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hi my name is mr. Castillo or you can come to Baltimore Castillo and I'm super excited to be here I am the general music teacher at Kennedy School it's my first year teaching publicly but I thought music privately for the last 3 years my first time teaching music but it is my first time teaching Public Schools I'm very excited so let me tell you a bit about myself I was born and raised in Jersey City so I know what the public school system looks like I also play trumpet with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra I play cornet with the prince and Brass Band and I also played trumpet with the Eastern wind Symphony all those three groups are kind of based in Central Jersey and they're kind of well-known in Central Jersey they've kind of toward the country every so often and it's a cool experience to be part of I'm so happy to be there and soap outside of school I'm pretty big on the music scene I play trumpet and a lot of places in school my goal is to eh relatable musical experiences for all kids and so we should be one of those things that it's a universal language and so that's what I'm trying to create here I'm trying to bridge the gap in finding new ways to introduce kids to music and fun experiences I feel like that's a really important when you're growing up so you can walk out of these doors eventually with the idea of music and being able to apply in your build a life it's got a couple rules first before we go there's a rules in my classroom which are going to treat yourself and others with the respect you'd like to have so needless to say this is a zero-tolerance school and District so if I see anything that is considered bullying or close to blame I will report it you know is it called Traditions are not cool in my classroom is music so we should all be there to have a fun-loving and exciting time so please that is needless to say though I'm sure your home teachers have gone over that please treat them with respect they are here for the next Generation to come and so they need to last so please treat them with kindness and that's all we asked y'all don't do things that seem outside box so she has to kind of suit yourselves and others with kindness that's all of my rules in my classroom you know don't be afraid to think outside the box but you know within reason grading class participation is a huge part of your grade so if you are not present you cannot participate I don't foresee any issues but if there are any issues feel free to contact me and I'm more than willing to help you know figure things out cuz I understand things happen Google Classroom I will be hardly assigning work there just because I know you have math I know you happy lady and a bunch of other subjects so that being said Google Classroom is mainly for announcements and things like that and for parent-teacher communication I may ask a question here there but you know very general broad how does it make you feel what instruments are there and you know simply right foot is there that's pretty much hit break cited to be here this year breaks them to use all these instruments and all the instruments over there if you're interested in choir please CD I am starting with Kennedy choir and so I'm very excited about it so if you are interested there's also a link in My Links Page on my teacher profile for permission slips if haven't given you one yet and yeah that's all excited to be here

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