SHEDSOMELIGHT

Christ Our Savior Catholic School

Greetings From Your Parish School

Thank you to those who recently provided items for our Gala/Fashion Show basket raffle or a donated a monetary gift to our Scholarship Fund: Our Lady of Knock Parish, Sister Mary Paul-Superintendent of Catholic Schools, The Berryhill Family, Zoom Clean Car Wash, Misch Foods, Steffens Bakery, Kathy Madden, Karen Rogers, Rhonda Szczepanski, Pitts-Hill Family, Barb Campa, and the Childress Family.

The students in grades 3-4 attended a performance by the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday, May 4. Prior to the trip, students were introduced to musical terms, components of an orchestra and the job of a conductor. Additionally students learned about the composers and the musical pieces that they would be hearing. Percussion instruments were spotlighted in “Concerto for Percussion.” Students were amazed by the ability of the soloist to play 16 different instruments throughout the piece! The other two pieces “Peter and the Wolf” and “Gerald McBoing Boing” were narrated pieces that combined music with story telling. The entire performance was phenomenal, however, the student’s clear cut favorite was “Gerald McBoing Boing.” The music helps tell the story of the Dr. Seuss book by the same name. It is a story of a boy who cannot speak but makes percussion sounds instead. He is ridiculed and bullied and called Gerald McBoing Boing instead of his real name Gerald McCloy. Gerald gets the last laugh when his uniqueness lands him a job doing sound effects on the radio. Thus he becomes rich and famous!

Several of our 5^th grade students who are enrolled in the Violin Exploratory class performed for patients at the Ingalls Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, May 5. Ms. Prentice Johnson, one of our music teachers, has been teaching the children this instrument. The students did a superb job and put a big smile on many of patients’ faces that day!

The Spring Scholastic Book is here through the week of May 16-20. If you are interested in purchasing any books from the Fair, please contact the school office at 708.333.8173

With God’s Blessings,

Cindy Rogers, Principal

Karen Brodzik, Assistant Principal