Thursday, Day 22
1st Period: Continued with technique today. Honors students were given independent time to continue working on their solos while the intermediate students learned and performed an across the floor...
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1st Period: Shortened schedule during this period due to the possibility of our homecoming pep rally. Students received their tests and scholastic work back to make corrections and review. Honors...
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1st Period: Students took their weekly quiz to start off class. They then received their new weekly unit of material. Honor's students submitted their research projects and as a reminder, their...
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1st Period: Students took technique today, including an across the floor phrase that introduced new dance concepts. Honors level students were given the last half of class to work one last day in the...
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1st Period: Honors students performed their solos this morning. There was a peer and teacher feedback sesssion that followed and the top three crafted and performed solos were voted on to be...
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1st Period: Students took technique today, with an advanced level center floor combination that introduced new skills and reinforced alignment and anatomical concepts from their unit of study this...
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1st Period: We started working on the choroegraphy to our Nutcracker Finale today! We have officially hit our ten week countdown! Remember, quiz on new academic material on Monday! 2nd Period:...
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1st Period: Students took their quiz today. The little time left at the end of class after all were finished testing was spent on introducing the last of the academic material for this quarter....
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1st Period: Students began their second group choreography project today - focused on weight sharing concepts. 2nd Period: Students finished presenting their choreographic projects from Monday....
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1st Period: Students choreographed phrases for weight sharing concept experimentation today. Interims were sent home. 2nd Period: Students began choreographing their midterm projects today....
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1st Period: Student groups performed their short weight sharing sketch for feedback then began working on their final project due in an onstage performance for next Friday's Performing Arts share day....
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1st Period: It was "Nutcracker Finale Friday". We are officially 9 weeks away from our largest production of the year! Students practiced their finale choreography then returned to their small...
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1st Period: Students took a short quiz today then continued working on their weight sharing choreography projects in preparation for Friday's performance and assessment of their work. 2nd Period:...
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1st Period: Students spent another day finalizing their weight sharing projects. Most of the students will be out of the class tomorrow taking the PSAT. They will have one final day to perform,...
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PSAT TODAY! 1st Period: With only a handful of students in class today we did a myriad of activities including observation of a performance and a cultural dance documentary as well as began...
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1st Period: Students worked on their weight sharing routines for the first 30 minutes of class. We then discussed what we would be assessing as we examined videotaped recordings of our performance....
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On our early release days, the Performing Arts disciplines (Band, Theatre, Chorus and Dance) gather all students in the theatre for the sharing of performances from each of our classes. Students...
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All classes took their written midterm exam today and submitted their portfolios for assessment.
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1st Period: Students worked on the Nutcracker finale routine today. We also reviewed the performance contract. A copy was sent to students via Remind101 that if they haven't already submitted one as...
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1st Period: We began with a few rehearsals of our Nutcracker finale routine. Students completed their written evaluatory reflection on their most recent choreography project unit. Two groups who...
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