Chinese Acrobats visited Calvert yesterday to help us ring in the Chinese New Year. We are now in the year of the dragon. This is the girls' favorite assembly of the year. Enjoy these video clips from the show!
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On Friday the girls enjoyed a Martin Luther King assembly as well as a Ravens (or favorite sports team) dress down day. Both were a huge success, as you can see from the pictures. It is not often that the entire school (Lower and Middle) gets together, so this was a special time for everyone. We heard from parent and student speakers and sang a few songs together.
Here are some pictures of the early stages of play practice!
The Ninth Age is knee-deep in play practice. The girls have been practicing on the stage for the past few days and are doing a great job! We have been practicing where to sit/stand as well as adding movement when we say our lines. We won't begin using costumes/props for a few weeks, so check back later for pictures!
We had a lot of fun during our last day of school before Winter Break. Here are some pictures of 9-A at the Sing-Along and at our class party.
Last week Calvert held a holiday toy drive. Students brought in wrapped new or used toys to donate to families in need. Look at the mountain of toys we collected!
We are studying Ancient China in History class. The girls learned about Confucius, and we discussed proverbs and sayings. As a fun activity I asked them to try to guess the endings to some well known (to adults) proverbs. Here are some of the responses:
Make Your Own Proverb
A bird in the hand
…means you have bird seed
…you get to keep it
Many hands
…mean a job well done
…of an octopus
Absence
…is disgraceful
…is not the perfect way to skip a test
…is nonsense
…is different than being there
…sorry you are sick
…of color is bad
Out of sight
…could make your mother scream
… in the mist
…is hard to see
Too many cooks … make too much food
No news …no paper
… take a snooze
Let sleeping dogs … sleep in or they will bite
When the cat’s away…the owner screams
…eat his/her food
…I play with yarn
…the dog is bored
Birds of a feather
…fur of a dog
Every cloud has
… rain, a shape
All that glitters
…makes a mess
It never rains
…cats and dogs
…when birds are there
The grass is always greener
…than the ocean
…in the spring
…the sun is more yellow
…when the sun is out
Don’t count your chickens
…when one is in the oven
…count your money
…unless they lay an egg
…count your ducks
…or they will move
…when you know they are all there
…until you count your eggs
…because you might be one
You can’t have your cake
…until you eat your dinner
…without candles
…until you rake
It’s no use crying
…when someone else is buying
…whining is bad enough
… if you’re proven guilty
…nothing will happen
…just get up
