Willow Road School held its Eighth Annual Dance Cotillion, defined as a formal dance with frequent changing of partners, as the culminating event of for the fourth-grade classes who participated in a program called Dancing Classrooms. Dancing Classrooms is a ten-week residency that uses ballroom dancing as a tool to encourage children to break down social barriers, to treat others respectfully and how to improve self-confidence. In addition the children learn communication, cooperation and to how to accept others despite their differences.
Special thanks to educational liaison, Ms. Eileen Clarke and teaching artist, Angela Trivigno from Dancing Classrooms for their professional expertise and devotion while working with the students at Willow Road School. Physical education teachers Peter Gatto and Cindi Gomez also practiced with the students during their physical education classes during this ten-weeks course. Additional participants and support came from fourth grade teachers Maureen Byrnes, Matt Costantino, Karen Higgins and their classroom aides Randi Carcione and Toniann DiMartino. The Dancing Classrooms cotillion was a spectacular display of dedication, hard work and discipline, truly an incredible event at Willow Road School.
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