NEMS THEATRE COMPANY: Rehearsals: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Music Man scene 9 (p. 93-100) from 3:10-5:30pm
*Thursday, January 19, 2017 All cast – singing rehearsal from 3:10-5:00pm
*Saturday, January 21, 2017 9-10am: scene 10, p. 102-110 10-12pm: ALL CAST MEMBERS (beginning and end of scene 10 – chase) Please make sure that you are dressed to move…sneakers and comfortable clothing. Please remember to bring your scripts, a pencil, your energy, and talent! Any questions? Please see Mrs. Parker…thank you.
NEWSPAPER CLUB: The next meeting will be today Wednesday January 18th.
PEACE WEEK: Wednesday the 18th-Block out the hate! Wear your sunglasses to school and be positive. Too cool to care what others think! Sign the bully free pledge during lunch!
*Thursday the 19th-Sock it to rejection! Wear your most outrageous or colorful socks. Show you accept everyone’s differences and beliefs.
*Friday the 20th-Respect for one another! Wear your team t-shirt or team color to represent working together for peace! We can always count on each other. Support the peace and get involved!!
DONATIONS: Good Morning Northeast! There are 6th graders making a difference. Their plan is to send care packages to soldiers. In order to make that work, they need your help! All you have to do is donate items like toiletries, snacks, clothes, etc. This will be going on from January 20th to February 1st. There will be two boxes on every floor so that you can put your donations in. They help all of us so please help them today! Thanks for all your help!
ROBOTICS MEMBERS: Half pounds are in. Please see Mrs. Papagni to pick up your half pounds.
RALLY FOR PEACE: We’d like to thank this year’s R4P participants for their dedication, and hard work preparing their original work. Please, keep in mind that a primary focus of Rally 4 Peace is to give voice to our students, an opportunity to express themselves in a way they may not otherwise have while expressing their view of peace, and/or obstacles to it.
The performances you will see are based on the personal views of the students. We know some of what will be expressed may make you uncomfortable, but our intent is not to offend, but rather offer a different perspective. In order to come together, we must know where the other person is coming from, and while we may not agree on what is being said, our hope is that you realize some members of our society are not valued equally, treated equally, or given the same respect and rights as everyone. Each one of us has our own worldview, and personal experiences, and we thank our participants for having the courage to share theirs.
Discussions took place during our workshops directing students to look beyond the wrongs of society, and take action to work toward a future of peace. We wish the Week of Peace and Rally 4 Peace was unnecessary because everyone, everywhere lived in harmony, but unfortunately, this isn’t the world we live in.
Autumn Templin a sixth grade student will be reciting an original poem about friendship
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: On Monday, schools, businesses, and government offices across the nation were closed in honor of a great American leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As a young person, Dr. King was an excellent student who studied hard. He loved learning. His love for learning made him a great teacher and minister. He taught the world by way of his example. He taught justice, courage, and nonviolence. In honor of his birthday, let’s remember his famous words, spoke at the historic March on Washington in 1963: I have a dream that one day in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
Yesterday, our nation took a historic step toward by sitting down at that table with our new President, Barack Obama. The best way to honor these great human beings and the sacrifice Dr. King made on behalf of all humanity is to honor and respect one another. We can start by practicing that respect here at school every day.