Choir Announcements EMAIL, 9/28/07
Choir Announcements, September 28, 2007
SunTrust Info—If you have not received all of your SunTrust account information from Mr. Bonds, please send me an email. The turn-around time for you receiving the account packet with started checks is only a couple of days. So if you turned in a form weeks ago and haven’t heard anything, SOMETHING’S WRONG.
After you receive and activate your check card, you’ll need to use it! That shouldn’t be a problem for most of us. After you use it, you’ll need to go to the following website to designate which non-profit organization you’d like to receive the $100 donation. Obviously you’ll want to choose Germantown Middle School.
Go here to donate the money:
http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=suntrust&npoId=100785247
The following website can be used to check to see if you’re donation has actually gone through. If there is a problem, you can email Mr. Bonds or myself.
Go here to check the donation:
https://promotion.suntrust.com/mycause/
After that, you do not need to do anything else. You should be receiving an acknowledgement letter from SunTrust within the next few weeks. SunTrust will then write us a check in December once the fundraiser is over.
All West Practice Schedule—We’ve added a few dates to our practice schedule. They are not mandatory, but if your child is auditioning for All-West Honor Choir please encourage them to join us. The schedule is as follows:
Mondays at 7:15 am SOPRANOS only
Tuesdays at 7:15 am ALTOS only
Thursdays at 7:15 am BOYS only
Again, the above times are just for those students auditioning for the honor choir. Here is a list of students who are registered for the Honor Choir Auditions. Remember, that this audition is very competitive. I have seen a lot of students and they are making some great progress. JUST KEEP ENCOURAGING THEM. Maybe you could ask them to sing one of the songs for you. You might be impressed with how well they are speaking in Latin!!
Students are still available to sign up for individual practice times as they prepare for the audition. Please make sure that if you student stays after school to practice that they have a ride no later than 4:30. On Tuesdays and Thursdays students will need to be picked up by 3:45 so that I may go assist Mr. Lane with Marching Band practice.
Morning Choir Practice—We are still rehearsing every Wednesday morning at 7:29am. WOW! The full choir sounds so great. I really hope you’re making plans to attend the Oct. 23rd concert just to hear how wonderful they sound! DON”T FORGET! 7:29AM EVERY WEDNESDAY!!!
Water Donations—We’ve gotten lots of water from parents, but we can always use more. Feel free to send your child with a bottle of water or even a whole case of water. I know the students have really appreciated it this week because we’ve been doing a lot of singing!
Oct. 23rd concert—GMS PTA Meeting. Students need to be there no later than 5:45PM. They may stay at the school until the concert is over if they’d like. Mr. Lane and myself will both be at school ALL DAY! We will be wearing our choir t-shirts. They will be distributed with in the next week or so. I’ll let you know about the pants. It will be within our GMS dress code policy.
Uniforms—Money is due no later than Monday! If you need concessions to be made, please call or email. If students do not have the choir uniform, they will not be performing at our Holiday Concert. Remember that the girl’s fee is $135 and the boy’s fee is $100. Checks can be made to GMS Choir.
PowerGrade is working. I’ll be putting grades in over the weekend. Please contact me if you see any problems with your child’s grade. It may take a few days to show up online because I have hundreds of grades to input. Just be patient a little bit longer! ☺
Have a great weekend!
Jill Ward
Germantown Middle School
7925 CD Smith Rd.
Germantown, TN 38138
**I’ve attached a weekly practice schedule and the all west audition registration below***
Oct 1, 2007 – Oct 5, 2007
Mon, Oct 1
■ 7:15 am – Soprano All West Practice
■ 3 pm – Shelby F. (soprano) 3:00-4:00
Tue, Oct 2
■ 7:15 am – Alto All West Practice
■ 2:45 pm – Daniel R. 2:45-3:10pm
Wed, Oct 3
■ 7:30 am – AM Choir Rehearsal
**No PM practice due to faculty meeting!**
Thu, Oct 4
■ 7:15 am – Boys All West Practice
■ 4 pm – Parent Conferences
Fri, Oct 5
■ 7:15 am – Chigozie (flute)
■ 3 pm – Anna S. (alto) 3:00-4:00pm
All West Registration
Name Part Grade # of practices
1. Shelby Fearnley (S1) 7 1
2. Daniel Reeves (T1) 7 1
3. Kirsten Show 7
4. Becca Schommer (S1) 7 2
5. Nikki Gallikova (S1) 7 2
6. Danielle Cannon (A1) 8 1
7. Chigozie Akah (A2) 8 3
8. Jasmine McAdory (A1) 8 1
9. Kierra Bilbrew (A1) 8 1
10. Czarina Espinosa (S1) 8 1
11. Sidney Nixon (S1) 8 3
12. Kinnawa Kaitibi (T1) 8 4
13. Lori Powell (A1) 8 3
14. Macrella Cole 6
15. Sharon Bulter 6
16. Kelsey Robinson 6
17. Jalisha Toy 6
18. Jahnavi Jhagannath (S1) 6
19. Anna Strong (A1) 6 2
20. Gagandeep Dhaliwal (S1) 6
21. Reggie Jones (T1) 6
22. Charles Dowdy (T1) 6
23. Maria Herrera (A1) 6
24. Madison Martin (A1) 6 3
25. Melynnie Douglas 6
**If your child is on here, please make sure they are committed!**
