D97-Longfellow Music

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DISTRICT 97 SUMMER MUSIC CAMP

Students interested in attending summer music camp, please check out the following link.
Summer Music Camp
Students who enjoy singing and who have completed grades 3-8 should come join the fun in the chorus.
Current band and orchestra students are encouraged to attend the band and orchestra sessions. Enjoy your summer of music making and meet new friends.

District 97 Summer Music Camp

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District 97 will hold their summer music camp at Hatch School this summer, from July 18-29. Music camp includes vocal music opportunity for students who have completed 3-7 grade. The camp will also include a band and orchestra component. Check out the district home page for more information. http://www.op97.org/curriculum/summer/Music_Camp_2011.pdf

Spring Arts Fiestas right around the corner!

2011-03-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

Save the dates!!

A little birdie has informed me that the Spring Arts Fiestas are just around the corner. Please put the following dates on your calendar and look forward to a fantastic evening of entertainment from your very own star!

2nd Grades: March 14 6:30 p.m.
3rd Grades: March 14, 7:15 p.m.
4th Grades: March 21, 6:30 p.m.
5th Grades: March 21, 7:15 p.m.

Please have your student at the school 15 minutes prior to their performance time. Each grade level lasts about 30 minutes. These performances often feel like "one more thing" in the family schedule, but this performance is more than just a scheduling frustration. This is an opportunity for your child to share with you some of what they do each day here at school in Visual Art, Spanish and Music class. Preparing for these programs takes the classroom learning to the next level and puts a bit of polish on the skill or activity. So, please come, leave the frustrations of the day and sit back and enjoy watching and looking at your child "at work".

Spring Arts Fiestas

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Please check out the "Important Dates" to the right of this post, it includes all of the up coming Spring Arts Fiesta times and dates. Please mark your calendars and make an effort to bring your child to their special performance. These performances include the skills the children are working on in the classroom. You will see classroom work from visual art, Spanish, as well as general music class. Please come out and enjoy your child's efforts in the special areas.

December Band Orchestra and Chorus Concert

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Our annual band, orchestra and chorus concert is December 9, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the Longfellow Auditorium.

Thank you PTO!

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The opera has come and gone, and what a great day it was! A huge thank you to the PTO for sponsoring this event for the past 6 years. The students enjoyed the opera and thought it was the best ever. A big thank you to the teachers and Ms. Dolezal who allowed their students to dress as pirates, it made the day a very special.

Opera for the Young has enjoyed coming to Longfellow the past few years, they always compliment us on how well we sing.

Here are a few student comments:
"I loved this opera and I hope you come back!" S. Grade 3
"I always thought opera was boring, but now I see it is exciting." D. Grade 3
"I loved the singing, because you're talented and good." Annon. Grade 5
"I liked the clothes and props you used." H. Grade 5
"I really liked Frederic and the part when the Major General was sad" D. Grade 2
"I loved the performance and the acting was very nice." E. Grade 2
"I liked when Fredric found out he was five." It was a very cool play. A. Grade 4
"I liked the song about the weather, and the part about 'how stealthily the pirate creeps'" Annon Grade 4

A huge BRAVO, to Longfellow staff and students!

The Opera is coming. . .

2010-10-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

Once again the Longfellow PTO is funding Opera for the Young to come to Longfellow Elementary. This year our opera is Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. The students are enjoying learning the story and singing the songs for this opera. Our performance will be on October 27, at 9:00 am in our gymnasium, complete with 4 principal singers, a pianist, student performers, costumes and an enthusiastic audience. Once again, thank you Longfellow PTO, this is our 6th opera here at Longfellow!

Fall Conferences

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Parents, if you ever want to contact me, please do so through my district email account: pwiese@op97.org I will also be at Longfellow until 7:00 on Thursday, October 21, please feel free to stop by the music room at any time.

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District Choral Festival 2010

Go My Son

Here is a link for the signing featuring Ms. Duckett-Edwards from Whittier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRLEcQgdy8k

Longfellow Arts Fiestas 2010

2010-01-22T08:15:00.000-08:00

Longfellow Arts Fiestas 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Second Grades at 6:30
Third Grades at 7:15

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Fourth Grades at 6:30
Fifth Grades at 7:15

April 30, 2010 Kindergarten and First Grades in the afternoon, times to be announced.

About Me

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I grew up in northern Minnesota on a dairy farm, two of my brothers are also farmers. I graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and then moved with my husband to Oak Park. I have lived in Oak Park since 1975. In 1999 I completed a Masters Degree in curriculum and instruction at Concordia University, River Forest, IL.

My husband was on the Oak Park Fire Department for years, he now does plan review for the Village of Skokie. I have two children who attended the Oak Park Public Schools. My son graduated from the University of Montana in Forestry and has been working as a fire resource person at the Grand Canyon. My daughter is attending Northern Illinois University and is pursuing a degree in special education.

I have taught in several Oak Park Elementary Schools, but am thrilled to be here at Longfellow in the penthouse suite on the third floor. It gets a bit warm, but our music making is cool.

I am an Orff-certified teacher of elementary music, I currently teach students in grades 1-5 for general music class. We also have a 4th and 5th grade chorus that meets on Wednesday afternoons. I also wear another hat within the district. I am the Teacher Leader for the Vocal/General Music department, we have a wonderful music program in this district and I have a great group of colleagues work with. It is so wonderful to work so closely with each of the district teachers, they are a fantastic group of people.

The Opera is coming to Longfellow

2008-09-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the generous support of the Longfellow PTO, Opera for the Young will present Mozart’s “Magic Flute” on November 4. All of the Longfellow students will have the opportunity to attend this presentation.

All classes will spend the next month learning the story as well as some of the songs to sing along with the performers.

A small group of students will also have the opportunity to become part of the performance that day.

In the past, I have always been pleased with the response from the opera company, they have said our students are some of the best that they have performed with. But then we already know that Longfellow students are the best!

Opera for the Young

2008-06-24T10:47:00.001-07:00

Opera for the Young is once again coming to Longfellow School, thanks to the Longfellow PTO. Mozart's "Magic Flute" will be the opera this fall, it will be at Longfellow November 4, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.

Summer Music

2008-06-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

In coming fourth and fifth grade students, I hope you are practicing your recorder pieces this summer. Remember, you get extra credit if you can play one of the tunes from the summer practice sheet. Enjoy your playing!

What is happening in music class?

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October

Kinderpolka