Hi, hey, hello!
My name is Michaela Davis and I'm the band director at Trimpe Middle School. I'm also the band director at Civic Memorial High School. I've been teaching band for six years and I've been working in Bethalto for five of those years. I have a passion for music education, specifically in the form of band, and I'm so excited to share that passion with your students. Music is so essential in our daily lives. I wanted to send this email to say hello, introduce myself, and inform you of a few items that will be important in the upcoming school year. 1. Students will NOT need their instruments this Wednesday, the first day of school. They should plan on bringing them on Thursday, however, we might not play a lot that day. I want to check out all instruments and ensure that they are working properly. Instruments may stay in the band room during the week, but I encourage students to take them home to practice. Instruments are REQUIRED to go home the last day of school during the week and returned the first day of school the following week unless otherwise told by me. 2. If your child needs to rent an instrument, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can ensure we have a working instrument for them. Our school does not have a lot of instruments, but we can help in some instances. I, of course, recommend that your child has their own, but if that is not a possibility, please let me know. We do charge a $50 yearly rental fee for borrowing a school instrument. 3. The band website can be found HERE. It is cmhsbands.weebly.com (please forgive the title - I made the website when I was only the band director at Civic Memorial High School). There is a dropdown menu for the middle school bands that includes updates that I've sent out. Other documents and information will be added within the next few days, including the TMS Band Handbook linked below. 4. The TMS Band Handbook can be found HERE as well as on the website. I will be discussing this handbook with students tomorrow during class and they will receive a paper copy at that time. Things for you to be aware of: all students and parents should read the handbook and fill out the Handbook E-Signature form found HERE and turn in the order form found on the last page of the handbook. EVERYONE needs to turn in an order form. To sum this email up, please do not have your child bring their instrument to school tomorrow, let me know if your child does NOT have an instrument, visit the band website and take a glance at the TMS Band Handbook. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! I'm excited to make music with your child this year! Musically yours -- Michaela Davis
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