Welcome!

It is hard to believe that the season of winter is upon us.  The weather has certainly been a surprise with warmer temperatures and very little snowfall.

The musical success of students continues to flourish in the Music Room each week.  Participation is high, discussions are informative and students are making progress in all areas: singing, playing, reading, writing and moving.

During the winter months when physical activity lessens, dancing is being incorporated into the instructional rotation.  Children of all ages benefit from this practice as they stimulate thinking through movement.  Learning to dance also enhances each student's ensemble experience and sense of musical community.

The Grand Slam Wall is growing, compliments of excellent habits in Grades 3, 4 and 5!  Success is assured when students are prepared each week with their recorders and music folders/notebooks.  Some students have remembered their materials for nearly 16 weeks running.  This alone is a wonderful accomplishement, as there are many tasks for children to organize and attend to in their educational life.  Thank you for encouraging their progress and supporting their learning preparations at home.

New attendance cards have been put into practice, revealing more detailed information on student participation and progress.  This tool is intended to make students tangibly aware of their growing success each week.  Each student is compiling a Scrapbook Page where cards are kept from each quarter throughout the year.  Once the year is completed, these pages will be keepsakes for each child to document their progress.

Please visit this website regularly as it will be updated according to our musical progress!