Author: CMS Trojan Bands

Concert Week!

Week at a glance:

  • Monday:
    • CMS Concert
      • Schedule below
  • Tuesday:
    • CHS Concert
    • 6th Grade chair tests during class
    • Percussion Ensemble until 4:15
  • Wednesday:
    • Jazz Band until 4:15

Spring Concert Information: Tomorrow 5/5!

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 @ 6:15
  • 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 travel wish us and 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

I hope that you have an incredible rest of our Sunday night!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

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

3/31-4/5

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Week at a Glance:

Monday:

  • High School Percussion Clinics (8th grade only) 4-6 PM
  • Commit Day: During the school day for our 7th/8th grade members during 1st block

Tuesday:

  • Raffle Party after school until 5:00 PM
  • Commit day for 6th graders during 5th block
  • High School Percussion Clinics (8th grade only) 4-6 PM

Wednesday:

  • Jazz Band after school until 4:15 PM

Raffle Party

We are excited for our annual raffle party on Tuesday after school! If you would like to volunteer, we would appreciate it! We will serve ice cream, have a glow party, and an inflatable obstacle course. Please email me at maria.menendez@carrollltoncityschool.net

Congratulations!

Our CMS Wind Ensemble had the honor of performing at Georgia State University this past Wednesday. They performed beautifully and represented our school system with pride. The school system published an article on the event that is worth the read.

https://www.carrolltoncityschools.net/about-us/newannouncements/featured-news/~board/2024-2025-school-year/post/carrollton-middle-wind-ensemble-performs-at-southeastern-regional-concert-festival

Congratulations to all involved!

Go Trojans and enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

3/23-3/28 Big Week behind us, big week ahead!

Happy Sunday and a HUGE congratulations to our 7th and 8th graders who performed at Large Group Performance Evaluation last week. They played wonderfully on stage, sight read a brand new piece of music in front of a judge, and represented our school system at a high level.

The students have worked very hard on leading up to this performance and I am thankful for all of our staff for their help in ensuring that the students were safe and were able to focus on making music this past week. Dr. Carr, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Trumble, and Mr. Boyle were all in attendance during our three performances last week. Thank you!

In addition, our high school program had three ensembles perform as well and they did a tremendous job! Congratulations to our band program on a very successful Large Group Performance Evaluation.

Week at a Glance

  • Monday: CMS Wind Ensemble GSU Preview Concert @7 PM at the Mabry Arts Center
    • Report time for WE students, 6 PM at MAC.
    • Encouraged for all band members to attend and support
  • Wednesday: Wind Ensemble performance at GSU: Itinerary here
    • No Jazz Band

CSU WE MFA Preview Concert

Our Wind Ensemble is excited to perform twice this week! Once at our preview concert tomorrow. This concert is at 7 PM at the Mabry Arts Center and we would love a huge audience for them to get them confident for Wednesday!

They will perform at the Southeastern Regional Festival at Georgia State University this Wednesday at 9:45 am in the beautiful Rialto Center at Georgia State. Both concerts are free and open to the public and we would appreciate your support!

Wind Ensemble Students:

Monday Preview Concert:

  • Report time to MAC 6:00 PM
    • Woodwinds/brass set up chairs and stands
    • Percussion walk to high school to bring over equipment
  • Concert attire:
    • Black dress pants, Black dress shoes, band polo, black belt if needed, black socks if needed.
      • Your black polo will be given to you in class tomorrow morning.
  • Concert begins at 7:00 pm and should conclude at 7:30 pm

Wednesday MFA Concert:

  • Itineray here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afpIq6YjUOQhXM1siJLI39JIW_GF87xNNAsBktWeD6Q/edit?usp=sharing
  • Bring money for Jersey Mikes/Five Guys/Starbucks/Del Taco for dinner
  • Bring change of clothes for after concert in a bag with a hanger if possible
    • We will be given a clothing hanger to store our belongings so that we can change after we perform
    • Outfit must be semi formal during the field trip: think Easter Sunday at church. Khakis, button ups, sweaters, polos, dress shoes, nice shoes, etc.
      • No jeans, sweatpants, t shirts allowed at the event from performing members.
  • Publix Boxed lunch will be provided for lunch and the students will enjoy the beautiful Centennial Olympic Park during that time.
  • Chaperones will follow the report time and itinerary that the students have. Semi Formal attire preferred
    • Your boxed lunch will be provided for you.
  • Remind 101 Code for all chaperones and students: @cmswegsu
  • * Bring charging block for phones as we will have a long day*

