BEST MONDAY EVER!
What a great “welcome back” surprise I got today as we all returned to school from vacation week! I had the opportunity to teach my Monday Advanced Band students for the first time in a month! The last time that we met to make music was back on January 26, which was followed by two consecutive Monday snow days, and then vacation week. Over the weekend, as I prepared my lessons for this week, I was very uncertain about how to plan for this day, given all of the “time off” we’ve had from lessons. To my great surprise and astonishment, almost every single student remembered to bring their instrument to school today and, the best part……THEY HAD BEEN PRACTICING ALL THIS TIME!! These students continued to work on their assignment from four weeks ago, and then most of them had also ventured into working on their new band music and other songs. BRAVO and thank you for the best Monday ever! I encourage all of the band students to keep up the great work!
Fight Leukemia With Cookies
I also would like to share some news about a WONDERFUL project that two of my students have started. Please check out this website: http://onecookieonelife.webs.com
Three students at the North Intermediate School (two of them are in our Advanced Band) have formed a business called “1 Cookie, 1 Life”. These students have formed their company to raise money to help in the battle against leukemia. Their slogan is, ” 1 Cookie, 1 Life – Take A Bite, Save a Life”. For every cookie or cookie basket sold, they will donate the proceeds to Dana Farber in Boston. The cookies are homemade by the students and include Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin (gluten free!), and my favorite, the Hershey’s Peanut Butter Kiss cookie! Please check out their website and help them by joining in the fight against the leading childhood cancer, leukemia.