FIRST BIRTHDAY SENDAK ELEMENTARY MARKS ANNIVERSARY WITH CULTURAL PROGRAM.Byline: MARK KELLAM Valley News Writer Maurice Sendak Elementary School elementary school: see school. in North Hollywood recently celebrated its first birthday Hawaiian style. Students in all grade levels presented performances in the school auditorium over two days. Music teacher Julie Pritikin taught them songs and dances from different cultures, mostly Hawaiian. The kindergartners sang a song about rainbows, and the first- and second-graders performed the ``Hookilau'' dance, Principal Nancy Oda said. The third-graders performed a dance with sticks while chanting, and fourth- and fifth-graders did the ``Poi Ball'' dance from New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . In the dance, they were divided into groups, sat on the floor and pretended pre·tend·ed adj. 1. Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings. 2. Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne. they were in boats, rocking back and forth and side to side. At the same time, they twirled poi balls. The school wanted to build awareness of other cultures around the world, so they used the theme ``Ohana,'' which in Hawaiian means leaving no one behind and remembering everyone. Sendak Elementary, a year- round school, opened last August. It was built to relieve overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. at four nearby schools -- Oxnard Street Elementary, Fair Avenue Elementary, Lankershim Boulevard Elementary and Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. Elementary. Sendak is at 11414 Tiara St., near Tujunga Avenue in North Hollywood. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Kindergartners, above, sing a song about rainbows during the one- year celebration at Maurice Sendak Elementary in North Hollywood. Left, fourth- and fifth-graders perform a dance where they pretend to be riding in a boat while twirling Twirling is any of several artforms, hobbies, or sport and recreational activities accomplished by spinning or rotating the twirled object either for exercise, or in a rhythmic, or otherwise artful manner. poi balls. Photos by Mark Kellam/Valley News |
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