"HATS!" Has Now Been Introduced To All

As of 2:30 pm today, all Porters Point students have been introduced to the entire story of "HATS!" by John Jacobson and John Higgins.  We are fortunate to have a performing space to use, Colchester High School:

I refer to this drawing all the time so students realize what we are talking about when I say we are performing on a stage.  There is no stage at Porters Point School!  I wish there was!!  I also want students to know that there are two performance nights and they are only performing one of the two nights.  So these pictures show which classes are performing on what night.

I know there are families that have more than one child at our school.  If both children are scheduled to perform the same night, great!  If they are not and this poses a difficulty for you, please contact me and we can work something out so both children perform on the same night.  Please let me know as soon as possible!

The next step begins next week in Music class.  All students will start to learn the songs and movements.  First and Second Grade students will be asked what speaking parts, if any, they would be interested and willing to do.  Then I go through a random process -- literally like names pulled from a hat -- to select students for parts. There are 33 speaking parts, so not every student will have a speaking part.  But keep in mind with two nights of performances, that actually means there will be 66 students who will have the parts!  This process takes me a long time, but I will let students know as soon as parts have been selected.  A note will go home to parents announcing the parts.  Those students will need to attend two after-school practices so we can work out the parts, know when to speak and where to stand.  There will be a permission slip attached to these parts which will have to be signed and returned in order for students to be able to stay after school.  Students will benefit greatly from these practices as they will meet the other students with speaking parts.