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Notre Dame Academy Band Spectacular The amazing Notre Dame Academy Bands performed their last concert of the year to a rousing overflow audience of over 300 last week. The bands, totalling 110 musicians, are composed of students in grades six through ten and they were all on the floor at the same time. The concert began without Mr. Tolton taking the conductor’s podium and letting the band perform the Guns and Roses tune “Welcome to Jungle” on its own, begun by set drummer Brian Williams. The program continued with concert and rock tunes performed by different components of the band. Elizabeth Slack played “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes as a Notre Dame Academy is a Marist Catholic and IB World School located in Duluth, Georgia. For more information, visit us at www.ndacademy.org. If you have an article of interest, please contact Marketing Communications Director Emily Koehl at [email protected]. wonderful interlude. Piano soloist, Victor Alcoreza, surprised everyone with his artistry. Mezzo soprano, Isabella Marquez, continued the program with a stunning performance of “Being Alive” from the show Company. Isabella, just 14 years old, has a spectacular, mature and powerful voice destined for future greatness. The Michael Jackson tribute had the audience rocking in the stands with the tunes “Bad” and “Thriller.” Then the piano “wizard,” fourth grader, Brandon Won dazzled the audience as he always does. The ND Academy community has heard Brandon perform before, but we are always amazed at his jaw- dropping talent, developed at such a young age. Mozart would be proud! Then the band pulled off the “coup de gras” with their rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”, weaving through the classical section with Nick DiMeo and Kate Lemons flawlessly playing the title theme on the trumpet with Brian Williams and Jared Darrow taking the lead and exploding into the rock section made famous by Jimmy Page so many years ago. This brought the house down! Parents remarked afterward that they had “never heard a school band concert like that before!” The Jazz Band played one of the all-time favorite tunes of the last half of the 20th century, “New York, New York” with solos by Michael Wagner on soprano sax, Madison Colletta on clarinet, Nick DiMeo and Kate Lemons on trumpet and trombonists Jackson Mulligan and Thomas Lyons. It was fun and entertaining! Congratulations to all of the Notre Dame Academy band students. May 2017 Volume 4 Issue 4 the IRISH times A Glimpse Inside Student Life at Notre Dame Academy Pre-K2 Students Complete their First Year at ND Academy Mrs. Chifan and Mrs. Atkinson were thrilled to be the teacher’s of Notre Dame Academy’s first Pre-K2 class this year! The first week of school was full of tears as children stood at the door hoping their parents would bail them out. Now students arrive with big smiles on their faces eager to start the day! They keep us on our toes, but it’s worth it with their big hugs and even bigger hearts. Here are the top 10 Pre-K2 accomplishments for this school year: 1. The Pledge of Allegiance 2. Sitting at our table for lunch time 3. Playing “Na-na-na-na boo boo” outside 4. School bus behavior 5. Participating in Wednesday Assembly with the entire EYC 6. Engaging in ‘center’ learning 7. Greeting friends and teachers as they come in the room 8. How to walk in the hallway 9. Learning our colors, shapes, and introduction of the alphabet and last but not least…. 10. How to take a class picture! 5th Graders “WOW” at Exhibition Celebrate good times, come on! ND Academy 5th graders recently finished their final project of the Primary Years Programme. On Thursday, May 18, students presented their hard work to an audience of Notre Dame Academy families and friends. Exhibition is the culminating project of the Primary Years Programme, where students use the Design Thinking process to guide them. Students begin by identifying specific current events that interest them. They then identify a problem and determine how areas throughout the world are affected by this problem. After conducting a significant amount of research, including interviews and field trips, students create a presentation that will inform the community of an action they could take to potentially help or solve the problem. Guests were absolutely blown away by the student’s hard work and depth of knowledge of their topics. Students were glowing with a sense of pride, independence, and achievement. Congratulations 5th Graders on a job well done! French 1 Students Connect with Canadian Pen Pals The middle school French 1 class, comprised primarily of 7th graders but also including 8th and 9th graders, has enjoyed getting to know some French learners at St. Anne’s Catholic School in Ontario, Canada this year. The students wrote several letters back and forth telling their pen pals about their family, leisure activities, and what they did for certain holidays. Through the process of writing the letters students