{"id":452,"date":"2015-04-10T06:07:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milwaukeesdaschool.org\/wp\/?p=452"},"modified":"2018-07-24T18:17:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T18:17:42","slug":"ron-robertus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.milwaukeesdaschool.org\/wp\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Laurie Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Hello, my name is Laurie Carlson.\u00a0 I was born in Niles, Michigan while my father was attending Andrews University.\u00a0\u00a0 We then moved to Broadview Academy where my father taught Biology and helped out on the farm.\u00a0 In 1974 we moved to Columbus, WI and my parents have been in this area ever since.\u00a0 I attended Wisconsin Academy all 4 years and then attended Andrews University.\u00a0 Between my sophomore and junior year I took a year out of college to be a student missionary on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia.\u00a0 When I came back I finished up my college degree with a BS in Elementary Education and Elementary Music Education.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I graduated my husband, Alan and I went to Guam for two years.\u00a0 I taught 4th grade at Guam Adventist Academy while he worked at Adventist World Radio.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After Guam, I taught at the Raymond Church School in Union Grove, WI for one year before my husband decided to go back to school at Walla Walla College in Washington State.\u00a0 I was not able to find a fulltime teaching job so I substitute taught grades K-12 for the two years he was at WWC.\u00a0 After Walla Walla we moved back to Wisconsin where my husband was an engineer and we started our family.\u00a0 We have a daughter, Krista, and 2 sons, Eric & Brian.\u00a0 I have substitute taught off and on for the past 27 years in various schools- both public and private and I was the volunteer music teacher and aide at Petersen Elementary for a number of years while my children were attending.\u00a0 Currently I live in Columbus, WI with my husband and my children.<\/span><\/p>\n

At MSDA, I am the part-time music teacher for both the North and South Campuses where I teach music to grades 3-10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I LOVE teaching music.\u00a0 It is so fun to see my kids get excited about the songs they are learning.\u00a0 Grades 3 & 4 learn how to play the recorders and start learning to read music, Grades 5 & 6, 7, and 8 learn how to play as a group as they learn the play the hand chimes and Grades 9 & 10 have a voice choir.\u00a0\u00a0 2nd semester the 8th grade class switch to music appreciation and do research projects on composers and the voice choir gets to attend music fest at Wisconsin Academy.\u00a0 During the school year I also have the opportunity to take my students to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for student concerts where they can experience the sound and feel of a concert with a live orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n

I plan two concerts a year- Christmas and a Spring concert where the students can showcase what they have learned that semester and have the opportunity to experience the joys of performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the classroom, I expect students to be respectful to their fellow students and me.\u00a0 Music does not come easy to everyone but everyone can enjoy the journey to improvement.\u00a0 I expect students to be open to new ideas and to try new things.\u00a0 I expect students to have FUN!<\/span><\/p>\n

What do I do when I\u2019m not at school?\u00a0 I teach piano lessons in Columbus, I love to read, and to go bird watching with my husband and I\u2019m passionate about breeding and showing quality Gordon Setters.\u00a0 You can check out my dogs at www.lyricgs.com<\/span>
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