I sent a letter and sign-up form home to all of my piano students.  Please fill out the form and send it back to me when you can.  Please mark the slots that work best for you, OR, mark the slots that wouldn't work at all.  The quicker it is sent in, the easier it will be to get a slot that you request.  What a wonderful job the students did at the recital!-Hats off to all of the kids, and another big thank-you goes out to the parents for all of the great food!!

Our "Huckleberry Finn" performance will be presented on Thursday, May 22, at 12:45, to the school and anyone else that would like to attend, and at 6:45 that evening as well.  For the evening performance, all students in band and grades 2.4. and 6 should be dressed in "Sunday Best," and the 8th graders should be dressed in their appropriate costumes.  8th graders should arrive at 6:00, band members at 6:15, and the other grades by 6:30.  Here's to looking forward to another wonderful musical from the SHS students!

By now, all but the four main parts of Huck, Tom, King, and Duke, should have their lines memorized.  "Duke and King" should have their lines memorized by April 30, and "Tom and Huck" by May 7.  I will post a wish list soon.  We have many props from "Tom Sawyer" so we shouldn't be in need of too many things!

Looking at the calendar, May 12 is already the last day of music class!  We don't have class the week of the 19th due to the concert, the 26th is Memorial Day, and June 2 is Track and Field Day.  We will do a few more in-class worksheets, as well as continuing our unit on different rhythm and sounds from other cultures.  If your child had a low score on a certain worksheet, there will be three more coming up in which they can raise their grade.

Thank-you to all the students who participated.  It was loads of fun!  What talent we have at SHS!!

This month, fifth graders will be learning about pentatonic(five note) scale patterns, listening to music from many different cultures, learning syncopation(off-beat rhythms), and continuing on their concepts of basic treble clef note reading.  We will have roughly three in-class worksheets in the next few weeks to chart their progress on learning these concepts.  

April 3, 2008- All Students received the lyrics for the spring concert, "Huckleberry Finn," this week.  All of the grades are already off to a great start and have many of the songs memorized!  Anne Hedlund, our wonderful spring choreographer, will be coming to classes beginning the week of April 14 to work out actions/moves with the classes.  If the students have all lyrics memorized by then, it will make learning the choreography that much easier.  Here's to another exciting concert season!  And remember, whichever class sings the best to their potential, wins a non-uniform day!!

Congratulations to the cast of "Huckleberry Finn" to be performed on Thursday, May 22!

Huckleberry Finn Brenton Jayasuriya

Tom Sawyer Kevin LeBahn

Sarah Williams/

Mrs. Rucker Phylicia Cain

Laurie Adams/

Henrietta Bell Marissa Munar

Duke Jeff Daugherty

King Henry Anderson

Sheriff Jenkins Mark Gerding

County Marshall Kyle Ritten

Mary Jane Wilks Samantha Schrepfer

Susan Wilks Caitlin O'Brien

Joanna Wilks Sarina Ghani

Widow Bartley Mara Johnson

Ben Rucker Joey Milliren

Doc Robinson Sam Meyer

Talent show Try-outs

Thursday, April 17, is the annual Sacred Heart Talent Show!  Try-outs will be the week of March 31 and the week of April 7.  Let's try to get as much variety as possible this year! We would also like more middle school kids to try-out!  Due to the large amounts of piano playing tryouts, piano slots will be limited.  Singing, gymnastics, dancing, other instruments, skits, baton twirling--The list of possibilities is endless!  Please, no lip-syncing or inappropriate music.  Try-outs will be judged on originality and creativity.  Please fill out and return the form available from Mr. Melius, Ms. Ekegren, Ms. Rios, or the office by Monday, April 7.  We look forward to seeing The Sacred Heart students shine!!

"Huckleberry Finn" will be the spring musical, given on Thursday, May 22.  This is the sequel to "Tom Sawyer," which the eighth grade performed in when they were in first grade!  Where does the time go?  Scripts will arrive the first week of March, with try-outs continuing through the second week.  Hopefully over the long spring break, students will have plenty of time to learn their lines!

Wednesday, Feb. 6 we will have a test on the musical "West Side Story." This will be short answer, true/false, matching, essay, and compare/contrast.

Eight grade will be writing a five page paper on a deceased musician, detailing their lives, careers, and final days. This will fit all English grading standards. The paper can have pictures, charts, song lyrics, fun facts, etc. for a total of over 5 pages. However, the written work has to be at least 5 pages. This will be due Wednesday, March 12.

We will also be narrowing down our choices for the spring musical soon. It's almost that time again!