not only improved their French skills but also exchanged some cultural information. One of the highlights of this year-long exchange was receiving a video the students at St. Anne’s had made. The students introduced themselves and gave viewers a tour of their school. In 10th Graders Create Soap through Chemistry As part of the organic chemistry unit at ND Academy, the 10th grade students made their own soap by a saponification reaction. Students developed their own formulation for soap based on their research; each group produced 3 bars of soap. Careful chemistry calculations were made to ensure that the soap contained safe amounts of all ingredients. Students also calculated a selling price for their soap by taking into account their time, and the cost of materials and equipment. Swing by and take a look (and smell) of the soaps in the Upper School science lab! Some of the soaps are also currently on display in the front office at Marist School as an example of an interdisciplinary STEAM (STEM + Arts) project. return, Notre Dame Academy’s French 1 class sent a video of their own to St. Anne students. As a year- end treat students at both schools sent a small gift to their pen pals. Everyone enjoyed picking out items that were representative of their city or country as a way to share a little of their culture. The students at ND Academy especially enjoyed getting to send food items that can’t be found in Canada. Several of the students are hopeful that they will be able to continue writing their pen pals! Overall, students had a great time designing, building, and reflecting on their machines. 8th Graders Explore Engineering During the month of April, all 8th grade students worked to design and create a machine that would crush an empty 12 cm can. The purpose of this project was to allow students to explore the design process and make changes to their machine as they learned about motion, forces, and simple machines. Students first researched examples of Rube Goldberg Machines for ideas of what parts make an efficient machine. Then, students designed their own Rube Goldberg Machine with a minimum of 4 simple machines that would crush a can to 8 cm. After turning in their design, it was time to create and run their machines. Many students found they had to make drastic changes to their design to create a machine with a mechanical advantage large enough to crush their can. Some machines were short and sweet while others took up an entire room!
Transcript of theIRISH Volume 4 Issue 4 May 2017 times...Then the piano “wizard,” fourth grader, Brandon Won...
Notre Dame Academy Band Spectacular The amazing Notre Dame Academy Bands performed their last concert of the year to a rousing overflow audience of over 300 last week. The bands, totalling 110 musicians, are composed of students in grades six through ten and they were all on the floor at the same time. The concert began without Mr. Tolton taking the conductor’s podium and letting the band perform the Guns and Roses tune “Welcome to Jungle” on its own, begun by set drummer Brian Williams. The program continued with concert and rock tunes performed by different components of the band. Elizabeth Slack played “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes as a
Notre Dame Academy is a Marist Catholic and IB World School located in Duluth, Georgia. For more information, visit us at www.ndacademy.org.
If you have an article of interest, please contact Marketing Communications Director Emily Koehl at [email protected].
wonderful interlude. Piano soloist, Victor Alcoreza, surprised everyone with his artistry. Mezzo soprano, Isabella Marquez, continued the program with a stunning performance of “Being Alive” from the show Company. Isabella, just 14 years old, has a spectacular, mature and powerful voice destined for future greatness. The Michael Jackson tribute had the audience rocking in the stands with the tunes “Bad” and “Thriller.” Then the piano “wizard,” fourth grader, Brandon Won dazzled the audience as he always does. The ND Academy community has heard Brandon perform before, but we are always amazed at his jaw-dropping talent, developed at such a young age. Mozart would be proud! Then the band pulled off the “coup de gras” with their rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”, weaving through the classical section with Nick DiMeo and Kate Lemons flawlessly playing the title theme on the trumpet with Brian Williams and Jared Darrow taking the lead and exploding into the rock section made famous by Jimmy Page so many years ago. This brought the house down! Parents remarked afterward that they had “never heard a school band concert like that before!” The Jazz Band played one of the all-time favorite tunes of the last half of the 20th century, “New York, New York” with solos by Michael Wagner on soprano sax, Madison Colletta on clarinet, Nick DiMeo and Kate Lemons on trumpet and trombonists Jackson Mulligan and Thomas Lyons. It was fun and entertaining! Congratulations to all of the Notre Dame Academy band students.
