INFO FLO
Nov. 14, 2006 Vol. 4 #15
 
Dates to Remember
 
Fri. Nov 17 and Mon. Nov. 20…Swimming….5th grade
Weds. Nov 15, 9:00….Dress Rehearsal…………….All Students
Thurs. Nov 16, 6:00 pm……..Middle School Play…..KMC Theatre
 

Help For the Homeless
Do you want to help the homeless but you just don’t know how?  Here’s your chance to help.  The VSAS AlohaClub is participating in a food drive forNational Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, November 13 – 17.  Please bring in canned goods or toiletries this week.  The items will be picked up by members of the Outreach Program for the Homeless and distributed to people who need them.  We will post how much was collected in the next Info-Flow.  Thank you. 
By Thea Sarafin for The Aloha Club

Theatre Night Approaches! The Middle School Theatre Classes would like to invite you to an evening of “Villainry” Thursday, November 16th, at the Kilauea Theatre, in the Kilauea Military Camp.  Come and cheer the hero and boo the villain.  Curtain will be at 6:00 pm.

CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE: The 4th Annual Christmas cookie sale will be on Sunday, November 26th, at the Cooper Center from 6-10 a.m. We will need people to bake Christmas cookies (Holiday cookies preferred), help set up and clean up. If you cannot bake cookies or help, we  would appreciate money donated for supplies. (See enclosed flyer)

Kau Bus Kids:  Due to low/no ridership at the Wong Yuen Store, we will discontinue BOTH drop off and pickup (am/pm) as of Nov. 13.  Please use either the Green Sands or Naalehu Theatre stop.  Thanks, Cheryl

Studio Art Event  The annual Volcano Village Art Studio Tour and Sale will be happening over Thanksgiving weekend.  This free event is a wonderful opportunity for families to visit the studios and meet some of our community's professional artists.  Hui artists strongly support arts education and are especially inviting VSAS students and families to visit the eight open studio locations.   For details, see the enclosed golden colored flier.  Information: Dina Kageler, 967-8151.

Addendum: The Middle School ceramics class is selling Christmas ornaments at this Thanksgiving weekend open studio sale.  Come by the school and support our arts program.

Next Board Meeting, December 14.

All School Holiday Performance  Thu Dec 14th ~ KMC Theatre  ~ mark your calendars
 
INSERTS: Permissions for Honolulu Theatre productions (except 1 and 8), Cookie Sale flyer, Volcano Village Artists’ Hui flyer, winter day camp flyer

            Multiple Intelligences, Part 7, Musical Intelligence:  What does it mean to be Music Smart?
                                                                                   
            People who are Music Smart are good at producing melody and rhythm, and love to listen to, think about, and work with music, with voice and/or instruments.  They can easily pick out what each instrument is doing when they hear a group playing together, and often use their own bodies to become part of the music (clapping, tapping, humming, etc.)  They can hear when something is out of tune or off key, and are aware of patterns in music.  Music Smart people find it easiest to remember things that they “study” by making up songs for them, and tend to hear music in everyday sounds around them (birds singing, trains chugging, etc).  They may also find it easier to concentrate on studying, writing, creating, etc,  when music is playing.  Poets use their understanding of music to make words sound wonderful, and this in turn helps deepen their meaning.  Music Smart people are good at thinking in musical imagery; they often “hear” rather than “see” pictures in their minds, and can manipulate these imaginings.
 
            Although in the United States music is often not seen as central to school experiences, in many parts of the world music continues to hold a central place in the learning and culture of the people, especially in how knowledge and learning is passed from generation to generation, as in Hawaiian culture or the griot tradition of West Africa.    Music is used for communication and sharing, as well as enjoyment.  At Volcano School, we think music is an important part of learning, and provide all our students with opportunities to build their Musical Intelligence.  Some ways we can all become more Music Smart are:
  Submitted by:  Lora Bristow, SSC