More New Exploratories

More New Exploratories

By: Kayla Mathews


Last week on the MVMS Newspaper, I published a story about the new exploratories. We talked about the new exploratory World Travelers. Apperently Mrs. Wertz is changing one of her exploratories, Bookmaking, into an exploratory that was here last year. It is called World Travelers. They are switching French to second period and World Travelers to first period.

This week in this article we are going to talk about Band, Choir, Drums, and P.E. I hope that you will take these things into consideration when you choose your new exploratories.

Band is very fun. We work on lots of fun songs. We are going to Laughlin this semester. The songs we are playing are "Cloudburst" and "Fanfare to Joy." This is a song that is based on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." Band is taught by Mr. Lester, and he is very fun to work with.

Choir is also taught by Mr. Lester. They perform at the concerts also. Last year they went to Laughlin and got a Superior rating. Along with the Middle School Band, High School Band, and Show Choir.

Drums are taught by Ms. Osborn. She teaches them at the same time as band. The drums also perform with the band, but they also do their own pieces also. Last concert, they performed "Santa of Seville" and "O Come all ye Faithful" with the band. Then they did their own piece, "Deck the Halls."

Ms. Osborn plans to take her drumline to competitions in Las Vegas. They will go to a High School competition and a Middle School competition. They will also perform with the band at the Laughlin Festival.

P.E. is taught by Mr. Cluff. So far they have done sports such as badminton, basketball, sissy-ball, and flag football. One students said, "Yeah, P.E.'s fun, but I wish he wouldn't change it." What she meant was that now Mr. Cluff is going to have the P.E. students lift weights. He is going to focus more on physical fitness.

This is the last article that I'm going to be able to publish about exploratories. I apologize for not being able to get all the exploratories in, but I did what I could. We hope that you all have a great semester!