*********April 21st: East Deanery Band Festival: Permission Slip to follow.At: Scecina Memorial High School, When: April 21st, Time: We leave at 9:00AM, Transportation: Scecina Busses will pick the kids up, Lunch, Dinner and snacks: Provided at the festival. You may notice that it is the same day as the North Star trip to Connor Prairie. Students will go on the social studies trip and then come to scecina at the end of the day.
First Grade- We will be discussing and drawing pictures about the importance of music at home, school, church and in the community. Instrument improvising and creating.
Second Grade- Students are learning the relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. We are going to listen to music and movement and draw pictures. Students will talk about emotions that go along with songs and pieces.
Third Grade: Notes and the staff learning in preparation for writing a lifeskills song with the barred instruments. We are also learning about Dynamic Markings and lyrics, verses and refrain.
Fourth Grade- Starting on our recorder Karate Packets, we will be learning notes on the staff, notes on the staff and the fingers to use to make the notes. Students will work to learn songs in class, and then be tested over their achievement. They will get a colored bead from me when they have completed a song successfully. They goals is completing all the songs, 9 or completing 8. This is provide them with an A, if they successfully complete 6 or 7 it will be a "B" for a final grade, If they complete 5 or 4, it will be a "C", 2-3 songs will be a D. We are completing the first song in class. Any questions, please let me know.
Fifth Grade- Starting on our Recorder Karate 2 Packets, we will be learning notes on the staff, notes on the staff and the fingers to use to make the notes. Students will work to learn songs in class, and then be tested over their achievement. They will get a colored bead from me when they have completed a song successfully. They goals is completing all the songs, 9 or completing 8. This is provide them with an A, if they successfully complete 6 or 7 it will be a "B" for a final grade, If they complete 5 or 4, it will be a "C", 2-3 songs will be a D. We are completing the first song in class. Any questions, please let me know.
Annual Fund Dinner(AFD) Little Mermaid Jr.: PARENTS!!! PLEASE help by supporting your child's commitment to Annual Fund. This is Holy Spirit's most important event for fundraising for the school, when the kids miss practice aside from illness, it really effects our practice time. Please remind them of the importance of being at practice on Mon and Wednesdays. Practices after break will go until 4:30 daily, please make sure kids are staying until practice is over. April 11th, work day to work on props. Please let me know if you can volunteer and help that Saturday we need parent involvement. The kids are working hard!
The Advanced and Beginning Band groups: April 21st, East Deanery Band Festival, Permission Slips go out tomorrow! We are continuing work on various songs that are common in the pep band music world, ask them about the "Hey Song", "Go Big Green", "Happy Birthday", and "Jaws". Students will start learning "Happy" "The Holy Spirit School Song". We are also working on Seaway March, and Happy for East Deanery Band Festival.
Guitars- Wow, what a great group of kids! Some of the students played at Mass the music was so loud and strong, such confidence and growth. Can't wait to see them grow more!
Thank you!
Angela Simms
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org
Any questions please contact me, I am here to advance your child musically!
Thank you!
Angela Simms
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org
Any questions please contact me, I am here to advance your child musically!
317-352-1243
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