Summer Newsletter 2017

Elementary Music Department Had an Eventful Year
The fifth and sixth grade bands and the sixth grade Rockin’ Rangers, comprised of over 150 fourth, fifth,
and sixth grade students, demonstrated their superior musical abilities at their concert on April 27 th . The
bands demonstrated what they have learned over the course of the school year with wind band music,
and well-known songs like the theme from Ghostbusters and “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark,”
by Fall Out Boy. The Rockin’ Rangers, under the direction of Mrs. Tully, sang a variety of songs including
“Old Time Rock and Roll” and “Lean on Me/Don’t Stop Believin.” Over 600 people were in attendance for
the spring concert held in the new Junior-Senior High School auditorium.
The elementary music program has been very eventful over the past few months! In addition to the concert,
6 sixth grade students were selected to represent Forest Hills at PMEA’s annual Band Fest at
Hollidaysburg Middle School on March 31 st . Aiden Carr, Colten Danel, Claire Daubert, Rebecca Docherty,
Hailey Hampton and Makenna Konchan practiced very hard and put on an excellent performance
with students from Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset Counties. Six fifth grade students also represented
Forest Hills at Song Fest at Hollidaysburg High School on May 5 th . These students included Doran
Faith, Malachi Feeney, Alexis Henderson, Emily Myers, Colton Sparrow, and Melanie Troy. 126 third
grade students have also been trying out instruments since March to make an informed decision to play
flute, clarinet, or trumpet as fourth graders during the next school year. They also did a wonderful job in
the first performance during our in-school concert for the elementary students. It has been a fantastic
year of learning, growing, new experiences, and musicality!
4 th Grade Tri-a-rama Scene
This spring, the 4 th grade had a fun time reading the novel, Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed. It is about a
4 th grade boy who loves science. Mrs. Yahner’s reading students chose a scene from the book to recreate
as a “tri-a-rama”. Students had to be creative and patient in order to figure out how to make their
scene come alive with 3D objects using only paper and glue. To accompany their scene, students also
had to write a scene summary. These projects decorated the 4 th grade hallway for the last weeks of
school.
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