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Band
Music is an integral part of a comprehensive education. Music enhances the quality of our lives by extending the boundaries of our thinking, providing an important means for self-expression and personal fulfillment, and by aiding in the development of confidence and self-discipline. Further, music develops within the individual a unique and important mode of conceptualization, evaluation and creativity. The school music program exists to inform, challenge, direct, enhance and provide meaningful experiences so that students may establish a solid and permanent relationship with music.
Important Phone Numbers
Heid Music - 800-236-4343
Golden Ring Music Centre (reeds, music, cleaning kits, etc.) - 684-5242
Mad About Music - 683-3632
Church Choir"Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous deeds!"
The middle school church choir is made up of a group of students who volunteer to lead the music at our school Prayer Services and Masses. These students and their director believe that music is an important part of our school liturgies and allows the students to pray not only with words, but with music. The choir meets each Monday after school to learn and practice the music for the week's liturgy and learn new songs to prepare for future liturgies. The choir is made up of students from each grade. We extend an invitation to all future middle school students to join us in making our liturgies lively and meaningful by becoming a member of our Church Choir.
Student Council
The Student Council of the middle school campus plays a large role in student life. The group's prime role is that of serving the school community and having input into school life along with the principal. Student Council members work with the principal and staff regarding school events, social activities and service opportunities. Students interview for the positions and are selected based upon a completed application, interview and teacher recommendation. Students from all four grades are eligible to serve on Student Council.
Acutis Coding Club
There is a new club in school: The Acutis Coding Club named for Blessed Carlo Acutis. Coding is writing computer programs. It requires both logic and creativity to make ideas for animations, apps and games come alive. Students will start with both Hour of Coding through Khan Academy and Scratch to learn to code in Javascript. The Acutis Coding Club provides the resources for coding, but the students are self-directed, meaning they learn at their own pace, choose and work on their own projects, and share what they have learned with each other. Khan Academy is available for all of our students and is an amazing resource for a variety of subject areas. We will investigate several of Khan’s Computer Science Courses in the Acutis Coding Club.
Yearbook
Students who are part of the yearbook will learn to take pictures for it and help design the layout of the yearbook.