DENTON NEWS
MAY 2016
THE TRIALS OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Fifth Grade Drama Production
Anti-Bullying Poster Contest
Elisavet Won Poster Contest
"Power of a Friend"
Ms. Finkelstein & Elisavet
FIRST GRADE SPRING PUBLISHING PARTY
Writing Celebration
The first graders in Ms. Kamali’s, Mrs. Karo’s and Mrs. Mirabella’s classes had a writing celebration to share their fiction stories with their families. The celebration began with the children explaining all the steps they took to create these realistic fiction stories. The authors’ got inspiration for their stories from realistic fiction they are reading and their own life experiences. They started each story giving their reader a BIG FAT HINT, which gives the reader a clue about the problem in the story. After the hint, they thought of possible realistic solutions to their problem. After a few failed attempts, the problem was solved.To bring the stories to life, the authors added dialogue, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, character feelings, character actions and a story lesson. Many of the young authors put their character in a series of stories. They all added blurbs and an author page. Parents and guests were impressed with the caliber of our young author's writing skills and creativity!
LIU Post Chamber Music Festival
Megan Cheng (Band), Carolyn Lau (Band) and Kailey Simons (Orchestra) received the NMEA Scholarship to attend the LIU Post Chamber Music Festival. Also, Jeylin Lee (Orchestra) was awarded the LISFA Scholarship to attend the Herricks Summer Music Festival.
Spring Concert
The Denton Avenue Music Department offers a wide variety of educational experiences for its students. This was shown with the wonderful Spring Concert Celebration. This month the school Orchestra, led by Ms. Lanuto performed
- Cripple Creek conducted by student teacher Kailyn Tropeano
- Victory March
- Gaelic Castle
- Tribal Dance
FOURTH GRADE CHORUS
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
by Harry Warren
and Mack Gordon
- Over the Rainbow
by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
- Tailor of Gloucester
folk song from England
BAND
- Procession of Heroes by Robert W. Smith
- Chrysalis by Michael Story
- Armed Forces March by Michael Sweeney
- Shadows Unleashed by Brian Balmages
SCHOLASTIC BOGO BOOK FAIR
Denton Avenue Orchestra Earns Gold With Distinction
The mission of the New York State School Music Association NYSSMA is to advance music education across New York State for its membership and students in member school programs. Under the direction of Ms. Stephanie Lanuto, the students in our orchestra impressed the NYSSMA judges with the caliber of their performance. Congratulations!