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Polo Shirt Pictures

Posted by lsabol on October 27th, 2008 under High School Assignments, Middle School Assignments  •  Comments Off

The Polo Shirts for the HS and MS can be viewed online now. The image is a picture of the men’s polo. The ladies polo is smaller and has a slightly different neckline, which suits the females better.

Gianni’s Fundraiser

Posted by lsabol on October 26th, 2008 under Notable News  •  Comments Off

Title: Gianni’s Fundraiser
Location: HS/MS
Description: Gianni\’s Pizza, Cookie Dough, Pretzel Sale Orders and Monday are Due today!!!
Date: 2008-11-03

High School Assignments Week of 10/27/2008

Posted by lsabol on October 23rd, 2008 under High School Assignments  •  Comments Off

Orchestra:

Working in sectionals on Christmas Garland, Polar Express, and Rudolph
Working in fixing bowings and dynamics in Sleigh Ride and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
High tech book – working on shifting and harmonics

String Technique:

Working on bowing terms – pizzicato, classical motif, etc.
talking about bowings in genres
playing as an ensemble on songs
individual performance songs
continue [...]

Middle School Assignments week of 10/27/2008

Posted by lsabol on October 23rd, 2008 under Middle School Assignments, Notable News  •  Comments Off

working on Christmas Bells – putting together section at 44-94 and 122- end
the Grinch – working on learning the music
A Major Scale assignment
Upcoming test the following week on Christmas Bells
Reminders – Gianna’s Fundraiser sale papers are due on November 3rd and Poinsettia / Wreath Sale papers were handed out last week – due week [...]

Elementary Orchestra Assignment for Week of 10/27/2008

Posted by lsabol on October 23rd, 2008 under Elementary Assigments, Notable News  •  Comments Off

Beginners: Working on pages 12 & 13 in the book – songs on the D and A strings
Bowing with the rosin to work on bow motion, open string exercises plucking and bowing
Review of D Major Scale on page 11
Intermediate: Working on International Jingle Bells from the beginning until Letter C or D, some students [...]

Fundraisers

Posted by lsabol on October 19th, 2008 under Notable News  •  Comments Off

The high school had a Halloween Carnival this past weekend. The students involved and the children who participated in the event had a great time! Although they had a great time, the turn out for the event was not very well attended – hopefully future events will turn out better.
Middle School and High [...]

Orchestra Shirts – Check out the Gallery with Pictures of the shirts

Posted by lsabol on October 19th, 2008 under Elementary Assigments, High School Assignments, Middle School Assignments, Notable News  •  Comments Off

The elementary t-shirts and the sweatshirts are posted here. The middle/high school t-shirt is the same color as the sweatshirt and has the same logo set up on them. A posting will be done with the required middle/high school polo shirts this week and an order form will be posted on the website. [...]