Forestville's KYDZ Radio Show

            On Thursday, May 4th, 2017 the Forestville Road Music Department hosted its first KYDZ radio show as the 2017 spring musical production.  Students in our 4th and 5th grade chorus performed popular songs from the radio.  Some of the songs performed at the spring concert were "Best Day of My Life" by the American Authors, "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten, "Roar" by Katy Perry, "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars, and "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift.  Our 4th and 5th grade percussion ensemble also performed bucket accompaniments to popular songs like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". 
           The production included performances by the FRES dance troupe, the Knightdale High School percussion ensemble, and our 4th grade recorder ensemble.  We would like to give a special thanks to Ms. Lyn Riggs for making the KYDZ background for our stage (pictured above), the 4th grade team for supervising students in their rooms on the night of the concert, our custodial staff for setting up equipment for the show, the FRES stage crew, the PTA for selling food at the school's concession stand to provide our guest will refreshments during the show, and the parents and teachers who attended the show.  We would also like to thank every student who participated in the show to make it a success.  We are looking forward to putting on a great show in the fall!

Spring Concert: Thursday, May 4th, 2017

Our spring concert will be held on Thursday, May 4th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in our school's cafeteria.  There will be performances by our 4th and 5th grade chorus, percussion ensemble, dance troupe, and recorder ensemble.  Food will be sold at our PTA's concession stand.  The event will be kicked off with STEAM night hosted by Mrs. Ringwood. The biannual book fair will also be held throughout the night.  Check out the commercial below for information regarding this event.  We hope to see you there!

Preparing Students for College and Beyond

As an educator, I strive to prepare students to be college and career ready when they graduate from high school. In order to reach this goal, not only do I ensure that my instruction will accomplish this task, but I also seek other opportunities to help youth prepare for life after high school.  As a church musician in the Goldsboro area, I came into contact with a high school student at Eastern Wayne High School by attending a church in the Wayne County area.  Alana Roberson is a 9th grade student at Eastern Wayne and is a member of the drum line in the marching band.  She came to visit Forestville this week during her spring break.  Since she aspires to work in the field of music after graduation, she volunteered to assist me in the classroom with different activities that were performed during our weekly music classes.  In the first picture below, she is holding up rhythmic symbols for third grade students to draw in their specials notebooks in order to assist them in memorizing the symbols. As a percussionist, she also practiced with our percussion ensemble and will be performing with them and members of the Knightdale High School band for our upcoming spring concert which will be held on Thursday, May 4th, 2017.  In the second picture, she can be seen practicing with the percussion ensemble. We hope that Alana experiences great success in the field of music after she graduates!

Stars in East 2017

On Thursday, April 6th, 2017 the 4th and 5th grade chorus at our school performed in the annual Stars in the East talent show at East Wake High School.  They performed an arrangement of Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" by Tom Anderson.  Our soloist was Angelinee Venegas-Mejia, a student in Ms.Smith's 4th grade class.  Angelinee and the members of the chorus did a phenomenal job at the show and encouraged the audience members to fight for their dreams.  Below you can see pictures from the dress rehearsal for the event and from the night of the show.  We are looking forward to performing at the show again next year!

Mimi Herman at Forestville Road

Mimi Herman came to conduct a poetry workshop for our 4th grade students on Monday, April 3rd, 2017.   She did many interactive and fun writing activities with students that increased their excitement about writing.  We are glad that she visited our school and we hope that our 4th graders continue to explore the joy of writing as they continue their education!

Spring Concert 2017

Our spring concert will be held on Thursday, May 4th, 2017 at 7 p.m. in our school's cafeteria.  There will be performances by the Forestville Road chorus, percussion ensemble, 4th grade recorder ensemble, and percussionists from the Knightdale High School band.  We look forward to seeing many of our parents and students there!

Mimi Herman at Forestville Road: 4/3/2017

Mimi Herman will be at Forestville Road on Monday, April 3rd, 2017 to conduct a poetry workshop for our 4th grade students.  The purposes of her workshops are to develop students’ abilities to use the techniques of poetry and to improve writing across the curriculum. She will be working to develop their understanding of imagery, line breaks, and stanza breaks.  They will also learn to use the “writer’s movie camera,” which records images using all five senses. Lastly, she will help students learn to translate personal experience and imagination into the writing of poetry. We are looking forward to having Mimi here at Forestville!