Assemblies at St. Margaret's

Almost every week at St. Margaret's, the different schools have assemblies in which girls present performances. Here is a sample from last Wednesday's. The first video is of two segundo basico classes performing the Cirque du Soliel's Alegria for the infant school. This performance has had a lot of demand. They first performed it for junior school, then for the high school, and, finally, for the littlest girls. These girls choreographed it themselves. You'll get a glimpse of the jugglers and the chorus, the girl on roller skates and the one on stilts. Clowns threw confetti at the audience. The main ballerina has been dancing for less than a year.


They're learning gymnastics at school and the corridors and play areas have been full of cartwheels and flips. There have been a lot of casts for broken bones and splints on fingers lately, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal. There is a concrete stage and a concrete play area. Girls run across the stage, land on their hands and then do a back flip landing on the play area. My heart is in my throat as I watch, but their doing this seems to be an accepted part of the school culture.

The next group of girls, the little Charlie Chaplins, are kindergartners from the Infant School. I've mentioned the "History of Hollywood" show that the Infant School put on in an earlier blog. I think these are the same girls who were Charlie Chaplin in that assembly. Too cute to only perform once.



And . . . Miss Carmen, one of our wonderful Junior School librarians, was the director of this performace: The Pied Piper of Hameln (the German spelling), presented just as the news that rats have recently invaded the town hit the news. The performers were from Miss Graciela's cuatro basico class and Miss Sonia's primero basicos were the children and the rats.