Computers 8L & 8M introduction to online photo editing

Hi Computers 8L & 8M!

We are starting online photo editing today!  Here is an example of your first photo editing technique, "selective colouring."

I will be explaining how to achieve this effect in class today, and will post a step-by-step of instructions shortly.

Here is the original photo:

Here is my edited version with the background colour removed, and 2 different filters added (soften, and Lomo-ish with vignette removed):

Here is the example I created with 8L this afternoon - same concept, different photo and effects:

The original:

The edited version:

Music Festival and Honour Band updates

Congratulations to the Chamber Choir and the Grade 12 Vocal Quintet who earned scholarships for their performances at the PA Kiwanis Music Festival this week!  Well done ladies!  There are also solo scholarship winners from our student body as well.  You have represented yourselves and our school well, and you are a testament to the great musical work that is going on at Rivier Academy.

The Chamber Choir will be performing at the Kinsmen Telemiracle telethon on Sunday, March 8th at 1:00pm.  It is taking place in Saskatoon at TCU Place.

Congratulations and good luck to the 11 students representing Rivier at the Saskatchewan Junior and Intermediate North Honour Band in Lloydminster this Friday and Saturday.  The final concert is Saturday at 3:00pm at the Vic Juba Theatre in Lloyd.  The students representing our school are as follows:

Junior Honour Band: Jarica Gooding (Gr. 7 - percussion), Caleb Hammond (Gr. 7 - bass), Ramon Koenig (Gr. 7 - tenor sax), Julianne Friesen (Gr. 8 - bari sax), and Sydney Duncan (Gr. 8 - clarinet)

Intermediate Honour Band (all Gr. 9): Jaejoon Kim (clarinet), Lauren Rusk (clarinet), Janaya Fuller (tenor sax), Dalia Bandet (bass), Trinity Fusick (bass), and Holly Slager (percussion)

Great work everyone, and thank you for your participation and eagerness to experience new opportunities! :)

Career Ed 8 in computer lab

Career Ed 8M will be in the computer lab for the next 2 class periods.  We are working on posters representing the "Work Habits of Effective People"as well as our goal setting lists called "101 Things To Do In the Next 1,001 Days."

Here is a sample of what your poster may look like (this particular example was created using Comic Life):

Updates for all of Mrs. Lohneis' classes

Level 1 Band - Working on My Dreydl (#39) and Banana Boat Song (#91).  Working on O Canada as an extra challenge (#167).

Level 2 Band - Working on Paso Flamenco, mostly m. 34-Coda.  Nighthawk is coming along nicely.  Keep practicing these two pieces for Music Festival!

Level 3 Band - Working on Paso Flamenco, mostly m. 34-Coda as well.  We haven't rehearsed Nighthawk for a while but will revisit it shortly.  African Festival has been the focus of the last couple rehearsals.  We worked out the "key change" (done with accidentals rather than a new key signature) and took that section right to the end of the piece fairly successfully.  Keep working on your parts for all 3 of these songs - Paso Flamenco and Nighthawk will be for Festival.

Level 4 Band - GREAT last rehearsal playing the first 3 movements of Peer Gynt Suite, especially Mvt. II - The Death of Ase.  The last movement (In the Hall of the Mountain King) will receive a bit more attention as we need to work out the continual accelerandos.  We started working through the second movement of Three Ayres from Gloucester (Ayre for Eventide) by playing the melody by ear and then putting it into the context of the whole movement.  We will continue to work on Three Ayres and Country Gardens as we prepare for Festival.

Senior Choir - Prayer of the Children is coming along nicely, with the majority of the work needing to be done in the middle section without lyrics - it is generally good but not super comfortable yet.  The main area of focus needs to be Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit.  We started last rehearsal by working it out from the end and then backing up one measure every time.  On Friday we will be running sectionals and then hopefully a full rehearsal in our double Choral periods.

Jazz Choir - Moon River and Ain't Misbehavin' for Music Festival.  We are running out of rehearsal time VERY quickly and we need to get ready for Festival in a hurry.  Please arrange to eat in Period 3 or 4 as we need every minute of lunch rehearsal time.  I will be e-mailing recordings of your parts when I can (asap).

Chamber Choir - Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen is sounding lovely.  We are working on memorization and observing the dynamic markings in the score.  Cantate Domino is coming along, with the majority of the work needing to happen in Section 5, 6, and 7.

Ave Maria (Grade 12) Quintet - Practicing tomorrow morning (Thursday) at 8am.  Working on the last half of the piece.

Sikuyo Quintet - We need to find a time to get together before the break if possible.  The piece is fairly repetitive but we need to get a start on it so we're not scrambling when we get back.  If we can locate a shaker we will add auxiliary percussion accompaniment - I have claves that we use for band and we can borrow them for this piece.

Career Ed 8L - We have completed up to Class 5 on the course outline/plans.  All assignments should be handed in to me.

Career Ed 8M - We have completed up to Class 4 on the course outline/plans.  All assignments should be handed in to me.

IP 10 - We just finished our blogging unit and began exploring Shutterfly.  If you haven't completed your dream travel destination post and/or your "Someone I Admire" post, you will now need to do it on your own time.  Bring your digital photos for next class so we can start making a Shutterfly photo book for our next creative media project.

Drama 10 - We are in our last class period today for independent preparation for the Storytelling performance.  Two students are prepared to present their "draft performance" today and then the rest of the period will be for continuing to memorize and characterize your performance.  We will have no more class time for practicing after the break, so "draft performances" will start again immediately when we get back.  Please be prepared as you may be first on the list of performers!

Career Ed 8 check-in point

Hi Career Ed 8 students (and parents)!  Below are the classes that we have completed in both Career Ed 8L and 8M:

If you have been missing classes for strings, family travel, illness, appointments, or any other reason, please ensure that you are catching up on these assignments as we have now collected 6 pieces of evidence for your progress in the class.

The most recent assignment is the Learning Styles Survey on pg. 47 (based on the questions on pg. 46).  I did the survey myself and found that I have a higher score in auditory than I would have given myself credit for!  When I think of it though, I do have a good ear in music and I can most often play something I hear without seeing any sheet music for it.  I still am highest in visual and second highest in tactile, as I thought I would be.  It's an interesting exercise to do - did any of your results surprise you?

Someone I Admire (IP 10 blog post)

The last blog post for this unit:

Write a post about someone you admire.  This person can be real or fictional, alive or not.  Your post should include a photo and/or video if possible, and 2-3 paragraphs describing what you admire about him/her, their back story if applicable, their admirable characteristics, actions, etc.

Your blog posts are due by Monday.  I will not be marking them until after the drama production is over on Sunday so if you do need to finish up some unfinished assignments you have this week to do it.

Happy blogging!

Anne vs. Anne

Ours (Lauren) vs. the original (Megan Follows).  I like ours the best!  Hold onto your hats, folks... here we go headfirst into show run week!!!