Our 6th graders have been doing the afternoon announcements. They are doing an awesome job 🙌🏻
Edited! The date is Friday, Dec. 5th! St. JPII Snack Shack will open for business!
Recess fun in the snow with Pre 2 - 2nd grade!
Advent is joyfully full at St. John Paul II. Please take a look at the upcoming dates!
We are quickly approaching our GivingTuesday goal! Please consider donating so we can take our amazing students on incredible curriculum-based field trip experiences!
Donate at: https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
Donate at: https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
Dear Families,
This is a general progress report for early beginning piano lesson students.
All of the students, grades 2 & 3, are learning - some at a faster pace than others. Almost everyone has access to a keyboard now - that’s great! It takes years of practice to become very proficient but it’s always fun to play. And the benefits are many!
-They have all listened to and looked at written music, have found the musical alphabet on the keyboard and know that notes can be written on a staff. Some are working on memorizing the musical alphabet backwards which is helpful when we play down the keyboard. GFEDCBA
-They all know that their left hand is on the low sounding side of the keyboard and their right is on the high side. (Some still have problems with right and left, but Left-Low should hopefully be helping with that.)
-They know that the keyboard is divided by 2-black-key groups and 3-black-key groups.
-They know that the white key between the 2-black-key group is “D”
Mostof them can put their hands on c-d-e-f-g with one finger per note - right hand pointer finger on “D” and left hand ring finger on “D”.
-Most of them can play each note separately - one finger down and up before pressing the next key.
We’ve looked at Ode to Joy - not a well known tune, as I had thought it might be. I’m learning :)
**Currently we are looking at and playing Immaculate Mary as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is coming up Dec. 8.
Most of the playing is some memorization, some listening, with the written music for somesupport. With reading and writing a language, it’s natural to know a sound before knowing whatit looks like. This is also a good way to learn music.
Our next pieces will be focused on Christmas.
Practice: if there’s a question on what should be practiced, it’s always good to review key notenames. The D is easy to find and go from there. Find all the Ds, all the As, all the Gs, etc. - usethe left hand on the low side and right hand on the high side. Practice shouldn’t be a struggle -the student knows what needs to be worked on, and if it’s forgotten then that’s life and we’llcatch up later. We’ll all just do our best with no worries. Life on earth is too short.We’ll be starting the “Walking” exercise soon. That along with a Christmas song or two will befun challenges. I’ve included a chart to find how the keys on the piano line up with the writtenmusic.
Peace,
Valerie Johnson
Director of Music
Holy Family, Mitchell
HFMusic@mitchellcatholic.org
This is a general progress report for early beginning piano lesson students.
All of the students, grades 2 & 3, are learning - some at a faster pace than others. Almost everyone has access to a keyboard now - that’s great! It takes years of practice to become very proficient but it’s always fun to play. And the benefits are many!
-They have all listened to and looked at written music, have found the musical alphabet on the keyboard and know that notes can be written on a staff. Some are working on memorizing the musical alphabet backwards which is helpful when we play down the keyboard. GFEDCBA
-They all know that their left hand is on the low sounding side of the keyboard and their right is on the high side. (Some still have problems with right and left, but Left-Low should hopefully be helping with that.)
-They know that the keyboard is divided by 2-black-key groups and 3-black-key groups.
-They know that the white key between the 2-black-key group is “D”
Mostof them can put their hands on c-d-e-f-g with one finger per note - right hand pointer finger on “D” and left hand ring finger on “D”.
-Most of them can play each note separately - one finger down and up before pressing the next key.
We’ve looked at Ode to Joy - not a well known tune, as I had thought it might be. I’m learning :)
**Currently we are looking at and playing Immaculate Mary as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is coming up Dec. 8.
Most of the playing is some memorization, some listening, with the written music for somesupport. With reading and writing a language, it’s natural to know a sound before knowing whatit looks like. This is also a good way to learn music.
Our next pieces will be focused on Christmas.
Practice: if there’s a question on what should be practiced, it’s always good to review key notenames. The D is easy to find and go from there. Find all the Ds, all the As, all the Gs, etc. - usethe left hand on the low side and right hand on the high side. Practice shouldn’t be a struggle -the student knows what needs to be worked on, and if it’s forgotten then that’s life and we’llcatch up later. We’ll all just do our best with no worries. Life on earth is too short.We’ll be starting the “Walking” exercise soon. That along with a Christmas song or two will befun challenges. I’ve included a chart to find how the keys on the piano line up with the writtenmusic.
Peace,
Valerie Johnson
Director of Music
Holy Family, Mitchell
HFMusic@mitchellcatholic.org
Did you ever get to do THIS in P.E. class?!
Our students are snow-shoeing with Mr. Dobesh this week, and they are loving every step! What a great way to embrace winter, stay active, and enjoy God’s beautiful creation.
Today is the day!!!
St. John Paul II School is participating in a GivingTuesday online campaign on Tuesday, December 2nd. We are raising funds for curriculum-based field trip experiences for our amazing students. We would love your support!
Here is the online donation link:
https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
You can also mail or drop off a check to the St. John Paul II School office. Please contact Renee LeBrun at renee.lebrun@k12.sd.us with any questions.
St. John Paul II School is participating in a GivingTuesday online campaign on Tuesday, December 2nd. We are raising funds for curriculum-based field trip experiences for our amazing students. We would love your support!
Here is the online donation link:
https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
You can also mail or drop off a check to the St. John Paul II School office. Please contact Renee LeBrun at renee.lebrun@k12.sd.us with any questions.
St. John Paul II school lunch menu for December 1st to December 5th
We had our Advent Wreath Blessing today!
Our Kindergarten and 6th grade had a Friendship Feast last week!
Happy Thanksgiving to our St. John Paul II Family!
Incredibly grateful for you!
Incredibly grateful for you!
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
St. John Paul II School is participating in a GivingTuesday online campaign on Tuesday, December 2nd. We are raising funds for curriculum-based field trip experiences for our amazing students. We would love your support!
Here is the online donation link:
https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
You can also mail or drop off a check to the St. John Paul II School office. Please contact Renee LeBrun at renee.lebrun@k12.sd.us with any questions.
St. John Paul II School is participating in a GivingTuesday online campaign on Tuesday, December 2nd. We are raising funds for curriculum-based field trip experiences for our amazing students. We would love your support!
Here is the online donation link:
https://JPIIGivingTues.givesmart.com
You can also mail or drop off a check to the St. John Paul II School office. Please contact Renee LeBrun at renee.lebrun@k12.sd.us with any questions.
So far we have collected 108 boxes of Hamburger Helper to be donated to the Mitchell Area Food Pantry. We set a goal of 150 boxes. That means we only need 42 more! Can we do it, St. John Paul II future saints?
St. John Paul II school lunch menu November 24th to November 28th
Survey says - this is one of our students favorite meals...the famous chicken leg!
Thank you to our amazing cooks for feeding our kids delicious meals every day!
Pre-2 built some tricky turkey traps in SmartLab today.
Sixth graders have finished reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the beloved C.S. Lewis classic!
“I thought it was a great book.”
“The story was captivating.”
“I loved it!!”
“I thought the book was extremely good. It is a beautiful story.”
“I’ve never read a classic but I thought it was pretty good!”
Part 2/2: Throughout the months of November and December, students will either place a monetary donation or written "act of service" in the collection basket at school Mass. Here are some of our students' written offerings!
Part 1/2: Throughout the months of November and December, students will either place a monetary donation or written "act of service" in the collection basket at school Mass. Here are some of our students' written offerings!
