School Assembly
Imagine 458 kids along with 30 + adults singing and dancing in an auditorium! All in sync - all in tune! Well, this past Friday, that was OUR school. Every other week our elementary school gathers together in the auditorium and is treated to a whole school assembly presented by a different class or two. Assemblies this year included a tribute to family veterans ; a choral reading about the Pilgrims; a class role playing promoting bullying prevention; a class sharing their family heritage and more. By far there are some whole school assemblies that become 'Boyden' Traditions! Two of those assemblies happened to occur in the same week! Dressed in their best cowboy attire, our annual 'Hoe Down' is held in the gymnasium and shows off the new dancing skills of the fourth grade students. The Virginia Reel, Cotton-Eyed Joe and other dances were featured as part of the culminating unit on 'Pioneers'. Each fourth grade class demonstrates one of the dances they learn...