Chorus students from schools throughout the Glendale High School
cluster are sure to make a joyful noise when they gather for the
Glendale Cluster Choral Festival on Thursday at Wilson Middle School.
Students and their choral directors have been working hard at each
school site to prepare for the event, which begins in the afternoon
with a series of workshops on voice, movement and musicianship. At 7
p.m., students will perform for their parents in the Wilson
auditorium.
The festival is made possible by a grant from the Los Angeles
Children's Chorus, whose artistic director, Anne Tomlinson, will
serve as guest conductor. Charlotte Smurthwaite, Wilson's choral
director and a vocal coach for the children's chorus, working with
the district's other choral directors, is host for the workshops.
Here's what's happening at Glendale cluster schools.
CERRITOS ELEMENTARY
They'll be celebrating Tuesday, where higher student test scores
this past spring helped the school beat its 2002 Academic Performance
Index target by 23 points. Also sharing the spotlight Tuesday will
be Nestle USA employees Lori Cunningham and Steve Thomas, who will be
recognized for 10 years of volunteer service at the school.
GLENOAKS ELEMENTARY
Glenoaks families will want to make plans to attend the school
foundation's family social and fund-raiser, set for 2 p.m. Nov. 17 at
the Los Angeles Zoo. Tickets need to be purchased through the school
and picked up there prior to the event. Once at the zoo, look for
other Glenoaks families at the play park in the center of the zoo.
HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY
Students will be making 10-foot ice-cream sundaes in every
classroom to celebrate the school's new Advanced Performance Index
rating of 660, up 34 points from last year.
Teachers, meanwhile, are receiving training on how to improve
writing instruction. Geologists will be visiting sixth-grade classes
Nov. 21 to talk about their jobs and how they prepared for them.
JOHN MARSHALL ELEMENTARY
The Music Docent Program continues Fridays for all students in the
primary grades. PTA parents will meet at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. Music
ensemble assemblies for all students are set for Nov. 19. A workshop
for parents on how mathematics is taught in first grade is Nov. 21.
For more information, call the school office at 242-6834.
JOHN MUIR ELEMENTARY
Principal Amaly Avakian reminds all Muir parents and friends to
fill up at Mary's Mobil on the corner of Verdugo Road and Colorado
Boulevard. Mention John Muir, and the station will donate a
