This year, our intermediate students all were asked to select a project to celebrate, remember, and act on the wonderful message/actions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some wrote songs, some wrote poems, some created dances, some created skits, some made posters, and some drew sketches for the project. Our students who selected art have their projects hung around the school but the others were videoed and put into a group movie. We hope you enjoy and are inspired. The students did a great job!

2nd graders have been working for many weeks now towards their upcoming holiday musical ‘Old Man Winter’s Icicle Follies’!! We’ve been learning about what makes up a musical, acting skills, singing skills, costuming, lighting, sound on stage, set, props, and many other things!!!! Whew~! It’s a lot of work but very much worth it when the lights go up for showtime! We’ve had teachers and parents helping us with set, props, costumes, and rehearsing and I would like to thank them for all of their time and talents! Thanks to them and our 2nd graders hard work, all 100 + will be shining stars Monday night, Dec. 13th!!!! 🙂

These few weeks we have in November will be a fun time in music as we celebrate Thanksgiving through songs, artwork, and creative dramatics. This week, 3rd grade students are adding instruments to ‘Over the River and Through the Wood’. 4th graders are working on ‘Wind in the Corn’–a Native American song that is a folk tale. K and 1st are working on ‘A Turkey Named Bert’ chant and playing bells and rhythm sticks to ‘Over the River and Through the Wood’. Did you know that your grandparents and parents sang ‘Over the River’ in grade school too? Ask them! Maybe you can sing it together! Check out our video links below from Mrs. O’Malley’s class–

O’Malley group 2O’Malley’s Class group 1

We are so excited!!! 5th graders will be attending a musical tomorrow at ETBU! ‘Into the Woods’ is a musical by Stephen Sondheim. Stephen Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy! He wrote the music and lyrics for many other musicals that you have heard of as well! I am very excited about this opportunity for our students! We have done some studying about this musical also: we have discussed what a musical is, what are the various parts of a musical production, the storyline of this particular musical, wrote our own version of this story ‘Into the Woods’, and we even participated in an art project that ETBU will have displayed as we walk into the theatre.

Just a reminder–tomorrow is the last day to try out for the variety show. Be prepared! Have all your props, Cds, etc. with you! If you aren’t ready…there’s always next year and you will get to enjoy the show either way! 🙂

Just a reminder that variety show try outs are Oct. 12-18 during your music time! Be prepared with your music (if applies), props, etc. when you try out! All acts need to be 3 min. or less to help allow more people into the show! If you are trying out with a group in various classes or grades, work it out with your teachers as to which day and time you can come. I am open to seeing you try out anytime between Oct. 12-18th! It’s going to be great! Remember…VARIETY!!! Singing, dancing, karate forms, basic gymnastics, skits, art projects, poetry reading, joke corner, etc. etc. !!! Get creative!!!!

This week, we are acting out our rhyme ‘3 Little Muffins’.
We were either the baker or a child buying the muffins.
“3 Little muffins in the bakery shop,
You know the kind with the honey and the nuts on top?
Along comes a child with a penny to pay,
Took one muffin and ran away! ”