First Grade Concert

The first graders have been working very hard on the songs for their concert! The concert will be held on Wednesday, May 13th at 6:30 pm at Franklin Middle School. The students need to arrive between 6:10-6:20. Students report to the cafeteria and parents report to the gym. The concert will be approximately 30 minutes long. The students must look nice for the concert (no ripped jeans and no T-shirts with logos). They will be singing songs by Woody Guthrie, Bobby McFerrin, the Carter Family, and others (including a surprise!).

Videos from the 4th Grade Concert

Miss Rocheford has posted videos from last night Beatles concert. You can check them out at http://missrocheford.blogspot.com/ Enjoy!

Third and Fourth Grade Concerts

The third and fourth grade concerts will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Franklin Middle School. The third grade concert will begin at 5:30 pm. Third graders (and uke club members) need to report to the middle school between 5:10 and 5:20. The concert will last about 25 minutes. The students need to look nice for the concert (no T-shirts with logos and no ripped jeans). The fourth grade concert will begin at 6:30. Fourth graders need to report to the middle school between 6:10 and 6:20. The concert will last about 30 minutes. The students need to look nice for the concert (no T-shirts with logos-except if it is a Beatles logo-and no ripped jeans). The third graders will be singing songs by John Denver, Woody Guthrie, and Ben E. King. The fourth graders will be singing songs by the Beatles. Hope to see you there!

BIG NEWS!

The Paul Smith School Ukulele Club will be playing at a NH Fisher Cats game! The game will be on Thursday, May 28th at 7:05 pm at NE Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH. We will be performing America the Beautiful. We will have more information about buying tickets to this game in the future. We are getting a group rate discount so tickets will only be $7.50! Save the date!

Ukulele Club

The Ukulele Club performed Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" at the Veteran's Day assembly on Monday, November 10th. They did a great job on their first performance of the year. This is a picture of them after the show. If any parents of Uke Club Members would like a copy of this picture, send me an email at thazelton@sau18.org and I will send it out to you!

Second Grade Concert

The second grade concert is this Thursday, November 6th at Franklin Middle School at 6:30 pm. Students need to be at the middle school between 6:10 and 6:20. Students must look nice for the concert (no t-shirts with logos and no ripped jeans). They will be singing songs by Bob Marley, Woody Guthrie, the Beatles, and more. They have worked very hard on the songs and are ready!

Happy Autumn!

The school year is well underway and all grades are doing some very musical things! Kindergarten has been learning patriotic songs and are now starting some autumn songs and using some instruments. First grade has been playing instruments and learning about the rhythm instrument families. Next they will be learning some new songs to sing. Second graders have been preparing for their concert on November 6th. Third grade has been learning melodic notation and will now be learning about instruments of the orchestra. Fourth graders have been playing ukuleles and learning the song "3 Little Birds" by Bob Marley. Fourth grade Ukulele Club has been learning "This Land is Your Land". Great things are on the horizon for uke club...