Month: January 2026

1/19-1/23

Happy Sunday!

Week at a glance:

  • Wednesday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.
  • Friday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.

Jazz Band Concert

The Villa Rica High School Jazz Band is performing at the State Conference for music next week! They will have a send off concert on Monday, January 26th at the Carroll County Performing Arts Center. If you would like to support a local group of students and hear some incredible jazz playing, you may purchase tickets here.

Carowinds 8th Grade Only

If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.
https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26
If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

West Georgia Winds


If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

Upcoming Dates:

  • District Honor Band: February 5th-7th.
  • Pre LGPE Concert at the MAC: March 3rd (7th and 8th grade only)
  • LGPE Concert: March 19th (7th and 8th grade only)
  • Carowinds Field Trip: April 24th-25th
  • Spring Concert for all CMS Students: May 7th

CMS Band

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Welcome Back!

Our first week back was a great one! We are off to a tremendous start and the students are already playing wonderfully as if we did not have weeks off. I am so happy to see them back and enjoying making music with their friends.

Week at a glance:

  • Wednesday: Jazz band 7:45am-8:10am
  • Friday: Jazz band 7:45am-8:10am
  • Sunday: West Georgia Winds Spring Season begins!

Carowinds

This week I will reach out to double check our roster for Carowinds with any families of a student who has not signed up yet. If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.

https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26

If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

All State

We hope to hear results tomorrow but wanted to take a moment to say how proud we are of our six students who auditioned for the Georgia All State Band on Saturday! Joseph Ballew, Gabriel Forero, Emma Ha, Jeronimo Morales-Ruiz, Zio Rho, and Jaina Williams. Being invited to audition means that they scored a high enough score on their District Honor Band audition back in December. We are SO proud of you! Leadership takes courage and you showed so much preparing and auditioning on Saturday!

West Georgia Winds

If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

Have a wonderful evening!

Sincerely,

Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net