Homework &
E-Learning
Mission Statement:
As music-makers of the 21st century, our Saint Mary School students are musicians who are tuneful, beatful and artful! Students create, perform, respond and connect to music in meaningful and developmentally appropriate ways, discovering, exploring and experiencing sacred music from our Catholic heritage as well as secular music spanning many cultures and genres.
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Enrichment Activities and Lessons
Creativity and Composition:
Chrome Music Lab: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
Incredibox: https://www.incredibox.com/v6
Noteflight: https://www.noteflight.com/
Flat: https://flat.io/
Online Music Sequencer: https://onlinesequencer.net/
Chord Building- Hookpad Theory:
https://hookpad.hooktheory.com/
Music Theory:
http://musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm
https://www.musictheory.net/lessons
http://musicteachersgames.com/Home
https://musicplayonline.com/ A GREAT resource!
Listening and Games:
Classics for Kids: http://classicsforkids.com/
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for Kids: http://www.sfskids.org/
Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/
New York Philharmonic for Kids: http://www.nyphilkids.org/
Google Arts and Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/performing-arts
Arts Alive: http://artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp
Choir:
Blues and Jazz Performers:
https://www.jazzinamerica.org/JazzResources/Musicians
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/jazz
https://www.apassion4jazz.net/
https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz
https://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/jazz/the-great-jazz%20artists/
Performer and Composer Research:
Homework Policy: Homework assignments are an extension of the student’s daily learning experiences, and are to expand and reinforce the education process. Homework does not mean only written assignments; reading and studying are also part of preparedness. A parent should help provide a quiet place free from distractions. Students should study in the same place at the same time each day, and for the same amount of time. Even if no written homework is required on a particular day, the student should use the time to read, or engage in some other activity related to school work.
Report Cards: All students receive a trimester report card, with the exception of preschool 3 for the first trimester only. The first trimester report period is followed by Parent-Teacher Conferences. The Archdiocese allows an optional conference for parents in February. At other times, parents may arrange for a conference with the teacher. In the interest of time management, it is important that parents either come together for conferences or when one parent represents both parents that communication between the parents takes place. Individual requests for conferences, particularly for parents living in the same household, are strongly discouraged. Parents will be notified during the year of unsatisfactory, failing or incomplete work. This may take the form of an ineligibility notice or a phone call. Parents can view their child’s progress in PowerSchool. If a student is absent ten or more days during a marking period, an INCOMPLETE may be given for work until the assignments missed have been completed.