SBEC 6th Grade Band

The SBEC 6^th grade band has been making huge strides this year in and out of the classroom.  The group has been working out of a new method book titled “Measures to Success” which has pushed the students to perform at a very high level.  This past week the class has been working on many new pieces that can be performed as a soloist or as a duet.  We have also introduced a new program called “Smartmusic” that they can play along with.  This program acts as an accompaniment for the student and can also show them what mistakes they are making in the piece.  The students are really buying into this new system and the results have been amazing.  The group will be performing three more times this year for the 5^th grade class, 6^th grade promotion, and for their big spring concert with the Jr. High Band in May.

Mr. Berryhill

Director of Bands

Pi Day Celebrations at SBEC

All students in SBEC’s math department celebrated Pi Day on March 9 along with thousands of other schools across the United States (Since SBEC was dismissed for Spring Break on the actual Pi Day, March 14, we celebrated it a little early.).

Students learned the significance of pi in Mrs. Smith’s class as they wrote the value of pi to 8000 decimal places. Mrs. Smith also invited her students to find their birthday within the digits of pi. 

In Mrs. Cloud’s Algebra 1 class the students talked quite a bit about Albert Einstein whose birthday is on March 14. Students also enjoyed eating a variety of pies. Mrs. Clayton and Mrs. Fox’s students also joined in the fun of having lots of sweet round treats. Mrs. Clayton challenged her students to learn as many digits of pi as possible. Josh Kimberlin and Megan Filka learned the first 100 decimal places of pi! The AP Calculus students also enjoyed pi day by eating pizza pies that were homemade by Mr. Wrigley.  

Debra Cloud

SBEC Math Teacher