Band Notes: Week 19
December 17 - 21
A Note From Your Directors
Can you believe this is the last week of the Fall Semester?! It feels like just yesterday that we were welcoming the Staley Band back into the band hall!
With all of the other grading cycle wrap ups, this one is no different. Please make sure you have logged your PJ time and double checked that you have submit all available Google Classroom assignments. We cannot give credit if anything is left incomplete.
As always, if you have any additional questions then please reach out.
-Mr. Wood, Ms. Hoffman, & Mr. Seymour
Memorial School Band Concert
- Come out and listen to the Memorial High School Band Concert! It will be an evening filled with great music and you will be able to see a glimpse of what band concerts are like in high school!
- We love supporting our feeder high schools!
Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018, 07:30 PM
Memorial High School, Frisco Street, Frisco, TX, USA
Solos
- All 7th/8th grade students received their solo before we left for Thanksgiving break. (Yay!)
- Students are encouraged to visit the website found HERE to play with the recordings provided so they may practice with a piano accompaniment.
- Students were told that if they would like to switch solos, they may, but must first fill out the form at the bottom of the Solo page. You may click HERE to access the form.
- These solos are for our Solo competition on February 1st.
End of RC3 Grading Cycle
- This is the last week of the semester and grading cycle! Please make sure your student has been logging their PJ time and has completed any and ALL google classroom assignments that are in their GC.
- To access the online PJ log then please click HERE!
Staley Band "Bad" Gift Exchange
- During classes on Friday, December 21st, we will be having our annual "Bad Gift Exchange."
- Think "White Elephant" gone bad!....Past gifts have been beanie babies without heads or a dead fly in a baggie. Yep, you read that right!
- We do NOT want you to spend money on anything but to get creative with things you may already have at your house. This will be a fun (and funny) final social for 2018.
Winter Wonderland Performance
- On Thursday, we will be having our annual holiday performance called "Winter Wonderland!"
- This is a performance with Choir and Orchestra in the gym for Staley Student Body.
- The exact schedule is TBD but we are hoping it will occur during advisory.
- We will give the students more details as we know them.
Band Cage Decorating!
- Students are allowed to decorate their band cage for the holiday!! At the end of the semester, there will be prizes for the best decorations so students are encouraged to be as creative as possible!!
- The decorations that are already up are so creative! Keep the, coming!
*Decorations must be school appropriate and must not have electronic sounds coming from them so to not be a classroom distraction.
**This is the last week to decorate!!**
Remind 101 & Social Media
Make sure you are "in the loop" with our fastest way of communication!
Beginning Band: @staleybb
Concert Band: @staleycb
Honor Band: @staleyhb
Symphonic Band: @staleysb
Text to the number 81010
Facebook: facebook.com/staleyband
Twitter: @staleyband
Instagram: @StaleyBand
Sectional Candy
We always can use more section candy!
A huge Thank You to those who have already donated!
We appreciate your support in encouraging and rewarding our students for their hard work.
Upcoming Events
- Dec. 18: Memorial High School Band Concert at 7:00pm
- Dec. 20: Winter Wonderland Performance (During School)
- Dec. 21: Gift Exchange (During Classes)
- Dec. 21: RC3 PJ Deadline!
- Dec 21: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2018!!
#BestBandEver
Staley Band
Ms. Hoffman - hoffmans@friscoisd.org
Mr. Seymour - seymours@friscoisd.org
Website: staleyband.org
Location: 6927 Stadium Lane, Frisco, TX, USA
Phone: 469-633-4500
Facebook: facebook.com/staleyband
Twitter: @staleyband