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Schmittle Bio

Ms. Schmittle holds a K-12 teaching endorsement in music. Ms. Schmittle graduated with honors from Temple University in Philadelphia with degrees in music education and Spanish language and literature. She is certified in all three levels of Orff Schulwurk. She is dedicated to public school education and arts integration. She has been teaching at Decatur since 2015. Her favorite way to teach music is through active music making and utilizing student created performances. When she is not teaching, she enjoys cooking, singing in many choirs in the city, and being outdoors.
 

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Visit each of the Essentials teachers during Report Card Pickup by dropping in to our spaces listed below.

PE (Cherry) - Gymnasium | [email protected]

Dance (Branch) - Dance Studio 101 | [email protected]

Music (Schmittle) - Music Room 114 | [email protected]

Art (Koreman) - Art Room 111 | [email protected]

Makerspace (Petropoulos) - Please reach out if a conference is needed | [email protected]

Latin (Loris) - Room 111 - [email protected] 

The Latin room will be occupied with voting, so you can find Ms. Loris in the Art room, 111. Ms. Branch and Ms. Schmittle will be working with students until 2:30pm. Ms. Petropoulos is conferencing with her homeroom so you can email for a conference for a different time. If you'd like to make an appointment for any of the Essentials teachers outside of the conference day, please send them an email. We look forward to connecting with you!

5th Grade Percussion Compositions

5th grade students ended their drumming and percussion unit by creating complementary rhythm compositions in small groups. Check out one class's final performance here!

Composing + Creativity

Students begin the year exploring music through creation and performance. They have so many choices of how to perform and all their different personalities shine in their performances. This video is a few snippets of students practicing, working together, and performing their own musical creations.
Students in grades 4-6th have been ending the year with an open mic night (day). There has been piano, guitar, ukulele, juggling, and of course lots of karaoke! I can't wait to see what other performances we will have this week. 

It's Show Day...

Watch this timelapse video to see our sets, stage. and curtains get set up. We had so many families and students help. Thank you Decatur community! Want more information about the show? There is a show page on Ms. Schmittle's website.

How do musicians play together as an ensemble?

2nd Grade musicians and 6th grade musicians both worked at playing various parts of a song as an ensemble today. Check out how each groups interlocking parts work together (and how the musicians change and grow as they gain experience).