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.

Miss Gayle Schmitt Is Back with the Ramblers!

The Ramblers — led by Hillwood's very own music teacher, Miss Schmitt — are back with another show.

It is the 11th year the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival has been showing amazing local and national acts all over the Bay Area. The Randall Museum has been part of their local community for fifty years. The Ramblers will be preforming Saturday, February 20, 2010. It will be taking place at the Randall Museum 119 Museum Way in the city. The museum's phone number is (415)-554-9609. The museum's site is www.randallmuseum.com. The price is six dollars for kids and nine dollars per adult.

Miss Gayle Schmitt is the music teacher at Hillwood School. She is a great singer and teacher. Her band includes the instruments Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, and a stand up Bass. Her band played in the Randall Museum for many years.

To listen to Gayle sing go to www.gaylesongs.com.

Written by Rubins H.

Honey Bees Dying Off

Honey Bees are being found all over countries dead. Scientist are worrying because bees collect pollen and help flowers and crops. The bees are dying from pollution and little pest called Vorroa mites. They attach to the bees throat and then the bees cannot eat, collect pollen, feed the colony, and clean the hive. The bees start to become weak and the die off.

Many local bee keepers still have bees, but they are also worried about the bees dying. They are also seeing a decrease in the bees number and less hives.

The San Francisco Beekeepers Association have monthly meetings that are free and open to the public. They have their meetings at the Randall Museum. You can vote for a local beekeeper in an international contest to find the cutest beekeeper.