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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Benny!

 

Benny Goodman's birthday was yesterday, May 30th, 1909!
He was a clarinetist and was known as the "King of Swing!"


Friday, May 30, 2014

Chorus Concerts!

 
 

S P R I N G   C O N C E R T S

Jefferson 4th & 5th Grade Choruses
Monday, June 9th, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
 
Davis Thayer 3rd & 4th Grade Choruses
Monday, June 9th, 1:45-2:15 p.m.
 
Jefferson Elementary 3rd Grade Chorus
Wednesday, June 11th, 9:00-9:30 a.m. 

Words To Teach By...



My ultimate goal as a music teacher is for every student
of mine to feel that their success is very important to me!
I want them to know that I do believe in every one of them!

"Happy" Friday!


Had a LOT of fun singing a rewritten version of the song
"Happy" for Judy Johnson's Retirement Party last night!



Thursday, May 29, 2014

Thursday!


Happy Retirement to Jefferson's own Judy Johnson, as well as to
Davis Thayer's Jo Tavalone, Kris Tempinski, and Margaret Miller!



I'm looking forward to attending the FEA Retirement Party
this evening to honor these wonderful Franklin educators!

Breakfast with Mr. Barrett!


I'm looking forward to another 'Breakfast with Mr. Barrett'
this morning... This time it's at Jefferson Elementary School!


Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Memorial Day!



Hope that you all had a wonderful weekend with your loved ones!

Here are some great pictures of last Friday's Memorial Day program:

Jefferson Memorial Day Event 2014

Here is a video of the last song we sang at our Memorial Day assembly:


Below are some pictures from yesterday Memorial Day parade in Franklin:



Franklin High School



Remington Middle School



Horace Mann Middle School



Annie Sullivan Middle School



Benjamin Franklin Charter School

Friday, May 23, 2014

Memorial Day @ Jefferson!



I'm looking forward to today's events, which include listening to
special guest speakers of the military, a Patriotic sing-along this
afternoon, and a performance this morning by the Remington band!

Breakfast With Mr. Barrett!



I had a lot of fun with the winner (and some of her friends)
of the Breakfast With Mr. Barrett Davis Thayer auction item!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Chorus Concerts!


   

S P R I N G   C O N C E R T S

Jefferson 4th & 5th Grade Choruses
Monday, June 9th, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
Davis Thayer 3rd & 4th Grade Choruses
Monday, June 9th, 1:45-2:15 p.m.
Jefferson Elementary 3rd Grade Chorus
Wednesday, June 11th, 9:00-9:30 a.m. 

Breakfast with Mr. Barrett!


 
I had a lot of fun with the winner (and some of her friends)
of the Breakfast With Mr. Barrett Davis Thayer auction item!

Minuet!


 2nd Graders enjoyed dancing the minuet to 
Beethoven's "Minuet in G" during our unit
on the great composer's life and music!

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Wacky Wednesday!



This is now one of my favorite warm-ups for Chorus! ;-)

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

TuNesday!



Here's a picture from DT's Talent Show a few weeks ago...

Monday, May 5, 2014

Screen-Free Week!



It's the National Screen-Free Week this week (May 5th-12th)!

Music Mural!

Please keep an eye out for the brand new Music Mural
out in the main lobby of Jefferson Elementary School!

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Friday, May 2, 2014

TALENT SHOW!!!



I'm really looking forward to seeing all of the amazingly 
talented students performing in the annual Davis Thayer 
Talent Show this evening at Horace Mann Middle School!