Ms. Hay's Childhood
This sunny city is where Ms. Hay was born and raised. (Give city and state!)
What is San Diego, California?
Starting in kindergarten and continuing on and off until college, Ms. Hay took classes to learn this widely-spoken language. It is really helpful when talking about how to sing vowels in choir!
What is Spanish?
The year Ms. Hay started teaching, which started out just fine but got a little wild after the spring concert.
What is 2019?
or
What is the 2019-2020 school year?
This Italian word meaning "beautiful" is also the name of Ms. Hay's parents' dog. You might have met her when they came to visit in November!
What is bella?
This famous instrument originally hails from Spain, and is the first instrument Ms. Hay ever learned to play.
What is the guitar?
The name of this PNW university that Ms. Hay attended often tricks people into thinking it is a school specifically for music, but really it's named after the body of water very close by.
What is the University of Puget Sound?
In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," my true love gave to me this many golden rings, which also happens to be the number of years Ms. Hay has been teaching.
What is five?
Ms. Hay's mother was born and raised in this star-studded West Coast city.
What is LA?
or
What is Los Angeles?
The first song Ms. Hay ever performed in front of people was a show tune from a classic 1930s movie famously filmed in both black and white and color. The song is sung by a not-so-scary guy in a cornfield, who wishes he was a little more intelligent.
What is "If I Only Had A Brain" from The Wizard of Oz.
Before Ms. Hay was a teacher, her mother was the original "Ms. Hay". Instead of music, Mother Hay taught this advanced subject which examines everything that has happened on this planet from 10,000 BCE up until now.
What is AP World History?
This butter-loving SHHS teacher got hired the same year as Ms. Hay.
Who is RAdams?
"Hay" is a last name that is originally from this country, famous for an ear-piercing instrument that's basically four flutes stuck in a sack.
What is Scotland?
This famous birthday milestone is the age Ms. Hay got her nose pierced.
What is sixteen?
Throughout high school, Ms. Hay had to learn how to balance school work with this extracurricular activity. (No, it's not like Glee.)
What is show choir?
In Sweet Home, many people choose to become one of these after high school and it also happens tobe the mascot for the university Ms. Hay went to. Watch out for splinters!
What is a logger?
Ms. Hay's father was born and raised near this windy city that shares a name with a popular musical.
What is Chicago?
This 1970s half-live action, half-animation movie is one of Ms. Hay's favorites.
What is The Phantom Tollbooth?
This was the first college degree that Ms. Hay earned, and allows her to teach a variety of music classes.
What is a Bachelor of Music Education?
Before coming to Sweet Home, Ms. Hay did her student teaching in an elementary music classroom and got to help out with the school's production of this musical. It was originally a book, and the third movie version was released within the last year.
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
This number is said to be one of the most important factors in the development of society. It's also the number of siblings Ms. Hay has.
What is zero?