School food fair. USA food?
Its national food day in a few days at my school and each grade has to do food from a specific country. We are doing USA We thought of Hot dogs, chips and burgers but what else could we do from USA? Its also would be hard to cook burgers and hot dogs there cuz we are 8th graders and don't have much help and we need to be able to serve people quickly and we don't really have access to ovens at the time, only for warming up etc. Also any ideas on creative ways to decorate? Thanks :) XxX
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Drop the burgers. Boil the hot dogs in a pot, and steam the buns for short time to make them softer. Put Kraft cheese slices on the dogs, in the buns , and or chilly sauce, and have mustard, tomato ketchup, and chopped onions to top them. Chips ? As in fried potato's ? Too risky, and too much chance of an accident. Sandwiches are easier than chips . Try this combo, peanut butter and strawberry jam, or chopped salmon with cheese. Both big faves in Canada and the USA. Drinks, Coca cola, and or Orange Juice. Have fun . Jim B. Toronto.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
music in the USA? (high school exchange student)
music in the USA? (high school exchange student)?
hi, im going on exchange to america next year. At the moment i live in Australia, and i go to a selective, gifted and talented music school. I was wondering what happens with music students in america? what happens with lessons? at the moment mine are in normal school classes, i just get taken out of one class a week to do a horn lesson instead. My lessons are private, and we dont have to pay for them. i hire a horn for about $70 through the government, like most people. we do music for four periods a week (aural class, choral class, Lit class and theory class) and we have written and prac exams at the end of every term. my school has four wind bands, three orchestras, about 7 voice ensembles and a whole bunch of smaller bands and ensembles (string quartet etc) we are expected to practice every night, for at least 20 minutes. whats music like in the US? someone said its really uncool to do music, is that true? will my school have a good program? how often will i do music? will my lessons be private? do i have to buy a horn or is one provided? what kind of things will i be doing in class? do thy use solfa and the same techniques as us? do they have the same ensembles we do? im currently in year 10, year 11 next year, but i was thinking of skipping a year just for music, because im obviously going to be ahead in music (because it was an extension school, my current school works a year ahead of most)
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First, many American schools handle this differently. In some, music is "cool" -- especially if you play in some of the upper level jazz/rock/etc. bands. They are in our school. We have a lot of athletes also play in the band for example. In other schools, music is totally NOT cool. It all depends upon where you land. The same will go with most of your other questions. However, in general there is a "band" class. It's a marching (fall) and concert (spring) band. Then there are usually some upper level bands you can participate in ... depending upon the size of your school. Very few schools will offer private lessons -- you'll have to arrange those on your own and they would not be free. As to the level of the programs -- some schools have excellent programs (like ours) others are pretty bad. It will totally depend on where you go. Most will NOT have anything the level you are probably used to unless you end up in a "magnet" school that specializes in music and the arts. There are not many of those around. There will probably be places available for you to rent an instrument. Sometimes you can rent through a school; sometimes you have to go through a private store. If you want a decent one, the store is the way to go. You should have your host family contact the band director of the school you will attend and ask for some of the music they play. I did that when I had a "musical" foreign exchange student. There are some songs that your school band will play at football games, etc. every year that you can work on ahead of time. Good luck!
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hi, im going on exchange to america next year. At the moment i live in Australia, and i go to a selective, gifted and talented music school. I was wondering what happens with music students in america? what happens with lessons? at the moment mine are in normal school classes, i just get taken out of one class a week to do a horn lesson instead. My lessons are private, and we dont have to pay for them. i hire a horn for about $70 through the government, like most people. we do music for four periods a week (aural class, choral class, Lit class and theory class) and we have written and prac exams at the end of every term. my school has four wind bands, three orchestras, about 7 voice ensembles and a whole bunch of smaller bands and ensembles (string quartet etc) we are expected to practice every night, for at least 20 minutes. whats music like in the US? someone said its really uncool to do music, is that true? will my school have a good program? how often will i do music? will my lessons be private? do i have to buy a horn or is one provided? what kind of things will i be doing in class? do thy use solfa and the same techniques as us? do they have the same ensembles we do? im currently in year 10, year 11 next year, but i was thinking of skipping a year just for music, because im obviously going to be ahead in music (because it was an extension school, my current school works a year ahead of most)
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First, many American schools handle this differently. In some, music is "cool" -- especially if you play in some of the upper level jazz/rock/etc. bands. They are in our school. We have a lot of athletes also play in the band for example. In other schools, music is totally NOT cool. It all depends upon where you land. The same will go with most of your other questions. However, in general there is a "band" class. It's a marching (fall) and concert (spring) band. Then there are usually some upper level bands you can participate in ... depending upon the size of your school. Very few schools will offer private lessons -- you'll have to arrange those on your own and they would not be free. As to the level of the programs -- some schools have excellent programs (like ours) others are pretty bad. It will totally depend on where you go. Most will NOT have anything the level you are probably used to unless you end up in a "magnet" school that specializes in music and the arts. There are not many of those around. There will probably be places available for you to rent an instrument. Sometimes you can rent through a school; sometimes you have to go through a private store. If you want a decent one, the store is the way to go. You should have your host family contact the band director of the school you will attend and ask for some of the music they play. I did that when I had a "musical" foreign exchange student. There are some songs that your school band will play at football games, etc. every year that you can work on ahead of time. Good luck!
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Monday, January 24, 2011
USA High School System
USA High School System?
Okay, so I'm from Australia and I'm writing a story based in America, where the students attend American schools. I like to be thorough when writing, so I was just wondering when the major events take place (dates) ? For example; When the school year starts? When/what the holidays are? When Homecoming/Prom/Other major events are? And any other major events that normal American Teens partake in in highschool? Thankyou :) PS; I understand that not all schools are the same and therefore there will not be an EXACT date to these events, but if you can give me something like say, "Beginning of march" or "End of september," somewhere AROUND about when it takes place, that would be perfect.
