The entire school will be flying kites from 10:00-11:20 next Thursday morning. The elementary school will be flying kites from 10:00-10:20, and the children are invited to watch the middle and high school students fly their kites from 10:20-11:20. In preparation, half the class made their sled kites yesterday (the other half of the class will make their kites next Tuesday). To make our kites, we received plastic kites (cut from plastic garbage bags) and wooden sticks (skewers with the pointy tips cut off). We used Sharpie markers to decorate the kites, making sure to make the designs large enough to see from way up high. We framed the kite by taping the wooden sticks to it. We tied string to two ends of the kite and used a few large craft sticks to hold the length of string needed to fly the kite. Everyone is excited to fly their kites next week! We received one parent volunteer for Kite Day and are looking for one more. Please let me know if you would like to help the children fly their kites or videotape the event for us!

The week of our Kahalaopuna opera will be busy with rehearsals. The students (and teachers) will probably be exhausted and will need some quiet “down” time. Please send in your child’s nap mats on Wednesday, 5/7. We will have the students rest on Thursday and Friday, as they will have a total number of four rehearsals and shows on those two days. On Wednesday, please also send in the board shorts and slippers they will need to wear for the show.

On Monday, we went to Bakken Auditorium and saw “The Barber of Seville.” It was a short (40-minute) presentation of a longer (3-hour) opera. RB was able to go onstage and be a musician in the opera! The audience was asked to hum/sing along with two songs. Everyone enjoyed it! When we returned to the classroom, we wrote in our journals – What was your favorite part? What did you learn (about putting on an opera)? How was “The Barber of Seville” the same or different from “Kahalaopuna?” 

There are a lot of events happening this month! Next week Monday, 4/14, we will be attending Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” performed by HOT Opera Express. The students will be able to see a “live” opera and gain a better understanding of what goes into an opera production. On Thursday, 4/17, we will enjoy an 8^th grade puppet show in our Dining Hall. Then on Wednesday, 4/30, the entire school will celebrate Kite Day! We will be putting our kites together the week before and will need some assistance. More information will come to you as we receive it.

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Starting this week, I will be posting our newsletters and family learning activities on Fridays. You may read on to hear about a play we went to today, and then check this Friday for the week’s happenings and next week’s family learning activities. If you subscribe to the blog, you will receive an email notification when the blog is updated.