Hamilton Choir Newsletter

Week of October 16

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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...

We started the week off with our fabulous fall concert! The students did an excellent job on stage. We will be working toward improved audience etiquette for our next concert.

Our 7th and 8th grade Tenor/Bass Choir had an AWESOME performance at the Cy Creek concert on Tuesday night. Great job representing Hamilton Choir, guys!

Students also started preparation for Solo & Ensemble (7th/8th graders) and winter concert (all students).

Next week in choir...

We will continue work on:

winter concert music (all students)
Solo & Ensemble (7th/8th graders)
Veteran's Day music (Varsity and Tenor/Bass choirs)
Holiday caroling (6th graders)

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.

Optional Choir Decal Update

If you ordered a car decal, I will send you an email when I send them home with your student.

Choir Fundraiser Kickoff! - Oct. 20th

We are kicking off the choir fundraiser soon! It is a donation-only fundraiser...so no products to deliver, no money to collect. Everything is online! We will send information home on this next week.

7th/8th Grade Choir Social (Friday, October 20)

We invite all 7th/8th grade choir students to join us for our annual "Spooky Social."

When: Friday, October 20

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm (Choir officers can arrive at 5:30pm)

Why: Hang out, eat pizza, and watch Monsters, Inc.!

Students will need to GO HOME after school and come back for 6:00pm.

We will need some parent volunteers to help chaperone this event. If you are a 7th or 8th grade choir parent and are available, please send an email to Lauren.Hounshell@cfisd.net.

Report Card - October 20th

The first grading period ends on Friday, October 20th. If a student makes less than a 70 in any class, they will lose academic eligibility. This means that students will not be able to participate in:

Solo & Ensemble (Oct. 27/28)
6th Grade Caroling (Dec. 7)
IT'Z social (Dec. 8)

We STRONGLY encourage students to turn in any missing assignments, do any redo/makeup work, etc.

Solo & Ensemble Info - October 27th and 28th

We should be receiving an official schedule for Solo & Ensemble soon. As soon as I have that information, I will let students know what day and time they will be performing.

Where: Cook MS

Time/Day: TBD

Attire: Choir shirt and jeans/leggings

Veteran's Day Performance - Nov. 9 (Varsity and Tenor/Bass)

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.

IT'Z Social - Dec. 8

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.

Students will receive a permission slip next week.

Hamilton Choir Handbook 23-24

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

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Mark your Calendars!

Next Week

16 - Teacher Work Day (no students)
18 - Choir Officer meeting (7:00am, choir room)
20 - 7th/8th Grade Choir Social (optional)
20 - Choir Fundraiser Kickoff! (optional)

October

27-28 - Solo & Ensemble (required for 7th/8th graders)

November

9 - Veterans Day performance during school (Varsity and Tenor/Bass choirs only)
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."