Oakwood Orchestra News
April 2016-5th Grade Edition
From Ms. Read and Mr. Urban
Upcoming Events
April 12: Solo Contest @ 4:15-7:15 pm @ Oakwood (Optional)
- Individual slots have been assigned
- Ask your student for the gold letter they received last week
April 26: AMCHS Orchestra Concert @ 7:30 pm @ AMCHS Auditorium
Solo Contest - April 12 (optional)
Spring Concert - May 24
Practicing
We want to take this opportunity to remind you about the practice record procedure. Students are supposed to enter their practice time in the online system by Sunday AND turn in a parent signature slip as confirmation on Mondays. We only check Essential Elements Interactive if a student turns in their parent signature page. We record the student's grade and return the parent signature page to them so that they can use it again. We use the same parent signature page for the entire six weeks.
Parent signature sheets are due on Monday but we accept them on Tuesday with no penalty per the school's policy. Starting Wednesday, the highest grade a student can make is a 70.
If you experience computer trouble and your student is unable to record their practice online, please have them record what they practiced and for how long on a piece of paper. They can turn in the paper with their parent signature slip and still receive full credit.
You can find extra copies of the practice record on the orchestra website and in the resource section of Essential Elements Interactive.
We will also be reviewing this policy in class but we wanted to clarify our expectations. Thank you for helping your students keep up with their practicing!
Ms. Jillian Read
Email: jread@csisd.org
Website: oakwoodorchestra.weebly.com
Phone: 979-731-2671