Raffle Fundraiser

The raffle fundraiser was a HUGE success! We cannot wait to celebrate with our students at our Raffle Party on April 1st! More information to come! The Google Sheet below has our info for which students have sold how many tickets, and to whom. I will continue updating this tonight with the payments that have come in the past two days so that we can have an accurate drawing tomorrow for the grand prizes!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r4RSn2K-1nF11tV-tWF3-MhnrsfSMIiG38b1dIHpBwo/edit?usp=sharing

Upcoming Dates

  • 3/23 Raffle Fundraiser Drawing
  • 3/24 WE GSU MFA Preview Concert at 7:00 PM Required for all students to attend
  • 3/26 WE GSU MFA Performance: All Day. Itinerary to come soon
  • 4/1 Raffle Party after school

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow morning!

Sincerely,

Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

LGPE Week

Week at a glance:

  • Tuesday: Concert band and Wind Ensemble LGPE
  • Wednesday: Symphonic Band LGPE (No Jazz band rehearsal)
  • Friday: Raffle Fundraiser ticket sales are due.

LGPE: 7th and 8th grade only

We wish all of our 7th and 8th graders good luck as they perform at the Carroll County Performing Arts Center this week Individual itineraries are below. Please remember to wear your all black uniform for the concert.

These concerts are FREE and open to the public. Let’s show our support!

The following schedules are tentative. Our transportation department is working diligently to get buses for our groups. If either of the three groups has a change in their schedule, I will inform the students and families of that group.

Tuesday 3/18 Concert Band:

  • 1:15 PM Report to Band Room
  • 1:30 PM Load bus
  • 1:45 PM Depart CMS
  • 2:00 PM Arrive at CCPAC
    • 2:00 PM* Watch Band
  • 3:00 PM Warm Up
  • 3:30 PM Performance Free and open to the public!
  • 4:45 PM Depart Time
  • 5:00 PM Arrive back at CMS

3/19 Symphonic Band:

  • 2:45 PM Report to Band Room
  • 3:00 PM Load bus
  • 3:30 PM Depart CMS
  • 3:45 PM Arrive at CCPAC
  • 4:15* PM Watch Band
  • 4:45 PM Warm Up
  • 5:15 PM Performance Time
  • 6:30 PM Depart Time
  • 6:45 PM Arrive back at CMS

3/18 Wind Ensemble:

  • 5:00 PM Report to Band Room
  • 5:15 PM Load bus
  • 5:45 PM Depart CMS
  • 6:00 PM Arrive at CCPAC
  • 6:30* PM Watch Band
  • 7:00 PM Warm Up
  • 7:30 PM Performance Time
  • 8:45 PM Depart Time
  • 9:00 PM Arrive back at CMS

Raffle Fundraiser: Extended to this Friday

Due to the timing of LGPE for our older students, we will extend the raffle fundraiser to this Friday, March 21st.

Students must have 10 tickets sold by this Friday in order to be admitted into the Raffle Party on April 1st. Our list is located here and in Google Classroom so that students can see their progress on ticket sales: CMS BAND RAFFLE TICKET SPREADSHEET

Upcoming Dates:

  • 3/18 LGPE
    • Concert Band: 3:30 PM
    • Wind Ensemble: 7:30 PM
  • 3/19 LGPE
    • Symphonic Band: 5:15
  • 3/24 Raffle Fundraiser Drawing during homeroom
  • 3/24 WE GSU MFA Preview Concert at 6:00 PM Required for all students to attend
  • 3/25 Carowinds payment due
  • 3/26 WE GSU MFA Performance: All Day. Itinerary here
  • 4/1 Raffle Party after school

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow morning!

Sincerely,

Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

LGPE Schedules for 7th/8th Grade

Our 7th and 8th grade groups have been working very hard for their concerts this week. We all wish them luck as they perform at the Carroll County Performing Arts Center next week Individual itineraries are below. Please remember to wear your all black uniform for the concert.

The following schedules are tentative. Our transportation department is working diligently to get buses for our groups. If either of the three groups has a change in their schedule, I will inform the students and families of that group.

