The fifth grade Lynwood Avenue Leaders are participating in Dancing Classrooms of Long Island for the eighth year.
The Dancing Classrooms program of American Ballroom Theater integrates curriculum through language arts, visual arts, social studies and physical education.
Dancing Classrooms is a 10-week program that meets twice a week for 20 lessons. During the 10 week program the Lynwood Leaders learned the Merengue, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Swing, Waltz, Heel Toe Polka and the Stomp.
At the end of 20 lessons, the fifth grade students will demonstrate their acquired dancing skills in a Culminating Gala Event called “Dancing with the Lynwood Stars” which will take place on March 1.
“These boys and girls, who started the first lesson as reluctant dancers, will be transformed into confident, respectful, socially aware young men and women,” said Lynwood Principal Danielle DeLorenzo. “The transformation and maturity that takes place is far more important than the dance steps they are learning. These students are learning life skills that they will carry with them into adulthood.”
