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Arts News, September 5

Yui Kitamura, Music Teacher
September 5, 2019

Making Music on the Ukelele

Our fourth grade students are kicking off the year learning the basics of songwriting through the popular genres. To understand more about rock and pop, students listened to a variety of songs from The Beatles. Students then learned A minor 7, C major, and F major chords and jammed together as a class on the ukelele. The class is ready to rock on to a great year in music!

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A "mad scientist" leads an activity with two campers at April vacation camp

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BDS Athletics Update 1 04.17.26Web

By Stephen Marks, Director of Athletics |

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