Tuesday 3/18 Concert Band:

  • 1:15 PM Report to Band Room
  • 1:30 PM Load bus
  • 1:45 PM Depart CMS
  • 2:00 PM Arrive at CCPAC
    • 2:00 PM* Watch Band
  • 3:00 PM Warm Up
  • 3:30 PM Performance Free and open to the public!
  • 4:45 PM Depart Time
  • 5:00 PM Arrive back at CMS

3/19 Symphonic Band:

  • 2:45 PM Report to Band Room
  • 3:00 PM Load bus
  • 3:30 PM Depart CMS
  • 3:45 PM Arrive at CCPAC
  • 4:15* PM Watch Band
  • 4:45 PM Warm Up
  • 5:15 PM Performance Time
  • 6:30 PM Depart Time
  • 6:45 PM Arrive back at CMS

3/18 Wind Ensemble:

  • 5:00 PM Report to Band Room
  • 5:15 PM Load bus
  • 5:45 PM Depart CMS
  • 6:00 PM Arrive at CCPAC
  • 6:30* PM Watch Band
  • 7:00 PM Warm Up
  • 7:30 PM Performance Time
  • 8:45 PM Depart Time
  • 9:00 PM Arrive back at CMS

3/10-3/14

Happy Sunday! We have a busy week here at CMS!

  • Monday: TBLA Meeting after school until 4:30
    • We are excited to welcome our high school band leadership team to join us!
  • Wednesday: Jazz Band after school until 4:15
  • Thursday: Chair test for 7th and 8th grade only

Raffle Fundraiser Parent Help Needed

If you have any availability this week to assist Ms. Menendez with documentation of raffle ticket purchases and counting money, please email me at maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Mrs. Sarah Bush is willing to meet with us either during the school day or after school to begin working on some of the documentation side of this fundraiser. We would really appreciate your help!

Raffle Fundraiser: One week left!

The tickets can be sold as physical tickets that the students receive in school or online through the following form: https://form.jotform.com/250355110934146

Please share that link through text, email, and social media! It works!

A few reminders:

  • Each $10 ticket enters our customers into a drawing for one or multiple of the following prizes:
    • $50 Amazon gift card
    • Set of Airpods Pro
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Ninja Air Fryer
  • Top 3 students winners will get to pie Ms. Menendez in the face along with Mr. Cochran and one of our band directors.
  • Students who sell to tickets will be admitted into our Raffle Party which will include a glow party followed by an ice cream sundae bar and an inflatable obstacle course in the commons area.
  • Field Trips:
    • 8th graders will earn $10 towards their Carowinds trip for every 5 tickets sold.
    • 6th graders will earn $5 off their field Lakepoint Station field trip for each ticket sold. The field trip costs $30.
      • (date to be announced)
    • 7th graders will earn $5 off their Urban Air field trip for each ticket sold. The field trip costs $30
      • (date to be announced)
  • Student incentives:
    • Every five tickets sold enters them into the grand prize drawing
    • 10 names will be drawn for a fast food lunch
    • Students who enter the raffle party will receive a piece of duct tape to tape Ms. Menendez to the wall before she is pied in the face!

Large Group Performance Evaluation (7th and 8th grade only)

Our 7th and 8th graders did a wonderful job on Thursday at our Pre LGPE concert. Thank you to all of the students and staff of both the CMS and the CHS band program as well as TBLA for assisting with concert set up. LGPE is right around the corner! These concerts are FREE and open to the public. We hope that you will come out and support these wonderful musicians in the CMS and CHS band program.

UWG Field Trip

Our students had a wonderful time on Friday visiting the University of West Georgia. The Wind Ensemble rehearsed with Dr. Byrd, toured the campus with wonderful tour guides, and even ate at one of the dining halls for lunch. Great job to our WE and we are excited to hear their performance at Georgia State in a few weeks.

Upcoming Dates:

  • 2/26 Raffle Fundraiser begins: all band students
  • 3/6 Pre LGPE Concert at Mabry Arts Center 7th and 8th grade only
  • 3/18 LGPE
    • Concert Band: 3:30 PM
    • Wind Ensemble: 7:30 PM
  • 3/19 LGPE
    • Symphonic Band: 5:15
  • 3/20 Raffle Fundraiser Drawing
  • 3/24 WE GSU MFA Preview Concert at 6:00 PM Required for all students to attend
  • 3/25 Carowinds payment due
  • 3/26 WE GSU MFA Performance: All Day. Itinerary to come soon
  • 4/1 Raffle Party after school

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow morning!

Sincerely,

Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net