STUDIO NEWS:
Our Musical winter Olympics 2010 is on full swing. The 3 teams are Canada, China and England. Most teams have completed the ice hockey and curling challenges. The scores are very tight right now, so keep practising kids to get your score up there!!. Medals will be distributed first week of March !!
February: Pennies for practice - We are practising to collect pennies towards the Fireman's foundation CampBucko.

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March - Getting ready for Kiwanis and exams!!
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Our Christmas party 2009 was held on Dec 12th and was a big success. All the kids perfomed very well esp the wee ones and parents did well in the games that followed and everyone enjoyed the goodies afterward. Music, fun, food, camaraderie- it was an enjoyable afternoon for all - Thanks to all the parents who brought in food esp the different ethnic foods !!
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Important dates to remember:
Kiwanis festival - April 26th 2010
Annual Spring recital date : May 30th,
2010 at First Baptist Church , Waterloo.
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Excused Absences from School:
Note: Ontario parents are allowed by law to withdraw their children from school to attend a weekly music lesson. Scroll down to section 21.(2).(e) of this link:
Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter E.2, Part II, Section 21.(2), (e)
Music Credits
From the Ontario Ministry of Education, click on this link to see the new parameters for music credits:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/133.html
Other Interesting websites for you to check out:
www.practicespot.com
www.theviolincase.com
