Principal’s Newsletter – March 10

Principal’s Newsletter – March 10
Posted on 03/10/2017

RMAE Happenings

Jump Rope for Heart update – Deadline FRIDAY – Message from Wendy Forsythe follows:I’m SO proud of all of our students at RMAE! They did an amazing job so far raising money to help kids with heart problems – $3,825.00! Please turn in envelops and/or complete your complete all online donations by Friday, March 10th. I will close out our fundraiser and the remaining student gifts will be mailed to the school within a few weeks. Please email Mrs. Forsythe with any questions.

RMAE Carnival – Save the date:
Thursday, April 6, 5:30-7:30
Bring your family and friends to play student run games, win penny candy, eat carnival treats and have fun! Everyone who brings a non-RMAE friend also gets free dinner too. (Pizza-$2 a slice)

Booths by Grade:
(Please check your class room sign ups)

  • Kindergarten (& Ms. Geiger) –
    Petting Zoo
  • 1st – Silly Wheel and Softball Toss
  • 2nd – Bowling Game, Ring toss
  • 3rd – Dice Games & Score O Mrs. Narans-Fortune telling
  • 4th – Cup challenge, Football toss
  • 5th – Tattoos, Horse races
  • 6th – Cake walk
  • 7th – Refreshments
  • 8th – Face painting

Let’s make this the most fun-filled event of the year and show off our great staff, students, school and build our community!

Elective of the Week – (written by Anna Jermano) Mixed Grilling is a fantastic elective that is taught by the one and only Mr. Bryant. This elective is made up of thirteen 6th and 7th graders, so different grades get to interact and mesh. This quarter my elective classmates and I had many different delicious meals! From simple hot dogs and brats to various barbecued chicken parts to five stacks of ribs, everything tasted heavenly. The meals were devoured very quickly. We would usually finish two bags of chips before the meat was ready. With every meal we had chips, drinks, and desserts. Everyone had their own responsibility each week of bringing; the meat, chips, drinks, dessert, or utensils and plates. Overall, we did not have any problems with missing anything on our weekly menu. This was an amazing elective that I can’t wait to repeat next quarter!

Classroom Group Photos – classroom group order forms are being sent home in your child’s Friday folder tomorrow. Please complete the order form and include your payment in the envelope. Orders should be returned by the following Friday.

Evergreen High School Performing Arts is proud to present INTO THE WOODS on March 16th, 17th & 18th at 7pm, and 2pm on March 18th. “Be careful what you wish for”…Sondheim’s legendary musical intertwines fairy tale characters who enter the woods to find their own “happily ever after.” Wishes are granted and dreams come true… only to find that the path to happiness may lead to unintended consequences! An enchanting, hilarious and touching musical that is not to be missed! (Act 1 is family friendly. Please note Act 2 may contain subject matter not suitable for young children.)
Purchase tickets now.

Movies or Music? – Both!
A note from Ms. Bloom:
If your child is coming home saying that we watch movies in music class, I would like to take this opportunity to explain to you what we actually do in music class. Mr. Williams and I share the position, and he covers singing, keyboards, ukulele, etc. while I cover composers and their music as well as the instruments of the orchestra and their families and the elements of music. I have each grade just once a week and cover all the core knowledge in these areas. The first half of music class is learning about composers and listening to their music. This involves use of videos and YouTube. When learning the instruments of the orchestra and their families, there are several good videos on YouTube that covers this core knowledge topic appropriate for early elementary.

The second half of the class I cover the elements of music and like to do this through interactive learning games that teach music symbols, notes of the treble and bass clefs, rhythm and counting, dynamics and tempos.

Please allow me to give brief examples of what the children are watching and hearing in music class.

  • Kindergarten: Edvard Grieg music from Peer Gynt. I show them a puppet video that features the story and the music. Victor Herbert, “March of the Toys” YouTube, from Disney’s Babes in Toyland.
  • 1st: Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf. Again, I have a puppet video that features the story and music and also the instruments of all the characters. For Jazz in American musical traditions, we are currently watching Disney’s animated The Princess and the Frog, a fine example of New Orleans jazz and Louis Armstrong.
  • 2nd: Camille Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals, a Jim Gamble puppet movie featuring the composer as a little boy writing music for all the animals. Beethoven, Symphony No.6, from the original Disney Fantasia, which also introduces them to Greek mythology.
  • 3rd: George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, found in Fantasia 2000. Peter Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, a video specifically for classroom use.
  • 4th: Benjamin Britten, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, found on youtube by BBC with narration. Mozart’s Magic Flute, BBC animated version in three parts and perfect for classroom.
  • 5th: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 1st movement found on Fantasia 2000. Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, found in Animusic II.

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