Special Area Newsletter
April 2024
Music with Ms. Peters
During the month of April our K-2 students will continue their adventures to catch our Rest Villain by creating, performing, and responding to a variety of musical elements and exploring music from around the world.
3rd-5th students will be creating and performing with steel pans, xylophones, keyboards, and a variety of instruments this month. 5th grade students will begin rehearsing songs for the 5th grade promotion. Information about soloist auditions and piano performers needed will be sent out soon.
I am extremely proud of our student performances with the K/1 Lower Primary Chorus on Literacy Night, our VPE Winter Guard, and our 4/5th Intermediate performance of the Little Mermaid. VPE has great musicians and performers. Congratulations on a great year!
Our Percussion and 2/3 Upper Primary Chorus will continue to rehearse in the mornings until their performance on April 18th.
Calendar of Events:
April 18 - Arts Night - Upper Primary Chorus and Percussion perform 1:00-2:00 (school) and 5:30-7 ( meet at 5:30 in the gym. The concert will begin at 5:45)
Library with Ms. Ault
P.E. with Mr. Penrod
This month 3rd through 5th grade will be focusing on warmer weather activities: track events, frisbee/ disc golf, and soccer to name a few. Kindergarten through 2nd grade will be reviewing and reinforcing some of the skills from throughout the year: throwing and kicking form and eye-hand coordination skills in various activities.
STEM with Ms. Sproles
Kindergarten students are learning about force and motion. First grade students have been engaged in several different technology projects and tools like pixel art and Prodigy. In second grade, we learned about seed dispersal and moved on to a unit on landforms. Third graders are learning about structural adaptations of animals. Fourth grade began a unit on processes that shape the Earth. Finally, our fifth graders are learning about planets in the solar system while creating a reading room for our first grade students to enjoy as they learn about planets in their homerooms.