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Demonstrate a high sense of purpose toward which they are willing to work
TERM 1:
TERM 2:
Summer Band
Rehearsals - Sectionals and Full Band
Performances: 4 Football Games
Playing Quizzes
Rehearsals - Sectionals and Full Band
Performances: 1 Football Game (Thanksgiving Day)
Winter Concert
Playing Quizzes
TERM 3:
TERM 4:
(50%)
Summer Band
All students who have missed summer band (approved/ non-approved absences)
must make-up missed material after school within the first few weeks of the school
year to receive credit. Credit is received through an individual students progress with
the material rather than pre-determined amount of time after school. Individual
practice time is highly encouraged in order to obtain full credit and less after school
time.
Rehearsals: Students are to be prepared with all necessary materials for rehearsal.
Including, but not limited to their instrument, individual binder, music, pencil, and
reeds/supplies. In addition, a students behavior and participation are also
accounted for in this assessment (i.e. using cell phones, doing homework from
another class during classtime)
Performances: Students are to attend all mandatory performances throughout the
year. In addition, students will be required to attend early call times for pregame/concert rehearsals. It is important that any conflicts that arise are
accompanied by a note and/or email from a parent or guardian one week before the
known conflict. This is particularly important during marching season so that changes
can be made to the field show as necessary.
Sectionals: Students are required to attend at least 4 out of the 5 scheduled
after-school sectional rehearsals per term. Students attending all 5 sectionals will
receive extra points.
Playing Assessments: Students will participate in formal and informal playing
assessments each term. These will include scale assessments, sight-reading,
individual part assessment, etc. and will be performed in either a one-on-one setting,
recorded, or in the full band rehearsal.
Practice/Instrument Home: Students are required to take home their instruments
each weekend. This is both for security and as part of practice expectations.
Mid-term and Final Exams: Each will contain both a performance (50%) and
written (50%) portion. (Midterms and Finals are each 10% of a students total grade
[20%] )
Extra Opportunities
Sr/Jr SEMSBA and/or Sr/Jr District Auditions
Both are great opportunities to develop individual skills and audition for partiipation
in great ensmebles, new conductors, and new literature. Participation in these groups
also look great on college transcipts and resumes.
Instrument supplies:
reeds
valve oil
key oil
slide oil
Three-ring Binder (specifically for Band)
Plastic sheet protectors (optional)
Pencils (for marking music during rehearsal)
School Provided:
Instrumental lyre (for holding music to the horn while marching)
Flip Folder Booklet (holding marching band music)
Highly Reccomended: a tuner or tuning app for your phone (free apps
tend to be of poor quality)
Marching Band
The marching band uniform is purchased through the music department. All parts of
the uniform are mandatory. The uniform will be strictly enforced and infractions will
cause deductions in grade and/or performance eligibility.
Red SL Band Polo Shirt
Red SL Band Jacket
Black Dress Pants (no jeans, khakis, cargo, or yoga pants etc.)*
Students are to sign the repair log binder with the proper information:
name, instrument, problem, and contact number
ALLEN GOULET INC. (Commercial Park Dr., Pembroke) comes on
a weekly basis to the school to pick-up all repairs.
A call will be made to you with the cost of repair and repair approval
Students still renting should be provided a spare horn through Goulet
Depending on instrument and/or availability a spare school instrument
can be loaned to a
a student who is no longer on the rental program
Academic Integrity
Written work on all course assignments must be done individually. This includes,
but is not limited to, homework questions or problems, lab reports, essays, and term
papers. In general, it is acceptable to seek help and discuss assignments with your
peers, but when you are ready to formulate your written response, this must be done
on your own. This is the difference between working together and copying.
Copying from another source, such as another students work or information found
on the internet, without citing that source, is plagiarism. Students caught
plagiarizing will be dealt with as outlined in the Student Handbook under the section
Academic Dishonesty.