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I go to school in Massachusetts. School starts in the beginning of September, and we get out around the end of June. We get out of school for the majority of the holidays. (Somewhat of an order) Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, We normally get a week to two weeks for Christmas vacation, There is also April and February vacations. Other main holidays, we get off. As for Homecoming; that is normally the last Home game for the team. It is a big event, especially for Seniors. I had my homecoming last night and I painted my body in my school colors. The football players ran threw a huge decorated sheet of paper, everyone went crazy There are two proms, Junior Prom (May/ a month or so before Senior Prom) and Senior Prom. It is a huge event. Limos, dresses, tuxedos, everything. It's like a wedding, for high school kids. Senior Prom is usually held at the end of Senior year. (May/June) There are also Pep rallies, where all the sports teams are announced and the rest of the school dresses up in school colors and cheers on the players. It's like a spirit day. These are normally held before Homecoming. Hope this helps, anything else, feel free to email me!
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starts: Early September, may be before or after Labor Day About every 2 months there is a vacation: A half week off for Thanksgiving (November 26, for 2009) Christmas Vacation which is obviously around the 25th of December, Winter vacation in February, and spring vacation in April. Summer Vacation starts in the middle of June, and ends in September (the beginning again), in total there are 180 days of school. Major Holidays (the ones that we don't have to go to school for): September 7th, Labor day; October 12, Columbus Day; November 11th, Veteran's Day; January 18th, Martin Luther King Day (he was the foremost civil-rights leader int he U.S, and was later assasinated); May 31, Memorial Day. (I did not include Thanksgiving since that is included in the vacations part). Prom for Juniors and Seniors are held in late spring, normally early May. Mid-terms and Finals (testing) takes place in January and June, they are on the last week of the 2nd and 4th quarter of the school year and mark the end of the 1st and 2nd semester. School dances take place throughout the year.
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Interesting ... School year starts dependent upon the state and federal laws ... usually in mid to late August, although it is supposed to start after Labor Day, first weekend in September. The holidays are usually the common ones ... try a major school district's website and you will have access to the district's calendar which will provide a lot of the data you are asking. Homecoming is in the Fall, Prom in the Spring and there is usually a Winter Dance of some sort in most schools in December, January, or February. There are other events like fairs, beauty pageants, parades, etc. but these depend on the individual district in area. The major change between Australia and the USA is that the USA has 57 different groups that determine how schools operate, it is not centralized. Each state runs it's own school program and each district in the state has some autonomy. There are some district websites listed below ... Hope this helped ...
Okay, so I'm from Australia and I'm writing a story based in America, where the students attend American schools. I like to be thorough when writing, so I was just wondering when the major events take place (dates) ? For example; When the school year starts? When/what the holidays are? When Homecoming/Prom/Other major events are? And any other major events that normal American Teens partake in in highschool? Thankyou :) PS; I understand that not all schools are the same and therefore there will not be an EXACT date to these events, but if you can give me something like say, "Beginning of march" or "End of september," somewhere AROUND about when it takes place, that would be perfect.
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I go to school in Massachusetts. School starts in the beginning of September, and we get out around the end of June. We get out of school for the majority of the holidays. (Somewhat of an order) Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, We normally get a week to two weeks for Christmas vacation, There is also April and February vacations. Other main holidays, we get off. As for Homecoming; that is normally the last Home game for the team. It is a big event, especially for Seniors. I had my homecoming last night and I painted my body in my school colors. The football players ran threw a huge decorated sheet of paper, everyone went crazy There are two proms, Junior Prom (May/ a month or so before Senior Prom) and Senior Prom. It is a huge event. Limos, dresses, tuxedos, everything. It's like a wedding, for high school kids. Senior Prom is usually held at the end of Senior year. (May/June) There are also Pep rallies, where all the sports teams are announced and the rest of the school dresses up in school colors and cheers on the players. It's like a spirit day. These are normally held before Homecoming. Hope this helps, anything else, feel free to email me!
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starts: Early September, may be before or after Labor Day About every 2 months there is a vacation: A half week off for Thanksgiving (November 26, for 2009) Christmas Vacation which is obviously around the 25th of December, Winter vacation in February, and spring vacation in April. Summer Vacation starts in the middle of June, and ends in September (the beginning again), in total there are 180 days of school. Major Holidays (the ones that we don't have to go to school for): September 7th, Labor day; October 12, Columbus Day; November 11th, Veteran's Day; January 18th, Martin Luther King Day (he was the foremost civil-rights leader int he U.S, and was later assasinated); May 31, Memorial Day. (I did not include Thanksgiving since that is included in the vacations part). Prom for Juniors and Seniors are held in late spring, normally early May. Mid-terms and Finals (testing) takes place in January and June, they are on the last week of the 2nd and 4th quarter of the school year and mark the end of the 1st and 2nd semester. School dances take place throughout the year.
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Interesting ... School year starts dependent upon the state and federal laws ... usually in mid to late August, although it is supposed to start after Labor Day, first weekend in September. The holidays are usually the common ones ... try a major school district's website and you will have access to the district's calendar which will provide a lot of the data you are asking. Homecoming is in the Fall, Prom in the Spring and there is usually a Winter Dance of some sort in most schools in December, January, or February. There are other events like fairs, beauty pageants, parades, etc. but these depend on the individual district in area. The major change between Australia and the USA is that the USA has 57 different groups that determine how schools operate, it is not centralized. Each state runs it's own school program and each district in the state has some autonomy. There are some district websites listed below ... Hope this helped ...
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