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!
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.
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.
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
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!
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 PMPerformance 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!
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.
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!
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!
Reese Roenigk traveled to Athens Georgia this Thursday and participated in the GMEA All State Band! He earned a spot in one of the two middle school bands and performed a concert under the direction of Travis Downs on Saturday.
It is incredibly difficult to earn an audition spot for this ensemble, let alone earn a spot to spot in the ensemble itself. We are so proud of Reese and his hard work!
Raffle Funrdaiser
We are excited to have our 2nd of two fundraiser going! This fundraiser involves selling $10 raffle tickets in order for students to earn money towards their upcoming field trip. 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!
Pre LGPE (7th and 8th grade only)
Our annual Pre LGPE Concert will be this Thursday, March 6th. Our Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble will perform the same concert two times. Once at Pre LGPE next Thursday and then once at the beautiful Carroll County Performing Arts Center later in March. These performances allow for our students to perform music for certified adjudicators and are extremely memorable for our students.
Our schedule will be as follows:
Concert Band: 6:00 PM
Report to MAC at 5:15 PM
Symphonic Band: 6:30 PM
Report to MAC at 5:45 PM
Wind Ensemble: 7:00 PM
Report to MAC at 6:30 PM
All groups will wear their concert all black uniform. We will share our concert with the high school ensembles as well on Thursday the 6th. It will be a wonderful evening of music. Students are only required to stay for their own performance and may leave afterwards.
This concert is free and open to the public. Let’s fill up the MAC to support these wonderful students!
UWG Field Trip (Wind Ensemble Only)This Friday
As our W.E. rehearses for their Georgia State performance, they have been graciously given an opportunity to rehearse at the University of West Georgia. Dr. Byrd will rehearse with the ensemble and the students will work in a new environment to continue perfecting this music. The students will then tour the campus and eat at UWG’s Dining hall!
The JotForm is live and ready for our WE students to fill out. We will need for all students to be present for this field trip. The itinerary, cost, and other details are located on the form.
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!
We are back from break and are hitting the ground running! I hope that you had a restful Winter Break and am excited for this part of the semester with our wonderful students!
Week at a Glance:
Monday: Added Jazz Band rehearsal
After school until 4:15
Tuesday:
No after school activities
Wednesday:
Raffle Fundraiser begins!
Jazz Band Rehearsal
After school until 4:15
Thursday:
All State Band Day #1: Reese Roenigk (Congratulations!)
Friday:
All State Band Day #2
Black History Month Assembly
Jazz band performance, during the school day
Saturday:
All State Band Day #3
All State Band Concert
UWG Field Trip (Wind Ensemble Only)
As our W.E. rehearses for their Georgia State performance, they have been graciously given an opportunity to rehearse at the University of West Georgia. Dr. Byrd will rehearse with the ensemble and the students will work in a new environment to continue perfecting this music. The students will then tour the campus and eat at UWG’s Dining hall!
The JotForm is live and ready for our WE students to fill out. We will need for all students to be present for this field trip. The itinerary, cost, and other details are located on the form.
Jazz Band
Our jazz band will perform on Friday at the annual CMS Black History Month Assembly. Because of this, we will have two rehearsals this week to prepare. The assembly is during the school day on Friday and the students will just need to wear something nice (no jeans or sweatpants). Business casual will suffice. I will share their specific schedule this week during rehearsal.
Pre LGPE: 7th/8th Grade Only
Our annual Pre LGPE Concert will be next Thursday, March 6th. Our Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble will perform the same concert two times. Once at Pre LGPE next Thursday and then once at the beautiful Carroll County Performing Arts Center later in March. These performances allow for our students to perform music for certified adjudicators and are extremely memorable for our students.
Next Thursday or schedule will be as follows:
Concert Band: 6:00 PM
Report to MAC at 5:15 PM
Symphonic Band: 6:30 PM
Report to MAC at 5:45 PM
Wind Ensemble: 7:00 PM
Report to MAC at 6:45 PM
All groups will wear their concert all black uniform. We will share our concert with the high school ensembles as well on Thursday the 6th. It will be a wonderful evening of music. Students are only required to stay for their own performance and may leave afterwards.
Upcoming Dates:
2/25 Carowinds Payment due
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 GSY MFA Performance: All Day. Itinerary to come soon
3/27 Raffle Party after school
Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow morning!
Congratulations to our 10 wonderful students who participated in District Honor Band this weekend! Our students joined 18 of our CHS band members are rehearsed Thursday evening, Friday, and Saturday morning to prepare a concert. The students enjoyed bowling, Krispy Kreme Donuts, card games in the lobby of the hotel, and a lot of music making. Congratulations to our students for working so tremendously hard and we are proud of you for representing your school system at this prestigious event.
Viviana Deatherage CHS
Carry Chen CHS
McKenzie Swain CHS
Emily Hicks CHS
Sylvia Morales CHS
Cadence Carr CHS
Marie Fujita-Block CHS
Haley Rowell CHS
Ann Haley CHS
Kylie Maxwell CHS
Samuel Wimberly CHS
William Haley CHS
Tyler Clotfelter CHS
Demarcus Burch CHS
Xander Adams CHS
Brayan Calix CHS
Max Duncan CHS
Hunter Moore CHS
Abigail Keesling CMS
Wendy Whaley CMS
Zio Rho CMS
Gina Lin CMS
Lola Crandell CMS
Emmett Bush CMS
Reese Roenigk CMS
Mattaniah Wimberly CMS
Gray Esslinger CMS
Joseph Ballew CMS
Wind Ensemble photo Tuesday @ MAC
Our Wind Ensemble will depart at 8:30AM on Tuesday morning to ride over to the Mabry Arts Center for us to take our photos for the GSU MFA program. Students will need to wear their all black concert uniform for this photo. The students will return back in to CMS in time to attend their second block as normal.
Our district honor band participants should have received an email with information regarding DHB this Thursday through Saturday. I look forward to traveling with you to Ringgold, Georgia and watching you make music! Please let me know if you did not receive the information that was sent out last week.
CHS GMEA Performance
Our high school Wind Ensemble performed a beautiful concert this past Friday at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. Congratulations to all involved. It was a special history making performance and our community is beyond proud of you all. Our band program continues to grow and thrive!
CMS Trojan Band 