Ms. Schmitt and music at Hillwood!!!!

Ms. Schmitt is the music teacher at Hillwood. What she does is come in every Wednesday and sings songs with us. We each have a music book and we all decide which songs we want to sing. Usually our favorite songs are:

• "The Battle of New Orleans"
• "Super California Surfers"
• "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
• "YMCA"
• "16 Tons"
• "Let It Be"
• "Blowing In The Wind"
• "This Land Is Your Land"
• "The Erie Canal"
• "Yellow Song "
• "Dock Of The Bay"
• "If I had Hammer"
• "Penny Lane"
• "Rockin Robin"
• "The Unicorn Song"
• "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
• "Katy's Dumplings"

Ms. Schmitt has many more songs in her book but these are the ones that I was able to gather.

Annually, Ms. Schmitt has a children show at Randall Museum. She invites children from Hillwood to be the Toodala Ramblers who dance and sing in the backgound.

Ms. Schmitt's band members names are: Gayle, Ted, Craig, Tom, and Liz.

Written By Rubina.

Hillwood's 60th Anniversary in Muir Woods

Last Sunday, Hillwood went to Camp Hillwood in Muir Woods. The occasion was the 60th anniversary for Hillwood Academic Day School.

We first had a BBQ then a long hike. We got many pictures of the woods. There weren't any deer but there were lots of trees. I loved the hammock at the camp. Everyone had a lovely time.



The hike was long and hard but I mainly liked stone stacking. There was a fun Pinata to whack. Don't forget about the candy. There was also a lot of singing with Ms. Gayle Shcmitt. Mr. Eric Grantz, the owner, hosted this wonderful BBQ. There was lots of desserts and lots of dumplings and meat. The camp is were Hillwood's summer program takes place each year.

Trip to Muir Woods!

The Hillwood school went to Muir Woods on Sunday. The school was celebrating Hillwood's 60th anniversary. Hillwood took a trip to hike in Muir Woods on Sunday. We had a great B-B-Q and and our music teacher sang songs with her. (Our teacher, Mrs. Schmitt is in the video shown above.)

Hillwood played volley ball, and ran at the creek.We had lots of fun. There were lots of kids that used to go to Hillwood Academic. There was about 40 to 50 kids at the Hillwood cabin. The Grantz family were the ones who aranged this cabin meating. Our music teacher Mrs. Schmitt was there. She is the one who started the band Toodala Ramblers. You could go to her site www. gaylesongs.com and listen to more of her songs.

Or you can watch this photo essay that I made below. Also, there are photos on the school's website from the picnic.