Grimes School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with special show
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Grimes School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with special show
Students and staff at Grimes School received a special and informative presentation on Hispanic Heritage Month by their peers on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The show had various aspects to inform the audience about Hispanic culture such as carnival dancing, poetry in English and Spanish, and more.
The main act of the performance was the MTV Grimes-Famous Latin Singers show, where presenters went to the mic to teach the audience about different Hispanic singers in genres ranging from jazz to rap. Singers included Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Vincente Fernandez, Bad Bunny, Pitbull, and Juan Luis Guerra.
“The show is mostly about all the famous Hispanic musicians,” said Blessing Karikari, eighth grade student at Grimes School. “I learned more about them than I thought and most of them wrote my new favorite songs.”
After learning about Hispanic performers who helped shape and shift the music industry, the audience listened to live jazz music, watched students salsa dance and enjoyed a performance from the English as a New Language (ENL) Chorus Group. At the end of the show, the Hispanic heritage performers thanked all of those who helped make the show possible.
“It was a team effort,” said Joycelyn Rios, ENL teacher at Grimes. "We created a bulletin board, we did morning announcements, we did the door contest, bulletin board contest, all the little details, it was a team effort, couldn’t have done it without everyone.”
Grades 6 through 8 will perform in another Hispanic heritage celebration on Friday, November 17.
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Second grade students in Nikysha Copeland Bey’s class at Grimes School presented museum display projects for their Native American unit on Thursday, November 30, 2023. The displays modeled the several regions across the country that Native Americans lived in.
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Grimes School third grade students were introduced to rats, reptiles and the softest animal in the world when Niall Fitzgerald, naturalist educator at Greenburgh Nature Center, visited the school on Friday, December 1, 2023.
Students and staff at Grimes School received a special and informative presentation on Hispanic Heritage Month by their peers on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The show had various aspects to inform the audience about Hispanic culture such as carnival dancing, poetry in English and Spanish, and more.
![Students showing off their candle bags.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699894859/mtvernoncsdorg/accelfsjbi5rxobytwpp/ShynaeDavis-3.jpg","width":1920}])
Fragrance wafted through the classroom at Grimes School as students tried different combinations to create homemade candles. Shynae Davis, founder of Honey Notes LLC, visited Grimes on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, and conducted a candle-making workshop for seventh grade students.
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![Parents with a teacher]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695393794/mtvernoncsdorg/zgfbznuhp3zqsudretsz/IMG_0760.jpg","width":2200}])
Parents came out to Grimes School to meet their students' teachers and were greeted with live music from a drummer and guitarist. Grimes School held their back to school meet and greet on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
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Grimes School welcomed families to a Back to School Orientation on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Parents and students were able to meet staff, receive school supply lists and learn day-to-day procedures.
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On June 8, 2023, Grimes School English as a New Language (ENL) teacher Pamela Bergins' 4th, 5th and 6th grade ENL students had the opportunity to meet the author of the book they have been reading for the past few months.