Good morning,

LGPE:

We have been on a journey these past few weeks. Our 7th and 8th-grade bands performed at the annual Large Group Performance Evaluation and played thrilling concerts for the audience and judges. The students focused and worked very hard for this performance. I am thankful for all of the hard work that they put into perfecting these performances.

Thunderzone:

I am excited to announce our annual Thunderzone field trip on Thursday, April 28th.

Form Due: Friday, April 1st

Money Due: Friday, April 15th

The form is attached below:

Date: Thursday, April 28th

10:30 Students report to the cafeteria

10:45 Depart for lunch

11:30 Eat at Golden Corral

12:45 Clean up and depart 

1:00 Arrive at Thunderzone

3:15 Depart for CJHS

3:55 (Estimated) arrival at CJHS. Student pick up in car rider line. 

Cost: $30 cash or check written out to CJHS Band. You may also pay on Revtrak under “CJHS BAND MISC. PAYMENT – OPEN AMOUNT”: https://carrolltonjuniorhs.revtrak.net/CJHS-Band/#/list

Chaperones will pay $30 as well if they would like to attend as a chaperone. It is a fantastic field trip and is lots of fun!

Sincerely,

Ms. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Good evening,

The week is finally here.

Monday: 7th Grade after school rehearsal until 5/ Raffle ticket fundraiser due

Tuesday: 8th Grade after school rehearsal until 5

Wednesday: Jazz band until 4:15

Thursday: 7th grade LGPE Performance

Friday: 8th grade LGPE Performance

Raffle Fundraiser

Our raffle fundraiser is due tomorrow. Please ensure that your students turn in all raffle money and their white portion of the ticket. I hope to do the drawing on Wednesday morning after calculating all of the final payments. Good luck to all that bought a ticket and I am thankful for everyone’s participation!

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LGPE Schedule

I cannot say enough about how hard these students have been working on this music. We are excited to push this week into our Large Group Performance Evaluation concert.

Please pay attention to the schedules below. All students need to prepare their formal all black attire for LGPE and bring it with them the morning of their performance. Students will be bussed to and from the Carroll County Performing Arts Center.

7th Grade: March 17th

1:30 Report to band room 

2:00 Depart 

2:15 Arrive @ Carroll County Performing Arts Center

3:00 Watch Band

3:30 Warm Up

4:00 Perform

5:00 Depart

5:15 Arrive at CJHS

8th Grade: March 18th

1:00 Report to band room 

2:30 Depart

2:45 Arrive @ Carroll County Performing Arts Center

3:30 Watch Band

4:00 Warm Up

4:30 Perform

5:30 Depart

5:45 Arrive @ CJHS

Having a large audience would mean the world to us as well. We hope that you and your loved ones are able to be there at the Carroll County School Performing Arts Center.

775 Old Newnan Rd, Carrollton, GA 30116

Let’s have a GREAT week!

Sincerely,

M. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Good evening,

7th Grade Chair Test

Our 7th graders will have their final chair test this Thursday during class. This chair test is important as it places the students in the correct ability leveled course for next year. Please ensure that you hear your student practicing at home. The students have access to their etudes and a recording of the etude in Google Classroom. Happy practicing!

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Jazz Band

Congratulations to our jazz band who had their first performance at the school-wide Black History Month Assembly on Friday. They performed twice for their peers and were extremely flexible as we adjusted on the fly. A special thank you to Mr. Carr and Mr. Nelson for allowing us to use their equipment and to Mr. Clotfelter and Mrs. Haley for assisting in many ways. It takes a village!

Jazz band will continue with our weekly Wednesday rehearsals this week until 4:15.

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Raffle Fundraiser

Our raffle fundraiser is still in full swing! If anyone runs out of raffle tickets I have extras in the band room. Please assist us in purchasing new stands and instruments through this fundraiser.

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Tentative LGPE Schedule

This schedule is tentative until our busses have been confirmed. I would love to have chaperones on the bus with us if possible and please note that students will be excused from any classes missed.

Having a large audience would mean the world to us as well. We hope that you and your loved ones are able to be there at the Carroll County School Performing Arts Center.

775 Old Newnan Rd, Carrollton, GA 30116

7th Grade: March 17th

1:30 Report to band room 

2:00 Depart 

2:15 Arrive

3:00 Watch Band

3:30 Warm Up

4:00 Perform

5:00 Depart

5:15 Arrive

8th Grade: March 18th

1:00 Report to band room 

2:30 Depart 

2:45 Arrive

3:30 Watch Band

4:00 Warm Up

4:30 Perform

5:30 Depart

5:45 Arrive

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

M. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Good evening,

There will be a slight adjustment to the start of our concert tonight for 7th and 8th grade. Our concert start time will be shifted later by 30 minutes.

All students report to Mabry Arts Center: 5:00 PM

7th grade: 6:30 PM

8th grade: 7:00 PM

This is a mistake on my part and I sincerely apologize if this causes any inconvenience. The wonderful news is that we now have more time to warm up and for our students to come from any sports and activities that they are splitting time between this evening.

I cannot apologize enough for missing this while working with the high school directors on setting this concert up.

Our program can be found here: Pre LGPE Concert Program

We will be selling raffle tickets at the concert tonight for those of you who would like to purchase one!

I look forward to sharing the stage tonight with your incredible students.

Sincerely,

M. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net