidan, Adrian and James, Owen and Zeylah on electric guitar, Anson on bass and Jack on keyboard. Our arrangement featured a lot of improvisation and great ensemble playing. Not a bad way to start the day!
Chinese Name Keychain!
Posted by Carina Blackwell
The 8th grade Mandarin students had such a great time making their own name keychain with Mr. Casey in Makerspace. They made a design for their own name keychains by handwriting or typing in the characters. Mr. Casey explained how to use the tool on Chromebook and introduced every step to using a 3D printer. Students picked out their favorite color 3D material and installed it into the printer. The Mandarin students were grateful to work with our Makerspace teacher Mr. Casey and for the opportunity to spend time in the Makerspace using 3D printers and making keychains.
Kool Katz, Inc.
Posted by Ariel Warshaw
Improv!
Posted by Megan Kirk
The 5th grade students are REALLY loving all of the improv games they have been learning in Performing Arts! During our drama portion of our lessons, students had to improv short scenes with a partner about a park bench. One student would be sitting on the “park bench” and the other had to find a way to get them to give up their seat. One of the most important things about doing improv is listening to your stage partner. Fifth grade did a great job at this!
Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation
Posted by Ariel Warshaw
You Don’t Scare Me!
Posted by Faith Barbuto
With spooky season upon us, it was a good time to talk to our 5th grade buddies about things that scare us! After reading a little bit of a story about imaginary fears, we sat in a circle and voiced our biggest fears. There was some discrepancy between what scares a PK student and a 5th grader but some we could all agree on. Witches and giant spiders were a “Nope!” from all! After our group discussion, partners returned to their seats and worked on facing our fears by writing them down. Each 5th grader wrote their PK buddy’s fears and the younger students illustrated them. Together, we talked about whether these are things to really be afraid of or figments of our imagination. We took the power back by yelling “You don’t scare Me!” at our papers. Then we crumpled them up, tore them to bits, and threw them in the trash. Take that scary monsters!
