Baby Fiona!

Hola :)

As promised, here are a few photos of our sweet baby, Fiona Helen!  We are all doing well, and I hope things are going well at CMS!

Sra. Tiernan Fisher
       

Hola familias,

This is a reminder that the Unified Arts Curriculum Night is tomorrow, Tuesday, March 26th, from 6:00-7:30.  The Spanish portion of the evening will include watching a video of students' recent professional dance lesson and giving it a try for yourselves with the help of some student representatives as instructors.  Hope to see you there.  It should be lots of fun!

Gracias,
Señora Tiernan Fisher

Latin Dance and Music

In 8th grade Spanish we are working on new unit on Latin Dance and Music!  In this unit students will think about and explore the following question: what roles do dance and music play in culture?  We will be listening to a variety of musical genres from all over the Spanish speaking world and learning some of the dances that go along with them.  I'm very excited to share that with the help of a PIE grant a professional dance instructor, Victoria from Salsalina in Burlington, gave us a salsa lesson during this unit!

If you'd like to see a video of our dance lesson and give it a try for yourself with the help of some student leaders, please join us next Tuesday, March 19th for the Unified Arts Curriculum Night from 6:00-7:30.  It's bound to be a fun experience...or at the very least a very entertaining one!

Here are some photos from our lesson.

Colchester School District Video - Please vote!

If you haven't had a chance yet to view this video about our Colchester School District community, check it out!

Half way through the school year

I can't believe that we're half way through the school year already! As we approach the end of the second quarter this Friday I thought it would be fun to look back at one of the projects we completed this quarter.  Many of you already have a good idea what the Latin Food research project was all about because so many families supported their students with their endeavors in the kitchen.  The result was a very fun and culturally rich presentation day!  We tried recipes from Puerto Rico all the way to Argentina.  Some were new to me and others were deliciously authentic recipes that I've enjoyed in my travels.  I was thoroughly impressed with our students' culinary abilities!  Here are a few glimpses of what that class day looked like.

Thank you to all of the families who supported their students in preparing these lovely projects!  Students, what were the highlights of this project for you?