May 2017Volume 4 Issue 4theIRISHtimes
A Glimpse Inside Student Life at Notre Dame Academy
Pre-K2 Students Complete their First Year at ND Academy
Mrs. Chifan and Mrs. Atkinson were thrilled to be the teacher’s of Notre Dame Academy’s first Pre-K2 class this year! The first week of school was full of tears as children stood at the door hoping their parents would bail them out. Now students arrive with big smiles on their faces eager to start the day! They keep us on our toes, but it’s worth it with their big hugs and even bigger hearts. Here are the top 10 Pre-K2 accomplishments for this school year:
1. The Pledge of Allegiance 2. Sitting at our table for lunch time3. Playing “Na-na-na-na boo boo” outside4. School bus behavior5. Participating in Wednesday Assembly with the entire EYC6. Engaging in ‘center’ learning7. Greeting friends and teachers as they come in the room8. How to walk in the hallway9. Learning our colors, shapes, and introduction of the alphabet
and last but not least….10. How to take a class picture!
5th Graders “WOW” at ExhibitionCelebrate good times, come on!
ND Academy 5th graders recently finished their final project of the Primary Years Programme. On Thursday, May 18, students presented their hard work to an audience of Notre Dame Academy families and friends. Exhibition is the culminating project of the Primary Years Programme, where students use the Design Thinking process to guide them. Students begin by identifying specific current events that interest them. They then identify a problem and determine how areas throughout the world are affected by this problem. After conducting a significant amount of research, including interviews and field trips, students create a presentation that will inform the community of an action they could take to potentially help or solve the problem. Guests were absolutely blown away by the student’s hard
work and depth of knowledge of their topics. Students were glowing with a sense of pride, independence, and achievement. Congratulations 5th Graders on a job well done!
French 1 Students Connect with Canadian Pen Pals The middle school French 1 class, comprised primarily of 7th graders but also including 8th and 9th graders, has enjoyed getting to know some French learners at St. Anne’s Catholic School in Ontario, Canada this year. The students wrote several letters back and forth telling their pen pals about their family, leisure activities, and what they did for certain holidays. Through the process of writing the letters students not only improved their French skills but also exchanged some cultural information. One of the highlights of this year-long exchange was receiving a video the students at St. Anne’s had made. The students introduced themselves and gave viewers a tour of their school. In
10th Graders Create Soap through Chemistry As part of the organic chemistry unit at ND Academy, the 10th grade students made their own soap by a saponification reaction. Students developed their own formulation for soap based on their research; each group produced 3 bars of soap. Careful chemistry calculations were made to ensure that the soap contained safe amounts of all ingredients. Students also calculated a selling price for their soap by taking into account their time, and the cost of materials and equipment. Swing by and take a look (and smell) of the soaps in the Upper School science lab! Some of the soaps are also currently on display in the front office at Marist School as an example of an interdisciplinary STEAM (STEM + Arts) project.
return, Notre Dame Academy’s French 1 class sent a video of their own to St. Anne students. As a year-end treat students at both schools sent a small gift to their pen pals. Everyone enjoyed picking out items that were representative of their city or country as a way to share a little of their culture. The students at ND Academy especially enjoyed getting to send food items that can’t be found in Canada. Several of the students are hopeful that they will be able to continue writing their pen pals!
Overall, students had a great time designing, building, and reflecting on their machines.
8th Graders Explore Engineering During the month of April, all 8th grade students worked to design and create a machine that would crush an empty 12 cm can. The purpose of this project was to allow students to explore the design process and make changes to their machine as they learned about motion, forces, and simple machines. Students first researched examples of Rube Goldberg Machines for ideas of what parts make an efficient machine. Then, students designed their own Rube Goldberg Machine with a minimum of 4 simple machines that would crush a can to 8 cm. After turning in their design, it was time to create and run their machines. Many students found they had to make drastic changes to their design to create a machine with a mechanical advantage large enough to crush their can. Some machines were short and sweet while others took up an entire room!
