Michelle Blassengale

Biography

Ms. Blassengale is a 1990 and 1992 graduate of Winthrop University with degrees in Music Education, with an emphasis on choral music. She began her career 24 years ago at Ronald E. McNair Jr. High School in Lake City, SC. She began her career with Sumter School District teaching at Alice Drive Elementary. She began teaching at Kingsbury in 2001. She is hoping that all music students will "break barriers" in music this year!

Classes Taught

• Ms. Blassengale’s Marvelous Music Class

  

  

   

  Hello and welcome to our music class! This year I’m very excited that our district has helped purchase the Quaver curriculum, which is a web-based curriculum that your family may visit. The website is www.Quaver.com.  Please go and take a look and see the exciting musical things your students will be learning this year.

  This week, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes are focusing on South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Standard 4, which is Making Connections. They are identifying different genres of music by playing the game “Musical Styles Bingo”. Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes are focusing on South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Standard 4, also. They are relating the “Quaver 5” to concert behavior, and have done an excellent job!

   

  October 25, 2016

  Rehearsals are underway for Kingsbury’s eleventh annual “Honoring Our Veterans” Assemblies.  The assemblies will take place  Thursday, November 10, 2016.  K-2nd Grade Assembly will take place at 8:30; 3-5th Grade Assembly will take place at 9:30.  We will have a special speaker and performances by each grade levels.  Please come out and join us.

   

  Kindergarten, first and second grades will be performing at the November 14 PTA meeting.

   

• Kingsbury Singing Knights

  

  It’s time for a new year of great singing in choir at Kingsbury! Choir permission forms will be going out at the end of this week, and will be due next Thursday, September 15.  Rehearsals will take place again on Tuesdays from 2:15-3:15. If you think this is a commitment that you can make for the year 2016-2017, please return your signed permission form to Ms. Blassengale by September 15. Our first rehearsal is Tuesday, September 27. I am looking forward to a fantastic year of singing with our Singing Knights!

  Parent Conferences will be held Tuesday, October 18. Choir rehearsal has been cancelled due to parent conferences.