August 14, 2023

Greetings Eagles! We have a little bit of a “different” week in terms of rehearsal schedules. We are just weeks away from our first football game, so we need to have some rehearsal time outside to get ready for that.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE CHANGE: This week only, we have a different rehearsal schedule. Our practices this week are:

• Monday: 5:30 to 8:00
• Tuesday 5:30 to 8:00
• Wednesday off
• Thursday 6:00 to 8:00
• Friday off

The website calendar has been updated with these times, just for this week.

LETTER JACKETS: They have arrived. If you were awarded one, come see us to receive it.

FIRST FOOTBALL GAME: Less than 2 weeks away! August 25th at Dickinson High School, away game. An itinerary will be sent out soon.

BAND DUES: We are at about 120 students who have made a payment towards the yearly required fair share fee. Please make sure you are active on getting this taken care of, because you will need to have had a payment made before the first football game. The web store is now closed, so the only way to pay is by cash or check in an envelope made out to Atascocita High School Band Boosters and placed in the black dropbox by the instrument storage room.

SHOES: They are coming in this week. If you ordered them, they will be received here in the band hall.

OTHER APPAREL: If you ordered band gear on the last runs, they will be delivered to you sometime either this week or next week.

GRADES: We are in week two of grades. The next week will be the 3rd week, which will indicate where a student will be on their first progress report. September 22nd is the eligibility cut-off date. Whatever a student receives on the second progress report will determine their eligibility to participate in our activity.

PRIVATE LESSONS: We STRONGLY ENCOURAGE our high school students to enroll in private lessons. Having any sort of one-on-one private instruction with a coach who masters pedagogy in their craft is highly beneficial to students. It also greatly benefits the band program in general, and it makes for the band experience to be super positive when a student feels individually successful and thriving. For more information, visit the website below to see our information on private lesson teachers, forms, etc:
https://www.atascocitaband.com/private-lessons.html

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