Volunteers

“We want to THANK YOU for all you have done…” I love having the students perform to show signs of thanks. This year at our volunteer breakfast, a third grade class, All County Chorus Members, and the Student Council performed for our awesome volunteers. I also had two very talented pianists play as the volunteers were greeted at the door and walked through the breakfast buffet line.

Arts Alive Week

March 26-30, 2012

In the past, we have had an "Arts Alive!" night every other year. This year, we decided to turn that one night into a week of celebrating the arts.

The University of North Carolina Historical Speakers came to perform stories for our fifth grade students.

The Trask Traveling Theatre Group from Trask Middle School came to perform funny versions of classic fairy tales for our entire school.

Our Fifth Grade AIG Language Arts Students performed storytelling for the second graders one morning.

Although this was not purposely scheduled for this week, the Roland Grise Middle School Orchestra came to perform for our fifth graders, and it was a perfect fit! The orchestra taught the fifth graders about the string instruments and how to sign up for orchestra in middle school.

The Ukulele Academy came to perform for all of our students. They played authentic Hawaiian music and even tied in some other genres as well.





Music in our Schools Month!

March is "Music in our Schools" month and each year we celebrate by having talent shows during music class. All of the students are encouraged to perform. Students that do not wish to perform practice concert etiquette. I LOVE talent show week. I get to see students who play instruments grow each year during their performances and I even get to see hidden talent I have never seen before!



Read Across America Week 2012

March 5-9, 2012

This year, I shared Dr. Seuss' "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think" with the entire school. Our week was full of creating and imaginating inspired by the book. We composed music, invented music symbols, and created instruments.

So Much To Catch Up On!

There is so much to catch up on! I finally got my new blog "A Very Creative Songbird" up and running. My new blog will feature all things music in a creative way! Check out the next few posts as I catch you up on our exciting activities from the month of March!