Hamilton Choir Newsletter

Week of October 30

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Meet Mrs. Hounshell

This is Mrs. Hounshell's 20th year in education...all at Hamilton Middle School! She has a BME from Loyola University (New Orleans) and a MM from LSU. She is looking forward to another great year at Hamilton!

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Meet Mr. Sellers

This is Mr. Sellers 2nd year of teaching! He has his BME from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is also a product of CFISD, graduating from Cypress Ranch HS in 2018. Mr. Sellers is looking forward to an exciting year!

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Choir Bell Schedule 23-24

This week in choir...

Students are continuing to learn music for Solo & Ensemble (7th/8th graders), caroling (6th graders), Veterans Day (7th/8th graders), and winter concert (all students).

Phew! That's a LOT of music! :)

Solo & Ensemble is Friday and Saturday (Oct. 27 & 28).

Next week in choir...

We will continue work on:

Solo & Ensemble results
winter concert music (all students)
Veteran's Day music (7th and 8th graders)
Holiday caroling (6th graders)

Required rehearsal for 7th/8th graders after school on Thursday, Nov. 2. We will be rehearsing with band and orchestra for our combined piece.

Choir Fundraiser - NOW through Nov. 10

We kicked off our choir fundraiser last week. We shared our fun incentives with the students (see below). Our BIGGEST incentive is a trip to Cinemark Theater to watch Trolls 3: Band Together on Thursday, December 21 (last day of the semester).

In order to qualify, students need to:

receive at least $200 in donations
be academically eligible
not receive any referrals from the choir directors and
not receive DMC/D-Hall/suspension/etc.

As of right now, we have 24 students who qualify to go to the movies with us! We have SEVERAL students who are very close to meeting the $200 goal.

As we send out this newsletter, our students have raised $10,797!!! Wow!!!!

The next "prize" level is $12,000. Whichever class has the highest average when we reach $12,000 will get to silly string the directors.

Class Rankings

1st place - Varsity Treble ($76.39 average)

2nd place - Non-Varsity Treble ($74.16 average)

3rd place - 6th Grade Girls ($54.76 average)

4th place - 6th Grade Boys (2nd period) ($54.44 average)

5th place - Tenor/Bass ($41.55 average)

6th place - 6th Grade Boys (8th period) ($7.05 average)

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Attention 7th and 8th graders!!!!

You will be in your formal attire for our next concert on December 11th. The choir department provides everything for your formal uniform EXCEPT your socks/shoes.

Students wearing tuxedo pants/vests need to get black dress socks and black dress shoes (no tennis shoes).

Students wearing dresses need to get a pair of black flats (no heels, please).

Please have your shoes by December 1.

Veteran's Day Performance - Nov. 9 (7th/8th graders)

Our Varsity and Tenor/Bass choirs will be joining together with band, orchestra, and theater to honor our veterans. This presentation will happen during the school day on Thursday, November 9. More information will be sent out from Hamilton MS.

We ask that our students wear jeans and red/white/blue shirt.

There is a mandatory rehearsal for band, choir, and orchestra students on Thursday, November 2nd in the commons. It will be from 3:15-4:30pm.

IT'Z Social - Dec. 8 (permission slip/payment due Nov. 16)

When: Friday, December 8th

Where: IT'Z

Why: To have some fun!

Attire: choir shirt

Cost: $25 (pay through SchoolCash)

This includes pizza, drink, unlimited arcade games and attractions (rides), and 60 points to use on the games that earn tickets.

In order to be able to participate, students must:

Be academically eligible (Oct. 20th report card)
Not receive a write-up/referral from the choir directors (Nov. 27-Dec. 8)
Not receive DMC, suspension, D-hall, etc. (Nov. 27-Dec. 8)

Passes must be purchased through SchoolCash no later than Wednesday, November 16th.

Pay for IT'Z here!

After you log in, click on the fee specific to your student's choir.
Not sure if you've paid it? Check your payment history!

Hamilton Choir Handbook 23-24

Everything you need to know about choir is in this handbook!

Check out the Hamilton Choir Website!

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Mark your Calendars!

Next Week

Oct. 31 - Halloween
Nov. 2 - Veterans Day rehearsal, 3:15-4:30pm, Commons (7th/8th graders)

November

9 - Veterans Day performance during school (7th/8th graders)
10 - Choir fundraiser ends
16 - deadline to turn in IT'Z permission slip and pay through School Cash
20-24 - Thanksgiving Break

December

7 - 6th grade caroling
8 - IT'Z social
11 - Hamilton Winter Choir Concert (Lakewood Methodist)
12 - Varsity sings at Cy Creek Winter Concert

View the full calendar here!

Cell Phone Policy

There is no reason for your student to have their cell phone out in choir. If you need to reach them during their choir period, please email Mrs. Hounshell (Lauren.Hounshell@cfisd.net) or Mr. Sellers (Joshua.Sellers@cfisd.net) and we will communicate with them. Cell phones should remain in student's backpacks on the backpack shelves OR in the "cell phone hotel."