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RRS News, Upcoming Events, and Recognition
A very productive winter activity...
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!With the weather cooling off substantially, what a great time to stay in and read! Of course, there are plenty of winter activities that many of us engage in, but in between those activities, if we can squeeze in 20 minutes each day to read, it can make a tremendous difference in our ability to learn. Oftentimes this is seen as being limited to our children, but it is important for adults as well. I have attached two links below that present some of the facts and stats about reading at any age. The first talks about the impact on our young learners, and the second one focuses on us as adult learners.
Upcoming Events
- Monday (10/15) JHGBB 1st Practice
- Tuesday (10/16)Pep Assembly 3:15pm
- HSVB @ RR Triangular (Glendo, HEM)
- 4pm vs. Glendo
- 6pm vs. HEM
- Thursday (10/18)-Fall Ball 6:30-8:30pm Grades 7-12 only
- Friday (10/19) No School for Students
- Saturday (10/20) HSVB @ Guernsey
- Wednesday (10/24) Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30pm
- Thursday (10/25) Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:00pm
- JHGBB vs. Guernsey @ Rock River 4/5pm
- Friday (10/26) No School
- UW Choir Festival @ Laramie 1-8pm
- Regional Volleyball @ Newcastle TBD
- Saturday (10/27) UW Choir Festival 9-2pm
- UW Choir Festival Concert 2pm Buchanan Performing Arts Center @ Laramie
- Regional Volleyball @ Newcastle TBD
Lonhorn Nation - Music
Preparing to Perform - Ghost Runners
A group of students prepares to perform at Coal Creek Coffee in Laramie. This group of students put on a,show last Wednesday, October 10.
Longhorn Tots
The Ghost Runners perform for their toughest critics prior to their performance at Coal Creek...the Longhorn Tot Daycare and their staff!
Preparation for Honor Choir
Ms. Goodner spends extra time in I&E working with students on the piece of music selected by the music directors of other schools for SE District Honor Choir. Students watch, listen to, and breakdown the different components of the piece.
Sharon Mortinson works with a variety of RR students writing songs
8th Grade Songwriters
High School Lyricists
5/6 Grade Composers
RRS Music Highlights...so far...
Here are some highlights from this year's music program:
- Thanks to generous donations, we have received an antique upright piano, purchased a new Fender acoustic/electric guitar for our classroom, designed snazzy new choir jackets, and our high school choir will be attending UW's fall choir festival.
- Participated in song-writing workshop, Coal Creek Performance, music-sharing sessions with Longhorn Tot Daycare (pictured above)
- Musical Guests Sharon Mortinson (featured above); upcoming collaborations are in the works with the following artists: guitarist Shawn Hess; Laramie Band -Moral Panic; and cellist Evan Drachman (founder of the Piatogorsky Foundation)
- All Kindergartners have met benchmarks for steady beat/pitch matching!
- ALL students are working steadily to increase music literacy (reading notes and rhythms) and music performance, including our brave new kindergartners!
- Rock River 5th and 6th graders are making great progress on their recorders!
- Rock River 7th and 8th graders are making great progress on their guitars!
- Our new piano lab set-up provides students with an outlet to practice new skills.