Sunday, June 7, 2015

The Last Assembly of the School Year

Hello future readers!

Last week, we had our last assembly of the school year. I always get kind of  a happy/sad feeling at the end of the term. Happy because summer vacation's coming, and I'll get to go to camp and the pool and far out things like that. And sad because it's weird when you spend every day going to school, following a routine, seeing your teachers, and then you just don't anymore. Some of my friends think I'm weird for liking school, but I've got the world's greatest teacher, I get to see all my friends every day, I love getting commendation cards, and I even got a better grade on my Math test last Friday. And best of all, I'm in Baton Club! Speaking of Baton Club, we always have our performance for the last assembly. I don't even get nervous anymore. But I knew Susan and Raychel were a little shook. It was also the 4th grade's turn for Color Guard again, and this time Danny was leading. His mom was so proud of him. She came to assembly (along with the other mothers of us kids in Baton and Color Guard), and even made Danny wear a tie! Man, did he ever hate that! She kept snapping photos, and embarrassing the heck outta him, saying he looked like such a "little man"! Poor Danny! Sometimes parents just don't get that us kids don't like them gushing over us in public like that. (I heard Danny tell Jason that he packed some "normal" clothes in his book bag to change into after assembly).  Anyway, both the Color Guard and the Baton Club were backstage, and Mrs. Taylor warned us to be quiet while she was making the announcements. I peeked through the curtains, and saw everyone waiting for the assembly to start..










Mrs. Taylor went out onstage and gave a speech how she was very proud of all the kids for having such a great school year, and how wonderful it was to have parents to enjoy volunteering for field trips, school dances and fund raising. She was also very proud of all the kids in her Music class, Art class, and Baton Club, and that she was going to miss us all during the summer.


Then she announced it was time for the Color Guard to come onstage, and she went and sat at the piano, and played their theme song. There was Danny and April from Mrs. Johnson's class, and Sunny and Kim from Miss LaSalle's class. Danny led the girls onto the stage.



He led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance and "America The Beautiful".





Then each kid in the Color Guard saluted the flag as they left the stage.


Even though Danny was happy to be chosen to lead the Color Guard, I knew he was glad when it was over. I remember how many bats were flying around in my stomach when Miss LaSalle chose me to lead.

Anyway, after we sang "America The Beautiful", Mrs. Taylor introduced The Baton Club! We were performing to "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees, and "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire.







Susan almost tripped going out onstage, but she got her act together and was outta site!










I think we were pretty groovy, if I do say so myself. My mom brought her new Super 8 movie camera and filmed the whole perfirmance. Far out! I think I'll ask my mom if I could invite Susan and Raychel over for dinner next week,  so we can watch the movie of us doing our baton routine. I'll bet they'd really like that!



Until next time, future readers,
Your friend,
Julie Newman

21 comments:

  1. Wow, Julie! You guys all did a terrific job! Is the school year over for you yet? It is for me! I hope you have a groovy summer!
    *Sunny

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    1. Thanks Sunny!

      It was so much fun! When I came home from school, Mom set up the projector and we watched the film of our baton performance together. She was really proud of me. We get out of school this coming Friday, and don't go back til the middle of September. Yippee!

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    2. That's so exciting!! I hope Friday comes fast for you!
      By the way, what exactly is a Super 8? Why is it called that? (As you can tell, we don't have those in the future.)
      *Sunny

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    3. Hi Sunny,

      A Super 8 is a really cool movie camera that's supposed to be better than other 8mm cameras, though I'm not exactly sure why. My Uncle Richard sent my mom a groovy new Super 8 camera and film projector for Christmas last year. Now my mom really digs on taking home movies, and she says maybe we can buy a couple of movies so we can have friends over to watch them during the summer.

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  2. Looks like you guys did an awesome job! I remember being sad when school was out because a lot of my friends didn't live near me, so I didn't get to see them all summer. I still had fun though with some of my other friends who were younger and older than I was. Have a terrific summer!

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    1. Thanks Flo!

      Wow...I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my friends around during the summer. Since I don't have any brothers or sisters, I love that there's always someone around to have a slumber party with, or hang out at the playground or go to the record store or the swimming pool with. It's good you still had some friends to play with, even if they weren't the ones you went to school with.

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  3. Hi Julie,
    I wonder why girls like to get dressed up and boys don't. Oh well, Danny sure looks sharp in his tie. Well done, Color Guard!
    Fawn

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    1. Well, I only like to get dressed up for special times like picture day, school dances, holidays and things like that. If Danny had his way, he'd never dress up! As soon as his mom left, I saw him whisper to Mrs. Johnson, and then he ran to the boys bathroom to change into his "normal" clothes.

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  4. Julie, How do you keep your hair so pretty? Some of my friends Abby and Emma just can't keep their hair nice! I think they are from another part of spring field.

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    1. HAHAHAHA! That's pretty funny! My mom presses my hair to keep it looking groovy!

      *From Julie's doll mom:*

      I have hair care videos for Springfield dolls on YouTube. Check out my channel Hardygirl66. I hope it will help.

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  5. From Emmett: at my school, assemblies are called, "community circle." We don't have a baton club or color guard, but we have a choir and a cheerleading club. My mom has a video camera right on her phone! (It's a cordless phone called a cell phone.) She is always recording our school programs, and we can watch them right on the phone. Nowadays phones are called smart, and they have cameras, computers, and video recorders in one machine you can hold in your hand.

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    1. Hey Emmett,

      Are you in choir or cheerleading?

      And I'm not sure if you're teasing me about all that other stuff about phones in the future, but it sure sounds weird!

      *From Julie's doll mom:*

      Hey Emmett, ask your mom if she would have believed if all that stuff was possible when she was a little girl.

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  6. You girls look great doing your baton routine!!! Everyone is perfectly together--that must have taken a lot of practice. Those were really good songs for your routine, too.

    I hope you get to do just as many far-out, fun things in the summer as you did during the school year, Thank you for sharing all your fun activities with your future readers!

    Happy summer vacation!

    --Alice

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    1. Hi Alice,

      Yeah, it took s lot of work getting those routines down. Every Thursday after school, and sometimes at each other's houses. Mrs. Taylor said we did a great job! I hope you will keep reading about my adventures during the summer!

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  7. The last day of school is always happy and sad. I love your baton twirling though! I always wanted to learn to twirl.

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    1. Thanks! I love baton twirling! It's so much fun, and pretty easy once you get the hang of it!

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  8. Wow Julie. Looks like you had a lot of fun. I totally understand how you feel about school letting out being sad and exciting. I always enjoy camps, but I miss my friends and teachers. I am home-schooled, but I go to another place to have lessons on history and English. (in the future they call it a co-op).
    For my end of the school year, all my classes got together for lunch. We had finals and then went home. What is the last day of school like for you? (I guess you just had it)
    Samantha

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    1. Yep, it was today. We have only half a day of school.(We get out before lunch time). We pretty much get to play games and stuff, b/c we're just saying good-bye to the teachers for the summer, there isn't any school work, and the classrooms look empty. My teacher Miss LaSalle goes to France to visit her family for the summer. I'll miss her during summer vacation.

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    2. We had a shorter day, too. I miss my teachers, but I live with one of them (my mom) ��. Sadly, our last day had two tests and a monologue due. I am really glad that school is out.
      Melodie

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    3. Wow, that's a bummer! But at least you don't have to think about it anymore. It's summer vacation!

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