 | We're leaving for our outdoor education trip this Wednesday morning! If your fifth grader is not attending the trip, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are still mandatory attendance days. There will be a teacher here to work with your children. For (More) |
| Welcome back from spring break! We are entering the home stretch of your fifth grader's last year of elementary school. During this time there will be many events unique to the fifth grade: Human Growth and Development A docent from the Rober (More) |
| With our early, false summer weather behind us and spring here in earnest, our focus turns to Outdoor Education. On Friday, your fifth grader received an Outdoor Education (ODE) packet. In it, you will find a general description, a permission form (More) |
 | 6th grade Drama students are working on pantomime skills. 7th graders are performing their personal narratives and beginning work on a children’s theatre play. 8th grade Drama students will perform their scripted scenes. (More) |
| I hope you had a fun, relaxing winter break! This week in Drama classes… 6th grade students are starting their new Encore rotation. In Drama, we are reviewing class procedures, learning key Drama principles, and playing ensemble-building games. (More) |
| 6th graders are creating a shadow play adaptation of the Greek myth of Prometheus and Pandora. We will perform for the art class on Thursday. 7th graders are working on their final Commedia dell'Arte scenes. 8th graders are performing their fin (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are wrapping up their work on improvisation and will begin to work on their final shadow puppet play. 7th grade students are performing their final mask scenes and are beginning work on Commedia dell'Arte. 8th grade Dra (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are starting to work on improvisation. 7th grade Drama students are creating and performing their final character mask scenes. 8th grade Drama students are continuing their work on physical comedy. (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students have been working on pantomime. They will begin to create “Fantastic Duet” pantomime scenes with a scene partner later this week. 7th grade Drama students have been working with character masks. 8th grade Drama students (More) |
| Welcome Trimester 2 Drama students! This week, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Drama students will work on ensemble-building games, learning class policies and procedures, becoming familiar with key Drama principles, and setting personal Drama goals. (More) |
| This is the last week of Drama class for Trimester 1. Students have done a great job learning theatre skills and genres. 6th grade Drama students will perform their shadow puppet play for the art class later this week. 7th grade Drama students (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students finished improvisation and are beginning to work on shadow puppetry. 7th grade Drama students are continuing to rehearse their children's theatre play. 8th grade Drama students are hard at work on their final class perf (More) |
| 6th graders are starting to practice improvisation. 7th graders are hard at work on their adaptation of Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes. They will perform this play for kindergarteners in a couple of weeks! 8th graders are (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are working on pantomime. 7th grade Drama students are finishing our unit on storytelling. 8th grade Drama students have finished work on physical comedy and are starting scenes. (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are in their last week of class. They are practicing and performing a shadow puppet play for other 6th grade students. 7th grade Drama students are working on Commedia dell’Arte characters and scenes. 8th graders are c (More) |
| 6th Grade Drama students are finishing their pantomime work with a scene called a Fantastic Duet. 7th Grade Drama students continue to work with character masks. 8th Grade Drama students have started to learn about and practice physical comedy (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are working on pantomime. 7th grade Drama students have started to work with character masks. 8th grade Drama students are brainstorming and exploring themes for their original theatre piece. We will also begin work o (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are performing their shadow puppet play on Thursday, 6/2. They have done a fantastic job working together to create puppets and adding music to enhance the story! 7th grade Drama students did a great job performing a play (More) |
| 6th graders are working on improvisation. We will start shadow puppetry next week! 7th graders have been working in the Forum to rehearse their children’s theatre play. We will perform next week for 2nd graders! 8th graders finished t (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are performing their final pantomime scenes. We will then begin to work on improvisation skills. 7th graders are hard at work on their children’s theatre play. 8th grade students will perform their scenes on Friday, May (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are doing a great job learning about pantomime! 7th graders finished their work on character masks and Commedia dell’Arte. They are starting to rehearse for their final performance. This will be a children’s theatre p (More) |
| Welcome T3B 6th grade Drama students and parents! This trimester, we will study pantomime, improvisation, jobs in theatre arts, and shadow puppetry. 7th grade students are continuing their study of masks and Commedia dell’Arte this week. (More) |
| 6th graders are practicing their shadow puppet play. They have adapted the Greek myth of Icarus into a play that they will perform for the art class on Wednesday. 7th graders are performing their mask status scenes. 8th graders are fi (More) |
| Welcome back from Spring Break! This week, 6th grade Drama students are finishing their unit on improvisation, 7th grade students continue to work with character masks, and 8th grade students will work on their final physical comedy scenes. (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students will begin work on their final pantomime performance. It is a pantomime scene with a partner called a “Fantastic Duet.” 7th grade Drama students continue to work on storytelling. They will begin to work in small group (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are adapting the Greek myth of Athena and Arachne into a shadow puppet play this week. We will perform on Friday for the 6th grade Art classes. Last week, 7th grade Drama students did a fantastic job performing plays (More) |
| 6th grade Drama students are learning about improvisation. They are practicing their improv skills through a variety of games and improvised scenarios. 7th grade Drama students are rehearsing for their end-of-trimester performance! Students are wo (More) |
| On Tuesday, February 15th, seventh and eighth grade Drama students will be taking a field trip to Niles North High School to tour the high school theatre facility and see a performance. The performance is an original mask play created by NNHS student (More) |
| 6th Grade Drama Class 6th graders are continuing their study of pantomime. We’ve been working on how to show the “who, what, and where” of a pantomime scene. Later this week, 6th graders will begin work on their final “Fantastic Duet” pantomime sc (More) |
| 6th Grade Drama Welcome to Drama class, T2B 6th graders! This week, we will work on ensemble-building activities, learn about key Drama principles, and begin our unit on pantomime. Students and families can click on the “6th Grade Drama Cl (More) |
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