Elementary School’s Christmas Program took place on Friday, December 12, 2008 – “Through the Eyes of the Friendly Beasts”. Third through fifth grade elective classes performed the drama, dance and chorus part of the program. Pre-school were dressed up as the world’s cutest angels. Kindergartners were the kings and brought gifts to Baby Jesus. First and second graders were shepherds out in the fields keeping watch over their flocks.
This program had us view the Christmas Story through the eyes of the animals that were present that Holy Night. The Sanctuary was filled with parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and many friends. Over 700 were in attendance.
Please check out “Galleries” to view some really cute pictures.
This Art Elective focuses on Visual Math and the students are painting, drawing and designing math problems. How fun is that?! The students are enjoying a new approach to math and are surprising us with their talent.
This year Junior Chorus is busily getting ready for their Christmas Play. They are sooooooooooo excited because they are singing a song in Spanish. They are working very hard and can’t wait to sing!
Students that signed up for Dance Elective are working on their dance for the Christmas program. They will be dancing to “Lord You Are Good.” Be sure to come, you will be blessed.
Mrs. Rosario
I had the awesome responsibility and pleasure of teaching Elementary and Middle School music this past term and was so blessed!Elementary students were exposed to classical music, new instruments, and shared the joy of music-making. Pre-K through First Grade learned rhythm, pitch and how to sing together in their “singing voices”. Second through Fifth grades learned how to sing in harmony and learned about Opera. They even created a story for an opera (called a libretto) based on their favorite fairy tale.
Gym class for grades Pre-K through 2nd had a great time this year. They had so much fun, they probably didn’t realize all that they were learning. After warming up by stretching and running some laps in the gym they would start their activity. They had to be good listeners and pay attention to the directions and example to know how to play the game. Some of the games we played were: Follow the Leader, Cat & Mouse, Red Light, Green Light, Freeze Dance, Steal the Bacon, Simon Says, and Duck Duck Goose. They especially liked to play with our big parachute. We played many games with the parachute developing individual and group skills. We would put beach balls or froggies in the middle and see how long we could keep them in with out them jumping out. We also played games like kick ball, soccer, basketball and baseball. Students learned how to dribble a ball, shoot a basket, hit a ball with a bat and run the bases. They learned how to only use their feet and not their hands in soccer. We also worked with a balance beam, walked on stilts, learned how to do a bridge, tumble, do the splits and had relay races with a baton. All in all, the students were challenged and had lots of fun.
Dance Elective is so much fun. The students get a chance to really work out and it’s a learning experience. Many students came and found out that they had gifts that they didn’t know about before. The students learned how to express their emotions in a different style of dance and they learned how to worship in Spirit and in Truth
This year I had 23 boys and girls in Elementary Dance elective (grades 3-5). They danced to “Ancient of Days” with flags and streamers. They were such a blessing to work with. I was amazed how quickly they learned the steps and routine.