Sunday, February 10, 2013

February 11-15

THANK YOU to everyone who put in so much work to make our Benefit Concert a success! Thanks to Mrs Summers, Mrs Kanga and Mrs Taher for leading our efforts and to the dozen other parent leaders and the dozen or two more volunteers who made that evening possible.

In addition to our Benefit Concert, Jazz Band performed Friday morning for nearly 1,000 valley leaders. Thanks to Mrs Grimaud, Mrs Canteenwala and Mr Carrillo for driving for us and making this event possible!

This week will be a much slower week in classes. Monday will be a day to clean up and debrief. There will even be a day or two this week where Wind Ensemble, Orchestra and Jazz Band may have a homework or practice day.

Rehearsal for Hello, Dolly! will be on Monday and Wednesday at 6:30-9:15. Please be prompt!

Join us at California Pizza Kitchen on Wednesday for our next dining partner event! CPK will donate 20% of your order (including alcoholic beverages) back to our program. Good from 11:30 am to 9:00 pm and for either dine in or take out orders! You must present this flier to your server. You can also

We'll begin our final arrangements for our Spring Trip this week. We are looking for a couple more parent chaperones, so if you'd like to join us please let me know. Also, last minute student additions need to happen this week as we begin to work on our rooming list. If you have any questions about this- check out the Tour 2013 page.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

February 4-8

Our Benefit Concert is on Saturday! If you missed the email I sent out earlier this afternoon, read it here. There's lots of important information about volunteering, tickets, raffle, student call times and more! Don't forget that you must get your tickets by Wednesday for your student to earn their $5 credit for each ticket sold. Get your tickets here! Raffle tickets are also due by Wednesday for your student to earn their 80% account credit. Use this link to our facebook page to invite your friends, too.

Congratulations to the Jazz Band for their outstanding performance at CMEA on Saturday! This week, we have our Joint Venture gig at the convention center downtown (Parkside Hall). We need parent drivers for this event! We will meet at school at 6:30 am (I know, it's early) and return some time during 4th period (around 11:30). We need drivers for each direction, but you don't have to stay the whole time. Students will even have quite a bit of time off stage to work on homework or other things. We've done this performance since 2005! Let's continue to show these valley leaders what Pioneer can do! For more info about Joint Venture, check out their website.

We are still looking for a few more parents to join us as chaperones on our Spring Trip to San Francisco. The cost for chaperones is just $150 for the weekend! We are going to have a great time, but we need more parents to make it happen. Check out the info here, and be sure to send in your tour contract so I can add you to our list!

Hello, Dolly! practice this week is Monday from 6:30-9:30. Next week, we'll rehearse Monday and Wednesday 6:30-9:30. Please be prompt so we can start on time! Remember your pencil!