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Wellesley High School Drama Society (Theater Productions): Kara Sullivan
Wellesley High School Moving Company (Dance): Janet Sozio
Wellesley Middle School Drama: Leah Fine and Katie Speed
Wellesley Middle School Chorus: Lauren Connors
Wellesley High School Moving Company (Dance): Janet Sozio
Wellesley Middle School Drama: Leah Fine and Katie Speed
Wellesley Middle School Chorus: Lauren Connors
NEWS
Wellesley Public Schools
K-12 Performing Arts Department
Mr. Michael M. LaCava, Director
lacavam@wellesleyps.org
July 27, 2020
Dear Wellesley POPS Community,
I hope you are all doing well and having a great summer so far!
I wanted to reach out again to all of you as we are at the halfway point of the summer and last week, the Department of Education released their initial guidelines on how Performing Arts courses/programs should run this fall. I’m sure you have also been wondering what our programs might potentially look like this year so I hope this information is helpful to you and your student.
The Performing Arts Staff and I have been working together for the past few months as we anticipated potential changes for our programs as we look to reopening schools this fall. Knowing that we may need to adjust our curriculum and offer programs in new and creative ways, staff members have been attending webinars, consulting with colleagues within the state and beyond, as well as investigating and testing online platforms for our ensembles and courses.
Although the guidelines may be challenging in certain circumstances, the faculty and I are confident we can and are committed to offering a robust Performing Arts curriculum and experience in whichever format/schedule that we are operating in. We also know that these are the initial guidelines and we expect that adjustments may be made as we move through the rest of the summer and into the fall based on the state data and district adjustments.
We all agree that our traditional way of presenting concerts, performances and daily classes will have to be adjusted in this current situation, but we also know that students will have a positive experience and look forward to working with them this upcoming school year.
Each teacher/director will provide more specific information in the coming weeks on what their particular curriculum/program will look like but in the meantime, I hope this communication is helpful and you are reassured that we will continue to offer the outstanding Performing Arts programs in the Wellesley Public Schools.
Thank you again for all of your support during these challenging times and I look forward to working with POPS again this year to continue to support our Performing Arts programs
Sincerely,
Michael LaCava
May 14, 2020
To the POPS Community,
We are delighted to announce our 2020 POPS Grants! Through your generosity, POPS has awarded $28,038 to K-12 Performing Arts programs in the Wellesley Public Schools. In addition, we have put $14,027 towards the Long-Term fund and supported the programs through $1817 in discretionary funds for a total of $43,882 this year.
Our grants this year were for the following:
We would like to thank the POPS community! Your generosity is very much appreciated by the faculty, staff and entire community of Wellesley.
Sincerely,
The POPS Executive Board
Patti Ayer and Molly Coté, Co-Presidents
Marisa Gandler, Vice President
Shari Prussin, Secretary
Jen Caiazzo, Treasurer
Barb Condon, Print Publicity
Laura Foody, Social Media Publicity
Heather Schaefer, WHS Drama Rep
Lesley Prowda, WMS Drama Rep
Darlene Howland, Past President
K-12 Performing Arts Department
Mr. Michael M. LaCava, Director
lacavam@wellesleyps.org
July 27, 2020
Dear Wellesley POPS Community,
I hope you are all doing well and having a great summer so far!
I wanted to reach out again to all of you as we are at the halfway point of the summer and last week, the Department of Education released their initial guidelines on how Performing Arts courses/programs should run this fall. I’m sure you have also been wondering what our programs might potentially look like this year so I hope this information is helpful to you and your student.
The Performing Arts Staff and I have been working together for the past few months as we anticipated potential changes for our programs as we look to reopening schools this fall. Knowing that we may need to adjust our curriculum and offer programs in new and creative ways, staff members have been attending webinars, consulting with colleagues within the state and beyond, as well as investigating and testing online platforms for our ensembles and courses.
Although the guidelines may be challenging in certain circumstances, the faculty and I are confident we can and are committed to offering a robust Performing Arts curriculum and experience in whichever format/schedule that we are operating in. We also know that these are the initial guidelines and we expect that adjustments may be made as we move through the rest of the summer and into the fall based on the state data and district adjustments.
We all agree that our traditional way of presenting concerts, performances and daily classes will have to be adjusted in this current situation, but we also know that students will have a positive experience and look forward to working with them this upcoming school year.
Each teacher/director will provide more specific information in the coming weeks on what their particular curriculum/program will look like but in the meantime, I hope this communication is helpful and you are reassured that we will continue to offer the outstanding Performing Arts programs in the Wellesley Public Schools.
Thank you again for all of your support during these challenging times and I look forward to working with POPS again this year to continue to support our Performing Arts programs
Sincerely,
Michael LaCava
May 14, 2020
To the POPS Community,
We are delighted to announce our 2020 POPS Grants! Through your generosity, POPS has awarded $28,038 to K-12 Performing Arts programs in the Wellesley Public Schools. In addition, we have put $14,027 towards the Long-Term fund and supported the programs through $1817 in discretionary funds for a total of $43,882 this year.
