General information that applies to all students and parents can be found towards the top of every newsletter, while information specific to your child's ensemble can be found in that particular section by scrolling down. Feel free to contact a director if you have any questions and our contact information is at the bottom of this newsletter.

Click here to see the Calendar page of our website to find all of the current events, including special rehearsals, contests, and performances for the whole school year. We provide this so you can plan your family's activities. Remember, performances are a required part of our curriculum, so please contact a director ASAP for any conflicts. Be sure to view the List of Band Events that can be found clicking on the link.

All 8 classes of the Beginner's Ensemble will combine after school 2 days after school in order to prepare for the upcoming Holiday Concert. This will occur Monday & Tuesday, December 11 & 12 from 4:00-5:00pm in the Band Hall. There will be an announcement made to call students down to the Band Hall, and a grade will be taken for both of these required rehearsals. Please pick up your student in the BMS bus loop by 5pm.

Practice Records are due every Monday and follow this grading rubric: 5 days=100, 4 days=90, 3 days=80, 2 days=70, and less than 2 days=50. A new updated practice record will be given to students and this cycle will continue for the rest of this school year.

Practice Records are each student's responsibility, and must be stored in their binder at all times. The penalty for late practice records is a 5-point reduction per day. Late practice records will not be accepted after Friday since it rolls over to the next week's practice record. Please note that not turning in practice records is the #1 reason students fail Band.

Help your student create a daily practice routine that is scheduled at the same time each day to build consistency. Have them use a timer in stopwatch mode instead of timer countdown mode to ensure they are getting the full 25 minutes of practice time.

Students are welcome to practice before school starting at 7:30am if they show their band sticker on their student ID to the teacher on duty when entering the hallway. Please remind your student to have a director sign their practice record in order to count this time as practicing, as long as they have practiced the full 25 minutes.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for the Beginner's Ensemble here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Symphonic Band here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

Wind Ensemble will be spreading some holiday cheer this Wednesday at Miller Heights & Sparta, and this Thursday at Leon Heights elementary school. Students will wear their casual band uniform and can dress up in festive holiday attire, such as reindeer antlers, lights, garland, Santa hats, etc. as long as it doesn't interfere with their ability to play their instrument. *Parents* need to drop off their student at 7:30am both mornings at the locations indicated above. Click here if you would like to sign up to chaperone for this event. Please click on the file below to see the detailed schedule.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Wind Ensemble here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

Our Jazz Holiday Concert will be held at the Belton HS PAC on this Tuesday starting at 6:30pm. Students should arrive at the Belton HS Band Hall for warm-up by 6:00pm, and our portion of the concert will be around 6:45pm. Afterwards, we will still at watch the Belton HS Jazz Band performance and then perform Big Noise from the North Pole with them and the jazz ensemble from South Belton MS at the end of the concert. Click on the file below to see the itinerary.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Jazz Band here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

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