Floral Goes Green!!

What an amazing day! At Floral Street School, we celebrated Floral Goes Green today. We saw beetle presentations and heard a local author speak. We made cable television commercials and were able to view other students' work in the hallways. It was an AWESOME day about the earth, our environment and working together!

Rachel Carson said,  "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in."

Thank you to all of the adults at Floral Street School, especially Kara Frankian and Gina Kelly, who made the day so very special and meaningful for us all.

"I am with my friends!"

The past two weeks, we have been celebrating how we are alike and how we are unique. We sang a song called "Amigos" which was in five languages. We realized that we have a lot of languages here at Floral Street School and we celebrated that by translating the song into those languages and making a poster for each translation. This fourth grader, Zoey Araquel, used her creativity (and her own materials, I might add!!!) to make this poster all by her self. It says "I am with my friends. You are all my good friends" in Tagalog. Great job, Zoey!

"America, America" by the Ross Class, May 2013

America, America

Show Off Days Are Coming!

Dear Parent or Caregiver,

As we go through the year, there are many students eager to “show what they know” about music. We don’t have time in a regular music lesson for all of our friends to share something with us, so Mrs. Demarky-Anderson and I have set aside time for “Show Off Day!” Please understand that it is not a performance. It is a sharing time with their classmates. The kids will not have an audience, other than their classmates - the stress level is much lower!

Whether it be playing a piece on the piano, singing a special song from their culture, doing a dance to music, explaining an instrument that they are taking lessons on or showing pictures of that instrument…there are many students that would like to have a chance to show off! We encourage students to share. Please note this is not a requirement of any kind. It is simply a way to fit in all of the special ways children use music in their lives and to make connections.

Anything special that they bring in to share should follow these guidelines:

1.     They should get the family’s permission before bringing anything to school.

2.     It should be labeled clearly with the student’s name and class so that it can be returned if it gets misplaced.

If the children need to use our piano or CD player, we will gladly share.

Please see the list below to determine your student’s sharing day.

We wish you a happy spring and are looking forward to seeing your students shine in the coming weeks.

Sincerely,

Tracy DeBlois and Georgia Demarky-Anderson                                                           

Elementary Music Specialists

Floral Street School

           

Thursday, May 30^th – Frankian, Caforio, Martel, Kelly, Avery and Hogan

Tuesday, June 4^th – Morrissey, Morgan and Ross

Friday, June 7th – Spangenberg, Herring, Edgren, Ralys and McGrail

Monday, June 10^th – Nolli, Suto, Manning, Ushinski, Bisceglia, Goulding, Peterson,

Beall and Richard

Tuesday, June 11^th – Bradt, Grossman and Marold

Wednesday, June 12th – Harrington, Largess, Stanwick, Ward, Poppalardo and Plourde