May 8, 2020: Week 8, Volume 5

Students should be working on the Remote Learning Assignment for the week of May 4 (due Monday, 5/11).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom.

Click here for parent information about the current Remote Learning Assignment (sent 5/4/2020).
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The first-ever Nipmuc Virtual Chorus Concert is available!
​Click here for a short message and link to the concert (sent 4/29/2020).
NEW: Click here to read the Boston Globe article about the concert. 

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It's all about the BASSES
(I know, that was bad. Please don't stop reading)

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Weekly Feature: Unique Instruments

Zeusaphone
- a.k.a -
​Thoramin
- a.k.a -
​Singing Tesla Coils

Made of “singing” Tesla coils, the Zeusaphone or Thoramin works off of musical lightning. It’s essentially a plasma speaker that works by modulating the spark output of a Tesla coil. With the help of a constant current to create a magnetic field, the build-up of energy through controlled and timed surges, and air heated by plasma, high voltage sparks are discharged from a Tesla coil. As each spark moves through the air, it creates unusual square waves. Of course, there’s a lot more to explain, but you get the idea…

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Happy Birthday: JUNE!!

I know it's not June. Social distancing has not made me that out-of-it just yet. 
But since this is our last month all together (we say goodbye to the seniors at the end of May) we will be featuring a new set of birthdays each Friday. 

​So, Happy Early Birthday, June babies!