IN Woodland Hills Fall 2018 | Page 38

Woodland Hills School District Comcast Cares Day BY MICHELLE SPERDUTO AND BETH WAGNER O n a beautiful Saturday morning in April, Comcast employees hosted a day to bring our Memorial Garden back to a peaceful reflection space that everyone wanted it to be. This was a part of Comcast Cares Day 2018 that reaches across the country and around the world joining people together to make change happen. Wilkins staff and families, along with other district volunteers, helped make the garden area beautiful, donating their time and skills. There were children’s activities in the cafeteria with volunteers helping them decorate stones for the garden. The students were taught how to start a garden for healthy eating and cooking nutritiously. They also planted trees and learned about the importance of trees to the environment. The children learned valuable lessons and hopefully will continue to volunteer in their communities because of this wonderful experience. Wilkins PTO supplied all the hard workers with donuts and coffee for breakfast. Comcast provided lunch and a t-shirt for everyone that volunteered! It was a great showing of support and time. The Music Technology Keyboard Final BY BRIAN HOPKINS T he Music Technology Course is very excited to announce that the MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) Keyboards have arrived. The class received a grant from the Woodland Hills Foundation that gave them the ability to purchase piano keyboards that can be used to write and create digital music. The Music Technology Course, created this year by Mr. Brian Hopkins, provides students in grades 9-12 who have never played an instrument the chance to learn how to read and write digital music. In addition to composition, students learn the basics of producing and editing music. Pictured: Maliq Cunningham, Shania Edmunds, and Logan Fair. 36 WOODLAND HILLS