*******Want to give your child a shout out for their work on the little Mermaid? Contact me for more details. Please send in money for AFD shirts, it is $8! Schedule for practices next week: Mon: 3:00-5:00, Tues 3:00-5:00, Wed 5-7:00, Thurs: SHOW be here at 7:15, Fri: Show be here at 6:30 for 7:00 show.
*********WE WANT INSTRUMENTS, dead or alive. If it is in your closet collecting dust and it needs a home where it can be played, please send it in. We can send you a tax exempt reciept for your records!
**********We are in need of substitute teachers at Holy Spirit on an as need basis. If you have a gift for working with kids, want a flexible schedule and a bit of pay for it! Contact the school office, we need music substitutes on the list! Thank you!
Kindergarten- Students will dance and sing with the circle game "Charlie goes over the Ocean", and "Round and Round the village". Students will do "5 Second" concerts and practice appropriate audience participation.
First Grade- "A tisket a tasket" circle game, "Farmer in the Dell", circle game. We will learn a outh African Songs and game.
Second Grade- Practice for new Communion song to perform for First Communion Mass!
Third Grade: Students continue working with the barred instruments. They have been copying rhythms and patterns to become proficient in playing the instrument. We will continue playing song, and begin to start creating measures of music.
Fourth Grade- Recorders need to be in music class weekly, we are forgetting our recorders, please remind the kids to bring them! Weekly grades are effected because students cannot test if they don't have the instrument.
Fifth Grade- Students will need to start thinking about there middle school year. For music, students in middle school have to choose, Band or Choir for first semester and in the second semester, Annual Fund Dinner(musical) or band. Mrs. Epple, parent and volunteer of the school will be coming into our class this week and having the students try out instruments to help them make a decision of band or choir for next year. If band is their option we will be doing a Instrument meeting on May 20th from 7:00-8:00 to talk with instrumental professionals and get things in order for the following year. Please let me know any concerns as we are planning in the next few weeks! We will work on music from recorder karate 2, with the time available this week. Students will need their recorders everyday music class!
Annual Fund Dinner(AFD) Little Mermaid Jr.: Next week practices!!! Please see above schedule, THEY ARE DIFFERENT!!! If your child misses they cannot take part in the show unfortunately, we will hold firm to this rule. We want all your kids to participate, but next week. They have to be here to practice. Thurs and Fri we have shows, we need them here and they will have some late nights this week Wed, Thurs and Fri. Please voice any concerns! Thank you for communicating when the kids have had to miss!
The Advanced and Beginning Band groups: May 19th, the date was originally May 18th but has changed, please make note of the change. the band will perform during the day! We would love for you to join us! The concert is from 9:00-10:00 in the gym, they will be doing some fun numbers and their peers get to see them perform. We are continuing work on various songs "Hey Song", "Go Big Green", "Happy Birthday", and "Jaws", "Happy", "The Holy Spirit School Song", Seaway March
I am hear to serve you!
Guitars- Working on "Simple Gifts" a very difficult version, but they are really growing!
I am hear to serve you!
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your child musically!
Mrs. Simms
317-352-1243
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org
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