#twin beech elementary

[greeneyedsims]

Everly Clinton’s little snaggle-toothed facial expressions crack me up. If she’s bored, she’s gonna let you know about it. lol

Teacher, Mr. Acharaya, is so long-winded...all of the students are bored to death, today.  Loren got up from her seat to go work on her art project in the back of the room, and she’s pretty pleased with how it’s turning out.  Looks like a tree with glitter leaves. :)

[greeneyedsims]

Cafeteria attendant, Lily Feng, enjoys sitting with the kids during lunchtime. Kids always have the most interestingly funny and weird conversations.

Loren:  Hi SayJ!

SayJ: I had a good time at your house last night, sorry you lost your voidcritter game. I was hoping you’d win.   (I think SayJ Cunningham might have a tiny school boy crush on Loren.)

Elmer:  You weren’t even watching the game, like I was, SayJ. I had fun too... but guys, it’s time to go to gym! Come on!

SayJ: Race ya!

SayJ Makes a run for the stairs behind them, before Elmer even realizes he took off.

..so fast, Loren makes crazy eyes: Bllughh-bllbrb-bllllluuuh!!  

Elmer Valdes enjoys dancing, they all do, but he also knows it’s the last class of the day..and like most of them, he’s ready to go home.

[greeneyedsims]

While playing Twin Beech Elementary, I noticed a very lovely singing voice coming from somewhere...I looked outside. Nope..

I twirled my camera around to find the source because the song sounded so nice...I turned this way, that way..and went floor to floor...  Aaah...here it is.

It’s Principal V!  That’s what the kids call her.  Principal Venkataraman was a jazz singer in her younger days. And every now and then, she’s inspired to strike up an old tune in her office.

Anvi Venkataraman.:  Ohh, don’t mind me..singing makes my day go by faster, chile.

[greeneyedsims]

Sierra marched past the lockers, dreading today’s lesson in class.  She never practiced her music over the weekend. 

She can do math and reading all day...figure out the toughest equations for a first grader, understand the major historical events of the world and put them in a timeline...but...put a sheet of music in front of her, and the notes jump off the page and fly away.  She just can’t get it.

And, today is music appreciation day at school..all the students will be tested on a solo they were given to learn by reading the sheet music.

Sierra just hopes she isn’t the first one called.

As soon as that thought clears her head, Mr. Acharaya calls her to the front.

Sierra whispers to the student sitting next to her:  Did he just say my name?

She screeches out the first bar, and then remembers how to turn the bow and relax her thumb and keep her elbow up...the rest of it sounded okay, a few missed notes, but it’s totally based on memory and how the music sounded in her ear when Mr. Acharaya played it again before they started. She didn’t play the entire solo, only half of it....she put the violin down and takes a dramatic curtsy as if she just played one of the greatest symphonies.

She waited for the kids to laugh, but they didn’t...each one of them was as petrified to go next, as she was.

Mr. Acharaya asked her to continue her practicing at home.  He says she did a good job, and she’s on the right track.  She made a B today.  Sierra can’t believe it.