Taylor Elementary School's Dance Program

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Taylor Elementary School is pleased to welcome Holly Markgrafmayne to our school.  "Miss Holly", as the students call her, is Nebo School District's dance specialist.  Miss Holly has been actively meeting with teachers and students to help imbed dance movement into as many areas of curriculm as possible.   Students have had a chance to learn and express their ideas through movement while at school with Miss Holly. Taylor's teachers have taken this one step further and incorporated movement into their math, language, science and writing lessons.  

Fourth-grade student, Jason Flinders says, "Making the different shapes with our bodies helped us control our bodies while using different levels."   Fifth grade teacher Ien Richins says, "Its been really remarkable to see how much more alive a lesson can become when movement is added.  It seems to really take learning to a deeper level."   

Taylor Elementary  is very excited to have such a unique opportunity to learn from a master like Miss Holly and in turn, become better educators for our students.