Once again, Jean Little students will be participating in the national music initiative known as "Music Monday". On the first Monday in May, we will head outdoors at the same time as children all across the country, and will sing the song, "Tomorrow is Coming", by Winnipeg singer/songwriter Luke Doucet. 

The Coalition for Music Education, the organization that started Music Monday, hopes that on May 2 at 11:00 our time (time varies across the country to ensure that the song is being sung at the same moment!), the skies right across Canada will be filled with music. Their idea is to show how music and the arts can galvanize communities, bringing people together for a common, positive and healthy goal.

If you'd like to learn the song, you can listen to it at www.musicmakesus.ca, or www.musicmonday.ca, follow the initiative on Facebook or Twitter, and you can download the song from iTunes for $0.99. Mr. Cutz will be teaching the song in his music lessons - you can help by practicing it at home with your children - then you can come and join us that morning, too!

On Friday, April 8th, 2011, all elementary and secondary schools in the Upper Grand District School Board will be closed to students to allow staff to participate in professional activities. [ Read More ]

Jean Little musicians are once again participating in  

the Upper Grand Elementary Music Teachers' Association (UGEMTA) Music Festival. This is a terrific opportunity for our students to really show their stuff. Many thanks to all of the parents who offered their assistance - we actually had far more volunteers than we needed! Everyone is invited to attend the performances - they will be held at the Legion Hall on York Road in Guelph, and they are free.

Here's the schedule for the two-day event: 

    Monday, March 7, 2011 

    ~   Bus leaves Jean Little at 11:30 am 

    ~   Grade 7 Band performs at 1:30 pm 

    ~   Grade 8 Band performs at 2:00 pm 

    ~   Dragon Drummers perform at 2:30 pm 

    ~   Bus returns to Jean Little by 3:10 pm 

    Tuesday, March 8, 2011 

    ~   Bus leaves Jean Little at 11:30 am 

    ~   Primary-Junior Choir performs at 12:30 pm 

    ~   Intermediate Glee Choir performs at 1:00 pm 

    ~   Bus returns to Jean Little by 3:00 pm 

Participating students must wear their Jean Little Music t-shirt. We are aware of size issues for some of our younger singers - we are trying to sort that out before the performances on Tuesday. Thanks for your patience.

Be sure to mark your calendars for other upcoming performances by our talented musicians: 

~ Our two bands and our Dragon Drummers will participate in the Kiwanis Music Festival (March 31 or April 1 - TBA)

~ Same groups will perform at the Spring Concert at Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute

~ Monthly spirit assemblies

And thanks for your ongoing and enthusiastic support of the arts programs at Jean Little Public School!