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Academic Enrichment | Art | Band | Drama | Family And Consumer Sciences (FACS) General Music | Industrial Technology | Orchestra| PE | Reading | Spanish| Technology | Vocal Music Art and Drama... Nancy Fredrickson The art classes have finished copying a famous painting beginning with
drawing their copy on a 9”X12” paper, graphing it, transfering the drawing
to a larger graph on 18”X24” paper, and creating a color combination chart
to decide the color combination to be applied to their painting. The results
were stunning.
Drama classes have finished studying comedy and tragedy as forms of drama. We watched and reviewed the play, “Arsenic and Old Lace” to help us understand the modern play structure. We studied a unit on acting rules, how to speak with different dialects, vocabulary for stage equipment and lighting. We are now ready to perform a memorized scene from an actual play script. Students will be assigned a part in groups of 3-5 and will recieve instruction as to movement and line interpretation before actually performing. Finally, students will watch a video of examples of pantomime. It seems like such a short time but I have enjoyed working with the
students this semester.
Middle School Band Notes... Brett Morrison, Instrumental Music Instructor The last few weeks of the semester have been highly eventful in the EMS band department. On April 18 the EMS Jazz band performed at the Wichita Jazz Festival where they were adjudicated by a panel of professional jazz educators and performers. On April 19 the EMS concert bands travelled to World’s of Fun in Kansas City. They had a day of fun on the rides at the amusement park and were adjudicated by a highly qualified panel of nationally recognized judges. On April 23 the EMS Concert bands travelled to Robert Goddard Middle School for the Pioneer League Music Festival. The seventh and eighth grade bands, selected ensembles, and soloists performed. Soloists, chosen to play, were selected from the the EMS band students who submitted recordings which were also part of their semester grade. Ensembles were selected based on preparation over a three week period and the groups that were selected were the groups that had worked the hardest and accomplished the most on their own without the aid of the instructor. Following these activities the bands will combine with the Goddard High School bands, GMS band, and Challenger/Discovery bands for a very exciting and dramatic final concert. The music will feature Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Holst’s Mars, music from Gladiator, Star Wars, Transformers, and more. It will be a memorable concert and a fantastic way to end the year. Make sure you don’t miss it! GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT ACCOUNTS... We are having some problems with the way students are using their accounts. Here is the policy for these accounts:
SENSENEY MUSIC CARDS To transfer money from your student account to a Senseney Music Card, please complete a Student Band Account Form. Forms must be turned in by the 15th of each month. you may only transfer money already in your student account. To use the Senseney Card, students should call Senseney to order the items they want to purchase. Senseney will charge purchases to the card and deliver the items to the student's school. Back to Top Family and Consumer Sciences... Jessica Buchanan In FACS, we have been busy finishing our sewing projects and preparing for our last unit, foods and nutrition. In the foods unit, we will prepare peanut butter cookies, mini pizzas, and dishes using a pound of beef. The students have the ability to earn extra credit during this unit by preparing food at home and completing a worksheet asking a few brief questions about the experience. The worksheet is available both in class and online on my district website (www.goddarudusd.com/staff/jbuchanan). Each student may complete three papers which are all due no later than Friday, May 16. Thanks for a wonderful semester and enjoy your summer break!
Mindy North Mindy North As this final newsletter goes out, we are busy preparing for Contest on April 30 at Maize. As a reminder, all choir shirts will need to be washed and returned ON A HANGER after contest on April 30. Any damaged or lost shirts wil be $20 to replace. Our final event for the year is our Pops Concert on May 15. Please note that the time has changed to 7:30 p.m. Students will need to be in the choir room by 7:15 p.m. T-shirts are ordered and will be worn with jeans for this performance. It will be held at Eisenhower Middle School and will feature both EMS and RGMS choirs. Girls will need to bring a dozen cookies, brownies, etc., and boys will need to bring two 2-Liter bottles of pop. Please plan to come and celebrate the end of a successful year! The students have worked extremely hard! See you then! Industrial Technology - Shop... Kelsey Brown We have started a new unit in which students are learning about drafting and design. Students have drawn thumbnail sketches using border, object, center, hidden, extension, and dimension lines to layout the design of their Co2 car. Upon completion of their design, students will begin cutting out their cars. Once the cars are prepared for finish and painted, the students will race them and figure the car’s speed in miles per hour. In the next unit, students will begin work on designing and building a rocket. The students will split into small groups and work as a team to complete the project. They will be required to research and design a nose cone, fins, and a recovery system for their 2 liter pop bottle rockets. During this activity, students will learn how aerodynamics and mass can affect the rocket’s flight. At the conclusion of the activity, classes will spend two days outside testing and launching their rockets. Most of the student’s rockets should fly between one hundred and one hundred fifty feet into the air. Physical Education News... Stephanie Mouse and Brian Hogan, PE Instructors The EMS physical education students are glad to see that spring is here!
