Caldwell, Idaho Destination Education, 3 Dec 2022

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From YouTube: Destination Education: 12/3/22

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In this week's #DestinationEducation Episode, we highlight the 5th grade orchestra program along with the early learning curriculum.

Please email jwatts@caldwellschools.org if you have any fun and exciting news stories you would like to share in next week's episode.

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Hello and welcome back to another destination education episode where the students and staff are the stars. We hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving break and we are happy to have everyone back now for this week's episode. We will be highlighting some of the positive things happening in our elementary schools. We start off with the fifth grade Orchestra program, Miss, Allison Lindquist helps run the fifth grade, Orchestra program at Syringa, Middle School, students from Sacajawea Washington and Lewis, and Clark Elementary travel to Syringa middle school every morning to participate in Orchestra.

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This program is also held at Jefferson Middle School for Lincoln Wilson and Van Buren Elementary students, the.

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Earlier they start kind of the longer they have to develop those skills. So that's one of the things. That's really great. We see kind of dividends paid out at the end of their High School career.

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Getting introduced to music at a young age is also very beneficial to a student's entire academic career music helps with reading literacy, history and even math. We.

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Also talk about how music has to be mathematically correct, so with that certain numbers in each beat they have to be placed in the correct spot. There are things you have to do that are similar to addition. Symbols to keep sound moving after the measure as.

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You saw I had the opportunity to sit in on one of their classes, and let me tell you these students are very talented. They will be hosting a Christmas concert on Wednesday December 14th at Caldwell High School at 7 pm. If you would like to see and hear what these students have been working on next, we would like to show you some of the amazing things happening in our early learning. Classrooms preschool through second grade encompasses the district's early learning.

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This is a vital time for every student in their learning career, as it provides the groundwork for their future academic success.

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It's their foundation for the rest of their educational career. Basically, they need letter names. Letter sounds to blend, they need to understand the vowels and where they come into play, if they don't have those skills even going into first grade. It's a struggle.

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Our Educators use their knowledge to make students learning experiences, meaningful, accessible and responsive to each and every child. They also recognize that through their actions, they are influencing children's lifelong dispositions, confidence and approaches to learning. Now we would also like to recognize 112 students who participated in the National novel writing month.

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This year, students wrote over 1 million Words, which is equivalent to almost 3 400 Pages breaking their goal by over 500 000 words. Now, in the spring, these students will be tasked with another writing challenge. We can't wait to see what the next writing challenge will bring.

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Well, we hope you enjoyed your first week back after the Thanksgiving break, now make sure to tune in next week to see where the highlights will take me. Thank you for watching and have a great week.