BAND: Concert Reflection

1. What is one positive comment that you have for the Grade 6 Band? Please be specific.

 One thing I think the Grade 6 Band did well is our tempo. We stayed in tempo really well in all of our songs, especially at the part where we have a rest that we usually messed up at during practice.

2. What is one positive comment that you have for the Grade 7 Band? Please be specific?

 One thing I think the Grade 7 Band did extremely well was performing their dynamics. They did especially well in Ironclad when the clarinets and low folks had to play PP when the flutes had to play FF.

3. What is one positive comment that you have for the Grade 8 Band? Please be specific.

 One thing I think the Grade 8 Band did very well was pausing for the rests. They did this very well because they all stopped at the same time and started at the same time according to Mrs. Craig which helped build up the suspense for the intrigued audience.

4. What were you most proud of for your performance in the concert?

 I am most proud of my growth from the minute we got the concert pieces until we were bowing to the audience. When we first got the pieces, we were squeaking, going EXTREMELY slow, and could not ever imagine ourselves playing beautifully on stage with everyone. I was proud of myself when it came to the overall performance, because of my growth.

5. What are 3 things you have learned this year in band?

 1. I have learned how to correctly play a beautiful instrument, the clarinet.

 2. I have learned how to play the right dynamic for the better need of my bandmates.

 3. I have relearned how to read the treble clef by playing it for the clarinet.

6. What has been your favorite part of being in band this year?

My favorite part of being in band was getting to play with all of y bandmates with good harmony and making beautiful music.

BAND: The Big 3

Band: March Concert Reflection

1. What are you most proud of from your performance at the concert?
I am most proud of the way I played. I played with no squeaks, I played all of the correct notes at the correct dynamics, speed and rhythm.

2. What do you need to work on to improve for the next performance?
I think I need to work on fidgeting a little less because when we were playing I had to fix my glasses a bit, my music started to tip, etc.

3. What does our band, as a whole, need to work on to improve for the next concert?
I think we need to work on respect others because I heard whispers when 6Int and 7 were playing.

4. What did you learn from performing in the concert?
I learned that if you are nervous you won't play well, but if you are brave and strong you will play excellent.

5. What did you learn by watching others perform?
I learned that everyone isn't the best when you first start to learn. That is why you practice, to get better like the SB.

Band: Dragonfire

Band: Line #38

Be Healthy With Electronics

Before I discovered what happens when you use electronics too much, I thought that nothing would happen even though people kept telling me that it was unhealthy. I honestly thought that you could use electronic devices all day and you would be fine. Now I recognize that if you use electronics all day you wouldn’t have a social life. I learned that using things with screens too much makes you very lonely. I also learned that watching too much TV can lead to obesity. and I also learned that if you take breaks every now and then, you can spend time with your family, and go outside. I taught myself to take breaks, and now at school, they’re teaching us by making us look far away after we have just been looking at something up close. One day I told myself, “If I spend too much time on electronics, I will be a nobody. GET A LIFE!” Later on, I told myself that after a couple videos on youtube, I would go outside, go swimming or go for a walk. After learning all these things, I am no longer sinked into iPads, laptops, or TV.

When my family and I were driving around America this summer I had nothing to do. I had played on my iPad and watched movies the whole time, but once we got to Florida I noticed that I had spent too much time on electronics. I had felt light headed, dizzy, and I couldn’t see clearly. In boot camp, I found out that it is because I hadn’t been balancing using computers and staying healthy. At the time I didn’t know it, but now I realize that you have to balance using electronics, and doing things that don’t involve screens. When I use electronics now I know that I should also take a break from screens to stay physically fit.

What I have experienced over the summer has truly changed my whole point of view on electronic devices. I discovered that even if things with screens can help you, it can still affect you for the rest of your life. This will definitely change my future because I won’t be on electronic devices all day for the rest of my life. I will be out in the world having fun with friends and family. I know that it might be hard for you to take breaks every once and a while, but there are plenty of fun things to do. You could play a board game, ride a bike, do a craft, or even just go for a walk. I hope that you will become someone who grew up without electronics, I hope you become an amazing person without all that stuff. Don’t you want to be that person?

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About Me 2015

Caitlin is a girl who loves her family and school. She goes to an international school on an island. She likes reading but only when she is super bored and has to read. Same for writing. She writes at school, and only at home if she has a really great idea. She is more of a math person. Caitlin really likes to read fantasy and nonfiction books. She loves reading fantasy because it takes her to magical world, and she loves nonfiction because she learns something new every time she reads nonfiction books. She writes nonfiction, fantasy, personal narratives, and mysteries, but Caitlin writes nonfiction the best. She gets the concept that you’re trying to teach the readers about the topic, while giving them fun facts. Caitlin finds a way to learn about a topic, and then she makes it fun with more detail and a little humor, and then she types it all out and then she checks it and publishes it. She knows that it may never be perfect, but she still tries. She always tries to do her best. Caitlin will always try. If she can, she never gives up.

When Caitlin is not writing at home or at school, you will find her with her family, having fun. On the weekend, when she is not having fun with her family, once in a while you will find her at a swim meet.

She first picked up writing at school. She learned how to get ideas, and since that she always had ideas. When she thought hey were good, she typed them out. She started this way, but at school they started helping her to make her stories stronger. Now she writes at school and finds it fun. She will always have ideas, and she will always have fun.

Digital Citizenship Agreement Pledge

As a responsible Digital Citizen at SAS, I, Caitlin, promise to respect and protect myself, others, and intellectual property while learning, sharing, and collaborating online.

Productivity & Organization Video

Laptop Care

The purpose for this poster, is to make sure that wherever you go, you never should pack your bag so that your laptop is squished, it should always be free, the opposite of an MRT trip.

Using My Laptop