Do you need help practicing your lesson HW assignment? Guided practice sessions are offered weekly and hosted by our junior and senior band members (thank you!). Students who lead or attend a session receive 1 point of extra credit. Sessions are held period 9, unless noted otherwise. I am also always available for help by appointment.

Music, recordings, and HW are all available on Dashboard, and cross-posted on Google Classroom. Please arrive by 6:50 so we can be warmed up and tuned to start promptly at 7:00. Thanks!

Donations will be accepted Friday 10/18 from 2:30-7pm.  Our sale is Saturday 10/19 from 9am-2pm. 

Please volunteer at this fun community building event! Parent/student help and food donations are needed to make this event a success.

·      Students, please sign up in the Band Room.

·      Parents, please check out our SignUp Genius to find out how you can help. (Thank you to Ms. Rindone for creating and managing our SignUp!)

Please support our 21^st annual Citrus Sale! Ordering info is attached, and is available on Dashboard and Google Classroom.  If you or anyone you know is interested in supporting our groups, please share our information.

YHS Concert Band online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/837673

YHS Wind Ensemble online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/498649

1.     Monday, November 4^th is the on-line order deadline for truck delivery to YHS

2.     Sunday, December 15^th is the on-line order deadline for USPS delivery to your home/customers’ homes

**Your orders MUST be entered on-line by the above dates. The grove will not accept late orders.**

3.     Friday, December 13^th is FRUIT DELIVERY DAY

Ship to organization pre-orders will be delivered to YHS via truck on Friday, December 13th.  Students are responsible for picking up their entire order and delivering it to their customers. Pick-up hours are 2:30 – 6:30pm at YHS.  Parent and student volunteers will be needed all day (7am-7pm) to help unload and sort our orders. Please save the date!  

Congratulations to our YHS Band students who will represent Yorktown as members of Area All-State this week! 

Bravo to Gillian Grabowski (horn) and Selma Lyons (trumpet)! These students will participate in honor ensembles made up of the best student musicians in Westchester.  Rehearsals begin this Wednesday, with a concert performance in November.

Congratulations to junior Band student Ichiro Iizuka for his bugle call performance at this weekend’s American Legion event. Ichiro both played, and represented YHS, beautifully.  So proud!

Please join me before school (from 7:10…or whenever you get off the bus… until the first bell) to practice improvising. Help yourself develop your skills and a plan for success!

Do you need help practicing your lesson HW assignment? Guided practice sessions are offered weekly and hosted by our junior and senior band members (thank you!). Students who lead or attend a session receive 1 point of extra credit. Sessions are held period 9, unless noted otherwise. I am also always available for help by appointment.

Music, recordings, and HW are all available on Dashboard, and cross-posted on Google Classroom. Please arrive by 6:50 so we can be warmed up and tuned to start promptly at 7:00. Thanks!

Jazz Band Families – I need to make a change, please, to our rehearsal calendar. My daughter has been invited to speak at an evening event at her school on Thursday 10/17, and I would like to attend. Therefore, I would like to change our rehearsal from Thursday 10/17 to Tuesday 10/15. Please mark your calendars and let me know if you have a conflict. Thanks!

Next week, students will experience their first video assessment of the year.  I will film each student individually at their lesson and offer verbal and written feedback. Instructions on how to prepare for this assignment will be reviewed in class, and will be available on Classroom and Dashboard.

This assessment will act as a baseline to help the student and I form a learning plan – what musical concepts they are confident in, and what concepts we will focus on improving.