Wow, what great singers we have in East Grand Forks! We had a wonderful time at the Heritage Village and sang some wonderful Christmas songs to get us all ready for this holiday season.

We also finished up our 2nd grade show last Thursday and the kids did so great! I hope you caught the show, I am so proud of them!

This Sunday, December 2nd is the annual Heritage Village Christmas Festival. I am looking for 1st and 2nd graders who would like to come and sing Christmas Carols with us. So far we have 40 1st graders and almost 30 2nd graders, what a great turnout! If you can make it or have questions please let me know as soon as possible and remember to dress for the weather. See you there!

We have been having a great time in music recently getting ready for our 2nd grade show and doing a few Thanksgiving tunes. We are also getting ready to take a group of 1st and 2nd graders to the Heritage Village Christmas Festival on Sunday, December 2nd to sing a few Christmas songs. It's a great time with lots of other attractions including live reindeer, ornament making, sleigh rides and model train displays.

Our 2nd grade show is on Thursday, December 6th and is really starting to shape up. We will soon have group rehearsals which is when things come together and the kids get a better idea of what it's like to work in a large group to tell a story.

I hope you and yours have a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving with friends and family!

Time is flying! In just a couple short week we will begin our 2nd grade show, Flakes! This musical about, you guessed it, snowflakes, follows the Littlest Snowflake as she discovers that although we are alike in many ways, no two snowflakes are exactly the same. Be on the lookout for lyrics and recordings to help your child practice at home. Although this show is about snow, my decision to use it had nothing to do with our early snowfall, I promise!

Our student teacher, Mr. Lentz is finishing his last day as a full time music teacher at New Heights and will gradually phase out of teaching next week. It's been a pleasure to work with him and watch him grow as a teacher. Ask your children what exciting activities they did with Mr. Lentz in music today!

Back Together Again!

Welcome back New Heights! We are almost done with our first week back and things are going great. We have already been playing instruments, singing, dancing and getting to know our student teacher, Mr. Lentz. He will complete 8 weeks with us and is starting to teach our 2nd graders tomorrow. Mr. Lentz is originally from Grand Forks and we are glad to have him.

I am busy planning and finding new programs for the year. Keep in mind we will have our 2nd grade show in December, 1st grade in February, and Kindergarten in May.

Well, that's it. Another year has flown by and hopefully we are a little bit better for it. I look forward to a fun-filled summer and the start of a brand new year with it's new challenges and rewards. I hope to keep expanding the blog as I learn more about this wonderful tool so keep checking back next year to see what else I figure out. So long for now!

Less than one week to go before our Kindergarten Program and the kids are doing great! We had our first group rehearsal today and that's when the kids really start to understand how it all gets put together. I'm also getting a lot of costumes in for students with speaking parts. They look wonderful, I really appreciate all the help to make this show work.

We had a visit from the 5th grade Honor Chorus yesterday afternoon and what a wonderful job they did led by Mrs. Christine Prusak. They sounded wonderful and had some great selections for us. We also got to here from twins, Abby and Brielle, who sang a beautiful duet from Les Mis. Thanks to them for all their hard work and for sharing it with us!