The 7th graders enter class excited to create music, if not always sure what type they’ll make: Will they play guitar? Conga drums? Electric keyboard? The mix of music, and who plays each instrument, stays somewhat fluid. “They’re learning rhythm, they’re learning notes, and they’re learning musical terms on all these things,” says Justin Olson. …
Everyone would agree that a key component to being successful this year is the ability to be flexible and adapt to change. That has always been the case for SEED’s largest fundraising event, Swing with Shorewood, usually held in early March each year. This year will certainly look different, but it has looked different before …
“This was a big brainstorming; how am I going to do this, because I still want this to happen?” That was the question perplexing SIS French teacher Annette Koerten as she pondered how she could continue the pen pal program she had been facilitating pre-COVID between her students in Shorewood and students in Paris and …