Our grants this year were for the following:
- 2 French Horns for the WMS Band Program
- A replacement Piano for the WHS Orchestra
- A keyboard and amplifier for the WMS Jazz Band
- Instrument purchases for the music programs at each K-5 school
- New lighting and related equipment for the WMS auditorium
- An amazing workshop by Dr. Bethany Nelson for the 6th and 8th grade drama students
- Enrichment for the faculty with Professional Development at every level of the K-12 schools.
We would like to thank the POPS community! Your generosity is very much appreciated by the faculty, staff and entire community of Wellesley.
Sincerely,
The POPS Executive Board
Patti Ayer and Molly Coté, Co-Presidents
Marisa Gandler, Vice President
Shari Prussin, Secretary
Jen Caiazzo, Treasurer
Barb Condon, Print Publicity
Laura Foody, Social Media Publicity
Heather Schaefer, WHS Drama Rep
Lesley Prowda, WMS Drama Rep
Darlene Howland, Past President
Wellesley Public Schools Students Selected for All-State Music Ensembles
On Saturday, January 25th, students from the Wellesley High School Music Department auditioned for the All-State Music Ensembles at Shrewsbury High School. Students qualified for these auditions by scoring in the top half of the Eastern District Auditions held in November. The musicians auditioned with approximately 950 students from across Massachusetts for one of the positions in the All-State ensembles.
This year, 15 students from Wellesley High School were selected to participate based on their audition. Being a member of these ensembles is the highest honor for a high school music student in Massachusetts.
The All-State Festival is sponsored by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) and will be held March 5th-March 7th. Students selected will rehearse for two days in Boston before performing at historic Symphony Hall in Boston on Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m.
Congratulations to all of the students involved and also to the faculty members who assisted the students in preparing for these auditions.
The following students were selected:
ALL-STATE BAND:
Jessica Klurfeld, Clarinet
Isabelle Lee, French Horn
Nicholas Lee, French Horn
Connor McDonald, Trombone
Arjuna Sivapala, Bassoon
Lau Yeung Wong, Tuba
ALL-STATE CHORUS
Melchor Becker, Bass
Ryan Colone, Tenor
Michael Ossam, Tenor
Sebastian Sanchez, Tenor
Norah Schaefer, Alto
Alexander Schneider, Bass
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA
Jae Min Ahn, Violin
Brendan Hill, Viola
Jeremy Kim, Violin
Faculty Members who assisted these students are:
Kevin McDonald, Choir; Steve Scott, Band and Sergey Khanukaev, Orchestra
For more information, contact Mr. Michael LaCava, K-12 Director of Performing Arts at the above address, phone number, and e-mail.
On Saturday, January 25th, students from the Wellesley High School Music Department auditioned for the All-State Music Ensembles at Shrewsbury High School. Students qualified for these auditions by scoring in the top half of the Eastern District Auditions held in November. The musicians auditioned with approximately 950 students from across Massachusetts for one of the positions in the All-State ensembles.
This year, 15 students from Wellesley High School were selected to participate based on their audition. Being a member of these ensembles is the highest honor for a high school music student in Massachusetts.
The All-State Festival is sponsored by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) and will be held March 5th-March 7th. Students selected will rehearse for two days in Boston before performing at historic Symphony Hall in Boston on Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m.
Congratulations to all of the students involved and also to the faculty members who assisted the students in preparing for these auditions.
The following students were selected:
ALL-STATE BAND:
Jessica Klurfeld, Clarinet
Isabelle Lee, French Horn
Nicholas Lee, French Horn
Connor McDonald, Trombone
Arjuna Sivapala, Bassoon
Lau Yeung Wong, Tuba
ALL-STATE CHORUS
Melchor Becker, Bass
Ryan Colone, Tenor
Michael Ossam, Tenor
Sebastian Sanchez, Tenor
Norah Schaefer, Alto
Alexander Schneider, Bass
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA
Jae Min Ahn, Violin
Brendan Hill, Viola
Jeremy Kim, Violin
Faculty Members who assisted these students are:
Kevin McDonald, Choir; Steve Scott, Band and Sergey Khanukaev, Orchestra
For more information, contact Mr. Michael LaCava, K-12 Director of Performing Arts at the above address, phone number, and e-mail.
NEW!! POPS IS GOING GREEN!!
CONSIDER OFFERING YOUR UNNEEDED ATTIRE PIECES FOR DISCOUNTED SALE TO OTHER POPS FAMILIES! Just drop your information into the spreadsheet and someone may contact you in the future. If you are looking for items for your student, feel free to peruse the items and contact the seller. Click the green button above!
CONSIDER OFFERING YOUR UNNEEDED ATTIRE PIECES FOR DISCOUNTED SALE TO OTHER POPS FAMILIES! Just drop your information into the spreadsheet and someone may contact you in the future. If you are looking for items for your student, feel free to peruse the items and contact the seller. Click the green button above!
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Parents of Performing Students is grateful to the Wellesley Bank Charitable Foundation for their sponsorship of the 2018-2019 Wellesley High School Drama Program.
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