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Greetings Eagle family! It’s yet another scorching hot week of record-breaking temperatures! We are super thankful for everyone being flexible with our switches to evening practices, and we know that takes out a lot on families to readjust schedules for students to be there. Students who work jobs and do other activities, we are thankful for your flexibility. We are SUPER hopeful that this heat wave will finally end and we can return to some sort of normalcy.
Here are the announcements for this week: PROGRESS REPORT NEXT WEEK: This weeks is week no. 3, and this Friday marks the last day that students will receive a grade for the progress report period. We need every single student in the band diligently turning in their work and doing great work on tests, exams, essays, and projects. You must pass your classes - zeros for assignments are not tolerated. BAND BOOSTER MEETING MONDAY SEP 21: This Monday, even though the band will be outside, we will be having our band parent Booster meeting in the band hall! The board will meet to vote at 6:30, and all parents are invited to attend the general 7pm meeting. EVENING PRACTICE SCHEDULE: We are up against the Houston heat wave once again, so we have modified our rehearsal schedule again. This week is Monday 5pm-8pm and Tuesday 5pm-8pm. Wednesday and Thursday are off. Wednesday is a church night for a lot of families, and Thursday is supposed to be the hottest day in recorded history for Houston. FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY ITINERARY: The itinerary is posted at the top of this update and on the main website. Click the itinerary to see the full details of Friday’s football game. FOOTBALL GAME ATTIRE: This week’s attire for the football game is:
Jewelry should not be worn. This is for uniformity purposes, and jewelry can be easily lost at games. BAND FAIR SHARE FEE IS DUE: All students will need to have paid their yearly band dues of $300 no later than August 25th before we roll out on the bus. The TMF webstore is now closed, so the only option is to send cash or check made out to Atascocita High School Band Boosters. If you are requesting a payment plan, any form of payment - $20, $40, $60, $0.25, ANYTHING, needs to be in that box with a name on the envelope and fair share fee payment written on it. It will be processed in your account, and we will need to work out getting the rest paid in the future. IT’S THE FIRST WEEK OF FOOTBALL GAME!!! Good luck to the AHS Band - they have worked super hard, and we are very excited for their very first performance of the year!
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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:
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 August 9, 2023
Greetings everyone, and welcome back! We are so excited for everyone’s first day back of school! It’s an exciting time, and we hope that everyone has had an awesome restful break. We have already had almost four total weeks of camps and students back for band, so for us, it feels like we’ve already been in school with you guys! Therefore, this week’s update will contain some of the items that we need to go over with students and parents so that we are all on the same page. Please read carefully each one, as most of the information will pertain to you: Daily Rehearsal: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:45 to 5:30.
First Football Game: August 25th vs. Dickinson High School, away game Band Fees: Only 99 students of our 200 member group have paid their annual dues. There are 4 days left on the web store. This is not an optional purchase - this is a required due for the program. Students will not be able to participate fully until the dues are paid in full. If you are experiencing a financial hardship or need to request partial payments, please contact Mr. Best at [email protected] to set up a payment plan so that you can participate. If you are ready to make a payment, go to https://stores.inksoft.com/atascocitahsband/shop/home and pay for your annual dues (fair share fees) there. Students with completely unpaid fair share fees before August 25 (first football game) will not be allowed to perform at the first game. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. Band Shoes: There are about 40 students who DID NOT purchase the required black shoes for the marching season. Without them, you will not be allowed on the field. You have 4 days left. https://stores.inksoft.com/atascocitahsband/shop/home We are going to put a pause here for now. Just make sure to familiarize yourself with www.atascocitaband.com website and get to know all of the information pertaining to our program. We are going to have an AWESOME year of Atascocita High School Military Marching Band! |
BRIAN BESTDirector of Bands, Atascocita High School 
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