CMS Trojan Bands

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

Christmas Sponsorship

I want to say thank you to everyone who helped with our original two families and their Christmas sponsorship this year. What even warmed my heart more is when we were asked to support a third family, and you all covered everything that they needed within an hour. Thank you to this community for being so loving and selfless during this time.

Winter Concert

What a tremendous Winter Concert! The audience was so supportive and the students performed wonderfully. The students were dressed very festive and I am sure that many great photos were taken. Below are some from the school system. Thank you to our staff of incredible band directors and teachers who work behind the scenes to make concerts like this so successful! Dr. Carr, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Trumble, Mr. Boyle, and Mr. Videtto handled so many things and allow for Mr. Marier and Ms. Menendez could focus on making music with the students! What a village we have!