Quiz 5 resource sheet

By request for those who couldn't access the resource sheet (click to enlarge):

Online theory passwords - Level 1

Even though all online theory is due today, the marks will be printed on Monday (lucky you!). So, if you have some VERY LAST-MINUTE (ahem!) fixes to do, assignments or quizzes to complete, etc. you may do them this weekend. The quiz passwords for Level 1 are as follows (there are no quizzes for Level 2):

Quiz 1 - new3fish

Quiz 2 - fry4day

Quiz 3 - laugh8

Quiz 4 - jogging1

Quiz 5 - swish9

Please don't worry about the comprehensive final exam, as it just popped up this past week and I had told you previously that I would not be including it in the grades because of a lack of adequate class time to complete it.

If you have any other issues (i.e. Can't remember your username, which, by the way, is lastname.firstname with no spaces, or if you forgot your password, etc.) you might just be out of luck as you have known that this due date was approaching for a month now and I am quite sure that it is not humanly possible for me to cater to all 111 band students and their theory needs in the next 24 hours. I will do what I can but I can't promise anything! Congratulations to those of you who have completed your theory and rocked it with 100%! Several of you are in the 90s as well which is just awesome.

Happy last day of classes, everyone!!!!

Summer edits

Hi girls! If you have finished all of your computers assignments, here is one last photo editing topic, in keeping with the theme of school ending for summer, enjoying the heat, etc.

"SUMMER"

I would like you to come up with your own summer-related quotation, or even perhaps edit a photo that has no text but conveys a summer theme. Here are a couple quotations to get you started, in any case:

In summer, the song sings itself. - William Carlos Williams

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~Henry James

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Flip Flops
Belly Tops
Palm Trees
Cute Capris
Sunglasses
Backstage Passes
Top Down
Cruising 'round Town
As the sun Dims
Comes late night Swims
Tan Lines
isn't summer just divine?"

Save your edit as "summer" and hand in to the drop box. Happy editing!

Yay, June!

Check out the new template. What do you think? :o)

Well folks, we're almost at the end! Just a couple quick announcements from the music side of things:

- all school instruments need to be returned to the storage room asap for cleaning, inventory, and any potential repair/maintenance

- all music and method books must be handed in so that they can be put back into the inventory

- Senior Band is playing "Ipharadisi" on Friday at the final assembly

- Senior Choir will be singing "Hands" and "Don't Stop Believin'" at the final assembly as well

... and a couple non-music announcements:

- Grade 7s, we will be ON THE BUS by 8:30am on Thursday for our field trip to Waskesiu. Please be at the school by 8:15 so that you do not get left behind!

- 7C, please bring items for our final class potluck on Friday at noon

- please bring your "Mama Mia" forms back asap, as we need to know whether to reserve tickets for next October

Good luck with studying and final exams, everyone!

Concert program

(Cross-posted from Rivier Updates blog):

The concert will include all of our Bands, Ensembles, Choir and Strings. We would like to invite everyone to come on out enjoy an evening of musical talent. The concert will be held in our auditorium, Thursday, June 10 at 7:00pm. We have posted the program just incase you are only able to stay for a few numbers. The concert will be approximately two hours in length. Enjoy!

Level 1 Band: Glorioso (Robert W. Smith), Anasazi (John Edmondson)
Flute Duets: Frere Jacques/Aura Lee
Level 2 Band: Shepherd's Hey (Grainger arr. Rozell), Furioso (Robert W. Smith)
Orchestra 10: Pachelbel Canon (Pachelbel), Double String Blues (Dillon/Kjelland/O'Reilly)
Flute Duet: Tambourin
Orchestra 20: Tchaikovsky Festival (Tchaikovsky), Brandenburg Concerto (J.S. Bach)
Springtime (Dillion/Kjelland/O'Reilly)
Level 3 Band: On Silver Wings (Mike Hannickel), Kenya Contrasts (William Himes), Shepherd's Hey (Grainger arr. Rozell)
Saxaphone Duet: Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
Jazz Choir: Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin), Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer), Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington/Russell), They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin), Every Day I Have The Blues (Basie/Williams)
Senior Choir: Hands (Arr. Leonard/Chinn), Runaway Bride Medley (Arr. Emerson), Beside You (Marianas Trench), Don't Stop Believin' (Arr. Billingsley)
Orchestra 30: Concerto Albinoni, Stone's Rag
Level 4 Senior Band: Hogan's Heroes March (Jerry Fielding), English Folk Song Suite (Ralf Fielding), Ipharidisi (Arr. David Marlatt).

Picnik endings

Hi 8I! Believe it or not, this is the last class that you will have with me, and the second last computers class of the year (your last one will be with a sub). Before you complete the final assignment, you MUST BE CAUGHT UP on the ones that are missing. It is crucial that we have completed "Honk!" letters from everyone before we begin this last photo edit. If you were one of the students who tried to print to the staff room last class, please reprint your letter to the library, as none of the staff room print jobs worked.

