Month: April 2025

4/28-5/2

Good morning!

Thank you for your patience as I am late in getting this post out for the week.

Week at a glance:

  • Tuesday:
    • Percussion ensemble until 4:15
    • High School band meeting:
      • 7 PM @ CHS Band room: required for all students participating in band next year. One adult family representative must be present
  • Wednesday:
    • Jazz Band until 4:15
  • Thursday:
    • High School Band BBQ: Free concert by the CHS Jazz Bands and Marching Band! Come out and support and purchase some BBQ!
  • Friday:
    • CMS School dance: Parent volunteers needed

Carowinds

Our 8th graders and chaperones had a blast on our annual Carowinds Trip this weekend! Thank you to the chaperones who helped keep our students safe and ensured that we had fun. Students enjoyed go karts, put-put, slides, shopping, lots of food and plenty of roller coasters!

School Dance Volunteers

This Friday, our school will have our annual dance for our 7th and 8th graders at the Indoor Facility. If you would like to help run concessions with other band parents and teachers, we would appreciate your help! Please email me at maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Spring Concert Information: Next Monday!

Our Spring Concert will be on Monday, May 5th! The time are listed below for each ensemble.

Reminders:

  • Dress is all black, with no crocks, sandals, flip flops.
  • Skirts and dresses must have black leggings underneath
  • Our concerts are required for all band members and students are required to stay for the duration of their portion of the concert.

6th grade/Symphonic Band:

  • Report to MAC @ 5:15
  • 6th grade performs @ 6:00PM
  • Symphonic Band performs @ 6:20
  • 6:45 PM Dismissal for both groups

Concert Band/Wind Ensemble:

  • Report to MAC @ 6:45
  • Concert Band performs @ 7:00
  • Wind Ensemble performs @ 7:25
  • 7:45 PM Dismissal for both groups

Medieval Times 6th Grade Only

  • Mr. Trumble is excited to take our 6th graders to Medieval Times on May 9th!
  • Cost is $0 to our students as the CUES band program will cover the costs for our 6th graders.
  • Chaperones are needed but will pay their own admittance: $30
  • The schedule is posted in the following Jotform: https://form.jotform.com/251173579644162

High School Band Meeting Tuesday 4/29

This Thursday at the CHS Band room, all students participating in band next year will have a mandatory meeting with Dr. Carr and Mr. Nelson. This will include woodwinds, brass, percussion, and colorguard members.

Please ensure that a parent/guardian is in attendance at this meeting on Tuesday, not just the student.

This week is going to be amazing and I cannot for you all to hear the students on Monday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

4/21-4/26

Happy Easter

Week at a glance:

  • Tuesday: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal until 4:15 open to ALL CMS Band members
    • No fees or auditions required
  • Wednesday: Jazz band after school until 4:15
  • Friday: 8th Grade Carowinds Trip

We had a busy week at CMS!

Our 7th graders had their annual end-of-year trip to Urban Air in Newnan, Georgia. Students enjoyed the trampolines as well as obstacle courses, virtual reality games, and the zip line. Thank you to all of the chaperones who helped out!

Our 6th grade band members traveled to Woodland High School to perform for and with the Woodland high school band and then traveled down the street to LakePoint Station. Students performed a concert, rehearsed with the high school ensemble, then sat in on their rehearsal as they practiced some of their music. Once we arrived at Lakepoint Station, we enjoyed laser tag, Pizza, Bowling, Arcade time, and clip and climb! Our chaperones once again knocked it out of the park!

Great job to both 7th and 8th grade this week on your field trips. We hope that had fun!

Gray Esslinger Awarded Scholarship Cup

Congratulations to our very own, Grey Esslinger in being awarded the Scholarship Cup at Monday’s Honors Night. This award is awarded to the 8th grader who maintained the highest cumulative average through middle school. We are so proud of you, Gray for being a leader in our school! Way to make the band program proud!

8th Grade Only

We have some exciting things happening over the next few weeks!

Upcoming Dates:

I hope that you all have a wonderful Sunday!

  • 5/1 High School Annual Band BBQ! Come and buy some dinner and watch the high school band perform!
  • 5/5 Spring Concert @ MAC
  • 5/9 6th grade Medieval Times Field Trip. More info to come soon!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

4/7-4/11

This past week was full of professional learning with Coach King, CHS Football coach, and our annual Raffle Party! Thank you to everyone involved and for being both engaged learners on Commit Day and awesome partiers at our raffle party! Thank you to our parent volunteers as well!

Announcements for all three grades:

8th graders:

7th Graders:

6th Graders:

  • Woodland High School Field Trip Form. https://form.jotform.com/250364657418159
    • It must be filled out by the Monday that we come back from break.
    • Raffle spreadsheet linked here. Each ticked sold equals $5 off or your trip.

Gift of Music Instrument Upgrade! April 17th

Now is a GREAT time to upgrade the instrument that your student is renting to something more advanced! The Gift of Music will have an instrument night open to all Carroll County band students at the CHS Band room from 4-6PM on April 17th.

Students can upgrade instruments or even purchase new mouthpieces and equipment for their current instruments. Instruments will be available for students to try out and the finance team will be there to answer any questions that arise.

I hope that you all have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net