Fundraising Update

The SFMMS Band and choir have done phenomenally well with the discount cards. We are in the process of wrapping the project up and it appears that we are going to end up selling right around 1,000 cards after everything is settled. Great work!

We also want to update you with on a few dates that are upcoming this semester. First of all, because of the weather-related school cancellations last week, we will not have Presidents Day off on February 19th. We will, however still have Good Friday off on April 6th. The last day of the school year will now be Monday May 28th.

We have our All Star Band trip to Fiesta Texas planned for May 5th. We are still developing an itinerary for the Elementary Tour, but that will be in late April or early May. We are doing our very best to ensure that there are no conflicts with the GT trip to Houston. Those students who wish to participate in these trips must be sure that they have earned 100 All Star points. Additionally, no students who fails a class on the fourth or fifth six weeks report cards will be allowed to go. Further All Star points may be earned with scale pass-offs between now and Spring Break. Those scale sheets are being passed out this week.

We have already heard from a handful of parents who would like to go to San Antonio with us, but if you are interested in joing us, we still have room for more parents!

Happy (And Busy) New Year

Welcome back! We hope all of you had a blessed Christmas season and want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. School is back in session and we have a lot of stuff to tell you about.

I'm sorry about the late notice, but the first thing we want to mention is our field trip on Friday. We will be going to the Paul Poag Theater to see a concert performance. The students will all go to their first period class, be dismissed shortly after that, load the buses around 8:30, and be back to school around 11:30 in time for lunch and the remainder of the school day. In order to travel with us, every student must have the Travel Permission Form returned to the band directors. Extra copies of the Travel Permission Form are available through email or in the band hall.

We would also love to have some parents join us. If you are available from 8:00 to noon on Friday and would like to supervise children and be entertained in the process, please let us know by the end of the day on Thursday. Again, I apologize for the late notice.

The second item is to let you know that our spring fundraising project has begun. The SFMMS Band and Choir are selling discount cards which may be used continually through January 31st, 2008. Discounts are available from The Brown Bag, Good Auto Sales & Lube, Hot Pit BBQ, Jett Bowl, McDonalds, Quizno's and eleven other local restaurants. These are great deals and we want to thank the sponsors for making this possible.

All sells before January 18th will be eligible for prizes, but you are more than welcome to continue selling the cards through the end of the month. The primary purpose of this project is to raise money for the All Star Band trip to a band competition in San Antonio followed by the rest of the day at Fiesta Texas. The competition will take place on May 5th. The cost of the trip will be $100 for each student who qualifies for the All Star Band. Every item sold in the fall and every card sold in the spring will add $3 into the trip account and each student who sells 30 items and cards will have the trip costs paid. Any balance due after the two fundraising projects may be paid to the band.

This is the first time that either of the sixth grade bands or choirs will be going to a competition of this nature and we are excited that your children will be able to earn the privilege of going on the trip. We will have room for about ten parents to join us on that trip as well. If you are interested, please let us know and we will get further details to you within the next month.

Again, welcome back. We are excited to have the opportunity to continue working with your children and anxious to discover what the rest of this school year holds.