Sunday, February 23, 2020

Pre-LGPE, LGPE, and Remind

Dear Parents,

Please join our Remind if you are not on it already, and please have your kids join too if they have a device. Remind allows us to communicate via text about important updates while keeping everyone's phone numbers private:

6th Grade: text @6grorch to 81010
7th Grade: text @7grorch to 81010
8th Grade: text @8grorch to 81010

Here are important reminders form my January 17th email pertaining to 7th and 8th Grade LGPE. Please fully read if you haven't already!!
The 7th and 8th Grade Pre-LGPE Concert is (in 2 days!!!) Tuesday, February 25th at 6:30pm. Students do NOT have to wear their uniforms for this concert (to keep them in good condition for the LGPE event) and they will arrive back at the school at 6pm after going home as they normally would at 4:15. They are NOT staying after school. Please remind your child to sign in on the clipboard in the Orchestra room to receive credit for the concert. We could use a couple of parents to help facilitate this in the Orchestra room. 

The 8th Grade LGPE Event is Monday, March 2 at North Cobb High School. Their performance time is 3pm, with an arrival time of 1:45pm. They will need to bring their uniform to school to change into. They will leave Durham by 1 via school bus. They will head back to Durham via bus at 5:15pm. They will need a ride back at Durham by 5:45pm. 

The 7th Grade LGPE Event is Tuesday, March 3 at North Cobb High School. 7th Grade students will need to be in uniform with their instrument at Durham by 8:00am. We must leave Durham by 8:30am at the latest in order to meet our arrival time of 9am with morning traffic. Their performance time is 10:30am. They will be transported back to Durham via school buses for lunch at school. 

We still need more chaperones for both 7th and 8th Grade LGPE. If you are able to chaperone, please reply back to me and let me know! 

6th Grade Jamboree forms are due March 7th. Please send those and the $10 for transportation and dinner as soon as you are able. 

There are a handful of students that still need to turn in a blanket permission form. I have given some of those students 2 additional copies. If I do not receive them, I will be emailing them out. We are required to have these forms signed in order to take a student off campus.
As always, we greatly appreciate your support, and I look forward to seeing many of you at the 7th and 8th Grade Concert Tuesday night. Thank you,

Jennifer Aikey

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Weekly Update - 1st Week of February

Dear Parents,

It’s hard to believe we are now in February! We have been working hard on our LGPE (7/8) and Jamboree (6th) music to prepare for those events.

7th and 8th Grade students have an in-class playing test today, and have one due on CutTime next week on Tuesday, Feb 11. Please see my last email/blog post if you need the playing test instructions.

6th Grade will be starting assessments on CutTime soon, so 6th Grade parents, please check your email for the invitation link to CutTime and please sign up if you have not already. I sent those out a couple of months ago and can resend it if you cannot find the email.

Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, Feb 8 - Honor Orchestra Auditions at Palmer MS
Friday, Feb 14 – Disney Payment Due ($200 per person)
Tuesday, Feb 25 – 7th and 8th Grade Pre-LGPE Concert – students arrive at 6pm, concert starts at 6:30pm
Monday, March 2 – 8th Grade LGPE
Tuesday, March 3 – 7th Grade LGPE
Tuesday, March 31 – 6th Grade String Jamboree Concert at Harrison

If there are any issues with your child’s concert uniform (7/8) or polo (6), please let me know ASAP. I know there were a couple of folks who still needed help and I wanted to make sure any issues were resolved. I hope to have grades fully updated by the end of the week. For the most part, the students have done a really awesome job with the playing tests! 

Thank you so much,

Jennifer Aikey

Disney Refund Update

Dear 8th Grade Parents, We have been notified that the travel agency has sent out the refund check to Durham. When we receive the che...