Peace is the moment between
ending today’s tasks
and picking up anew…

Another successful student orchestra concert is under our belts…

The children looked spectacular as usual, and sounded even better. Here is a clip of the Brass Choir, performing a short fanfare from “La Peri” by Paul Dukas, French composer of the early 20th century.

I am posting this a little ahead of YouTube’s processing curve. Tonight starts another round of class. Off to learn!

For comparison, here is a link to a professional group, performing the same fanfare in an Italian church.

April is National Poetry Month.

To celebrate, many schools and organizations are sponsoring write-a-thons or special events.

For those of you who follow my quest to actually do something worth doing, well don’t look here! NaPoWriMo begins this Wednesday, and I will be blogging a poem each day (or else). But I won’t be soliciting donations. Instead, I encourage you to find a literacy-promoting organization that speaks to you, and donate a little something. Or volunteer!

Over at the WITS blog, they have created a nifty set of gadgets and gizmos to help you stay connected with their students’ work. Check out the Get Your Poem a Day post. This is an organization I whole-heartedly recommend.

Poets.org has all kinds of nifty ideas as well. I acquired one of their posters to use with the 6th graders I help with… and if you want to see if there’s anything happening locally for you, they have a handy interactive map for the United States!

Oh, and I added (temporarily, it doesn’t really fit) a WITS Poem a Day widget in the sidebar. Enjoy!