Once everything has been handed in, your final assignment is as follows:

Assignment: Endings

Choose an appropriate photo from Google Image Search or your own collection that would complement one of the following quotations:

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." - Orson Welles

"Every end is a new beginning." - Proverb

"In my end is my beginning." - T.S. Eliot

"Nature's first green is gold,
her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower,
but only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
so dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."
- Robert Frost

"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God." - G.K. Chesterton

“I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset.” - Javan

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - Seneca

When you have completed this assignment, save it with your last name and "endings" and submit it to my drop box.

The light at the end of the (school year) tunnel!

Can you believe how soon the end of the year and (eek!) final exams are approaching?! After today (retreat day), there are only 18 school days left until finals. WOW!

Just so that we're all on track to sail into the end of the year, here's a breakdown of how many classes are left for each of the subjects that I teach. If these numbers apply to you, please take note so that you can stay on track (i.e. making sure you're finished your online theory in time for the June 18th deadline if you are a band student, for example):

COMPUTERS 8 / IP 10

Computers 8I:

Tues. June 1 – “Endings” Picnik assignment/catch up period
Thurs. June 17 – clean out documents/class survey

Computers 8M:

Fri. May 28 – “HONK!” letter revisions
Mon. June 7 – “Endings” Picnik assignment
Tues. June 15 – Class survey/catch up period
Thurs. June 17 – clean out documents

IP 10:

Tues. June 1 – iMovie music videos – working towards final product
Fri. June 4 – iMovie music videos – completed, finishing touches done next class
Wed. June 9 – iMovie music videos due @ end of class! iDVD will be burnt immediately
Mon. June 14 – movie night (watching our final music video assignment products)
Thurs. June 17 – clean out documents

SCIENCE

Science 7C:

Fri. May 28 – work period for questions from topics 1.5-3.0 (due @ end of class)
Tues. June 1 – review of HW questions/begin 3.0
Wed. June 2
Mon. June 7
Thurs. June 10 – review sheet
Tues. June 15 – game show review
Fri. June 18 – independent review

Science 7L:

Mon. May 31
Fri. June 4
Tues. June 8
Thurs. June 10 – review sheet
Mon. June 14 – game show review
Wed. June 16 – independent review

CHORAL/JAZZ CHOIR

Choral 10-20-30:

Fri. May 28 – rehearsal with Arthur (Runaway Bride, Don’t Stop Believin’)
Tues. June 1 – rehearsal with Arthur (Beside You, Hands)
Mon. June 7 – run-through in auditorium – last minute fixes
Fri. June 11 – performance at Mont. St. Joe’s?
Tues. June 15 – performance at Pineview?

Jazz Choir:

Mon. May 31 – first rehearsal with Arthur – run “Autumn Leaves” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” / memory work on “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” and “All of Me”
Wed. June 2 – memory work must be complete! All songs
Tues. June 8 – (rehearsal date subject to change)
Thurs. June 10 – run-through of entire program in auditorium, concert @ 7pm
Wed. June 16 – TBA (may be replaced w/ trip to Pineview/Mont. St. Joe’s w/ Sr. Choir on June 11/15)

LEVEL 1 BAND

Level 1 band REHEARSALS:

Wed. June 2 – rehearsal for concert
Fri. June 4 – rehearsal for concert
Thurs. June 10 – rehearsal for concert
Mon. June 14 – work bee

Level 1 band ONLINE THEORY:

Tues. June 8
Wed. June 16 – work bee for those who are done the entire program

LEVEL 2 BAND

Level 2 band REHEARSALS:

Fri. May 28 – African drumming
Tues. June 1 – rehearsal for concert
Mon. June 7 – rehearsal for concert
Tues. June 15 – work bee

Level 2 band ONLINE THEORY:

Wed. June 9 (gr. 7s)
Thurs. June 17 (gr. 8s)

LEVEL 3 BAND

Level 3 band REHEARSALS:

Fri. May 28 – African drumming
Tues. June 1 – rehearsal for concert
Mon. June 7 – rehearsal for concert
Tues. June 15 – work bee

Level 3 band ONLINE THEORY:

Thurs. June 17 (Gr. 8s only – LAST CLASS!)
Fri. June 4 (9s only)
Fri. June 11 (9s only, 8s @ track)
Mon. June 14 (9s only – LAST CLASS!)

LEVEL 4 BAND

Level 4 band REHEARSALS:

Mon. May 31 – rehearsal for concert
Wed. June 2 – rehearsal for concert
Fri. June 4 – rehearsal for concert
Tues. June 8 (no grade 9s) – African drumming
Thurs. June 10 – rehearsal for concert
Mon. June 14 – music hand in/work bee
Wed. June 16 – work bee

CAREER ED

Career Ed 9:

Mon. May 31 – Cover letter assignment
Wed. June 16 – Cover letter assignment due/clean out documents/double check that all HW has been handed in