With warmer weather comes the opportunity to enjoy more outdoor activities.
The boys have been playing tennis, softball, and speedball. The girls look
forward to Frisbee golf and regular golf, along with tennis, softball,
and soccer. We will be finishing up our last round of fitness testing
by the end of the semester. It is rewarding to see how much improvement
many of our students make throughout the course of the semester. Not only
are many of our PE students in better physical condition, but they also
feel good about themselves and the progress they have made. We urge you
to encourage your PE student to give their best effort daily through the
end of school, and to continue to be active throughout the summer months.
Thanks to the many parents who have given positive support and encouragement
to their students to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.
7th Grade Julie Campa We have completed “A Single Shard.” Students had mixed reviews over this class novel. We learned about character, motivation, and honor. They have moved into their literature circle groups and each group has selected a novel. They’re responsible for reading and discussing it together in class. All of the novels are fiction and have the following themes:
8th Grade
The reading classes are well into their literature circle novels. Ask your student to share which book they chose to read and why. This project will take us to the end of the year. Please encourage your student to keep reading and make their AR goal for the last nine weeks! Don’t forget - AR tests must be taken by May 16! A great way for students to keep their skills and enjoyment level up during the summer is to keep reading. Whether that’s joining the public library summer reading club, or making a few trips to a bookstore, the results will be well worth the time and effort! Please take a minute to look at the article from Scholastic magazine about summer reading: “3 Ways to Prevent Summer Slide”
Many children, especially struggling readers, forget some of what they’ve learned or slip out of practice during the summer months. Try these strategies to help your reader improve his/her reading during the summer and beyond: 1. Six books to summer success: Research shows that reading just six books during the summer may keep a struggling reader from regressing. When choosing the six, be sure that they are just right — not too hard and not too easy. Take advantage of your local library. Ask for help in selecting books that match your child’s age, interests, and abilities. Libraries often run summer reading programs that motivate kids to read, so find out what’s available in your area.It’s hard to keep up a reading routine in a season packed with distractions and diversions. These suggestions will fit into a busy schedule and make reading fun! Corey Gabbert As the semester comes to an end, the students continue to learn a great deal of vocabulary in Spanish. They will use all of the vocabulary that they have learned this semester to complete a final project the last couple of weeks. They have also started to work on basic verb conjugation and will continue to work on it until the end of the semester. Students will continue to enjoy activities both in and out of class. and will continue using their Spanish in class and at home as much as possible. Also, the students will be having an annual Cinco de Mayo fiesta at the beginning of May. They will get to cook authentic Mexican, Spanish, and South American cuisine and bring it to class for each of their individual fiestas and possibly receive some extra credit points! If you have any questions concerning the class, please feel free to call me at 794-4230, ext. 2707. Doug Dick TECH 7
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Orchestra News... Marla Weber Spring has sprung, and with it, contest season is upon us. Our students are working very hard to get ready for both the Pioneer League contest, and the final string concert at GHS. Pioneer League will be held on Wednesday, April 23 during the school day. Our pre-festival concert will be held at EMS (all groups, both band and orchestra) on April 10 at 7:00 p.m. We will have judges on hand to critique us and give us suggestions on what we need to do to get ready. Right now, I am working on lining up the best judges possible. When you see these folks at the concert, please take the time to thank them for what they are doing to help us make the Eisenhower instrumental music program the best that we can be. Now is the time to consider what your student will be doing this summer. If music camps, lessons, etc., are in your considerations, and you have questions, please do not hesitate to call me. Calendar Recap:
(Band 7, Band 8, Orchestra) @ EMS at 7:00 p.m. ALL LARGE GROUPS, SOLOS, AND SMALL ENSEMBLES PERFORM |