Some of our talented Ponce de Leon Middle students' Piano Slam 2024 entries! Hopefully we will have some finalists! Thanks to the hard work of Ms. Morell, Mr. Hays, and Ms. Mesa. Music from KarmicBubba - Le Petit Fleur Hip-Hop version. Hope you enjoy!
Getting ready for Piano Slam with a poetry preview! Some short cinquain poems to show the things we are thankful for this season. Music performed by Karmic Bubba - used with permission of the artist - all rights reserved. Please share around the world as we are an International Baccalaureate school.
Special thanks to Marc van der Meulen https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcvdMeulen - all tracks available at https://ghoststoriesincorporated.bandcamp.com/ Including: Domovoi I. Prelude, Ixion's Curse, Out of Sight: The Cursed Piano, Illuminate - Extended, Loneliness, Illuminate (Loop 1), Illuminate (Loop 2), The Haunted Little Girl, and Going Rogue (3D), and of course, a very spooky version of Silent Night! According to his YouTube channel all tracks are free to use, but I purchased his discography t...
Students were Exploring the reaches of outer space as they researched space missions of the 1950s and 1960s - inspired by reading "Feathered Friend" by Arthur C. Clarke. Original music inspired by the TV series Star Trek performed by Karmic Bubba - used with permission of the artist - all rights reserved. Please share around the world as we are an International Baccalaureate school.
Our second episode of Season 7! In this episode we are discussing local and global issues with letters we wrote for the Pulitzer Center (pulitzercenter.org) featuring our @ponceexplorers! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses...
Special thanks to Marc van der Meulen https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcvdMeulen - all tracks available at https://ghoststoriesincorporated.bandcamp.com/ Including: Domovoi I. Prelude, Ixion's Curse, Out of Sight: The Cursed Piano, Illuminate - Extended, Loneliness, Illuminate (Loop 1), Illuminate (Loop 2), The Haunted Little Girl, and Going Rogue (3D). According to his YouTube channel all tracks are free to use, but I purchased his discography to support the artist and if you like the music, you sh...
Poetry Slam 2022 Podcast Edition - a collection of some of our talented students' creative works. Hoping we have some winners for this year's PianoSlam.org poetry contest. Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!)and Relax Music Meditation on YouTube - their page - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKdk1VLuw3bpn788ABH-w and the sample I used - [ No Copyright ] Copyright Free Piano Music | F...
Our premier New Normal Episode! Listen as our gifted IB 8th graders make the poetry form of the ballad their OWN with their interpretations of The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service by performing it to music of their choice. Featuring our @ponceexplorers! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" ...
Ponce Review 2021 Podcast Edition - a collection of some of our talented students' creative works. See paperfreeclass.com for the pdf version of the Ponce Review! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!)and Relax Music Meditation on YouTube - their page - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKdk1VLuw3bpn788ABH-w and the sample I used - [ No Copyright ] Copyright Free Piano Music | Flowing Ri...
Our 1st Episode of Season 3, discussing animal intelligence featuring our @ponceexplorers! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode).
Our 10th Episode, discussing Piano Slam! - featuring our @ponceexplorers! Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: donorschoo.se/e/45vDCd6TmQ (but let's be realistic, no one has contributed so far, so you know I'm just going to have to buy the stuff myself - sigh) Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank yo...
Be sure to vote for your favorite story on www.paperfreeclass.net! The Hunger Artist by Circus Homunculus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Other scary sounds found on http://www.szworld.net/scary-sounds/ and the tolling bells and raven sounds are from http://soundbible.com/2206-Tolling-Bell.html License: Attribution 3.0 Recorded by Daniel Simion and http://soundbible.com/935-Raven.html whic...
Our 8th Episode, discussing the Dust Bowl and Woody Guthrie - see the featured video here - https://youtu.be/jQYKJaWuj0Y - featuring our @ponceexplorers! Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: donorschoo.se/e/45vDCd6TmQ Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commot...
Our 7th Episode, discussing animal intelligence, close reading, and the horror genre featuring our @ponceexplorers! Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: https://donorschoo.se/e/45vDCd6TmQ Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commo...
Our 6th Episode a very special poetry edition of the podcast featuring our @ponceexplorers! Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: https://donorschoo.se/e/45vDCd6TmQ Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://...
Our 5th episode where we talk with our @PonceExplorers about Racing in the Rain and A Tribute to the Dog and some questions about the meaning of life thrown in. Some words about scary stories from our 8th grade class as well. Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: https://donorschoo.se/e/45vDCd6TmQ Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with ...
Our 4th episode where we talk with our @PonceExplorers about Racing in the Rain and The Mixer and some questions about the meaning of life and mythology thrown in. Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode).
Our third episode where we discuss the wonder of dogs and the learning style inventory. Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode).
In our second episode at Ponce, we talk about paranormal experiences to go along with our unit on The Thrill of Horror in 8th grade, and then we hear a little bit about Animal Intelligence from our 6th grade unit. Sadly, one of our groups did not get recorded, so we will catch up with them next week! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com (used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Pod...
Our premiere episode from Ponce Middle! We talk about the middle school experience, IB, and the first week of school! Music from freemusicarchive.org - credit to Scott Holmes for "Teamwork" by scottholmesmusic.com and "Green Fields" by scottholmesmusic.com(used with permission from the artist - thank you!) and Podington Bear for "Squirrel Commotion" used under Creative Commons 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode).
Our 5th period class had a great chat on the blues and Lemon Brown.
Our 6th period group got into the discussion on Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers.
Our debut podcast! Please check it out as we discuss the blues and the Walter Dean Myers story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown".
