Monday, March 30, all freshmen (and any upper classmen who have not passed the Eng I EOC) will be taking the English I End of Course (EOC) state assessment. Wednesday, April 1, all sophomores (and any upper classmen who have not passed the Eng II EOC) will be taking the English II End of Course (EOC) state assessment. Please encourage students to get a good night sleep the night before their test(s). They will be reporting to their testing room as soon as the first bell rings, so please be sure they are to school on time in the morning. The state allows students 5 hours to complete the English I and English II tests. During state assessments, we request that students who are being tested, not be picked up early for appointments. They should be finished around 2:30 pm.
Concepts of Engineering Fun:
Recently, our Concepts of Engineering class, lead by Ms. Gabler, completed their prosthetic projects. The required criteria for the prosthetic was that it had to be able to shake a hand, lift a full can of soda, and stack 10 marshmallows, all under a minute's time from one foot away. Ms. Gabler was awed by her students' creativity and she stated they were totally inspiring!
The following was submitted by Ms. Karen Searles- a Cedar Ridge Dance teacher, who by the way, was chosen by the district to participate in next year's NextGen Trailblazer Classrooms due to her creativity and innovative inclusion of technology in to her dance classes.
BALLET PEDAGOGY
Students from Ballet 3-4 traveled to Gattis Elementary School to teach a creative movement dance to the students of Ms. Rodriquez's Pre-K class. The ballet students based their lesson around the current PreK curriculum study of bugs and plants. They chose music, made costumes, prepared props, and divided the roles they would play for each section of class. It was a joy to see the faces of everyone in the room as students of all ages had such an amazing experience. Gattis students tapped into their kinesthetic learning and were exposed to dance as an option in their student careers and the Cedar Ridge students had exposure to careers in the dance field working with young children. We hope to make this a long relationship between the two schools!
CRHS ALUMNI GUEST TEACHER
Cedar Ridge alumni Juwan Alston (JayJay) returned to CRHS to teach during his Spring Break. He is currently a ballet major at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has trained with professionals from around the world, performed in world premier performances, and even received some potential contract offers.
He brought his new studies to the students of Jazz 3, Jazz 4, and Ballet 3-4 as well as teaching for the Texas Future Dance Educators Spring Event.
So great to see our students giving back to CRHS and pursuing their professional careers.
Students in all of our Academy Jazz classes finished their Broadway jazz unit before heading off to Spring Break. Each class learned original Broadway/movie choreography and watched clips or movie versions of the dance. We discussed the time periods that each show took place during and what was happening historically in the world including the type of music and costuming.
Enjoy!
Jazz 1 (small group)-All That Jazz/Hot Honey Rag from CHICAGO
Jazz 2-You Can't Stop the Beat-HAIRSPRAY
And now preparations are underway for our Spring Show! April 24th and 25th at the RRISD PAC, 7pm. Presale tickets are $5 sold the week of the show during all lunches and are $8 at the door. Features Royalty Dance team, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Dance 1-4, Ballet Folklorico, as well as special guests from the VPA (choir, band, orchestra)! Hope to see you there!
