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To start- click on the circle with a + sign in the bottom right corner

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To start- click on the circle with a + sign in the bottom right corner

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List your Title/Date and go!

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We do a rotation through all three of the music classrooms during the first week of school and hand out a letter so students can sign up late.

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On the first day of school every 6th grader visits the b/o/c rooms for about 25 minutes each and goes home with a recruiting form (which is identical to Evelyns...  that's actually the form that was presented to the Superintendent 6-7 years ago).  From there we do a 3 day rotation through media center/cafeteria/computer labs/counselors/admin/resource officer/etc and by Friday they're in class with us.  First day is huge groups (180 at a time, we squish).  Next 3 days are much smaller groups since they rotate between 8 locations.  Other connections/pe teachers act as "tour guides".

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We are part of the tour that 5th graders do in the fall. Each group showcases what it is.
This year we are also having our 8th graders do a video project to recruit 5th graders. I attached info about the recruitment video. I have a rubric that I can share as well if you need it

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8th Grade Night w/ our Marching Band, they perform at a home game with band on the field at halftime.
Spring Recruiting
I take a week and visit the middle school to do auditions. Prior to the placement auditions, I take a student panel to answer any and all questions about high school & Band during the 8th grade classes. I choose a diverse panel that not only march, but also do other extra-curricular activities AND take a fair amount of AP classes (that seems to be what we battle every year with retention.) When I return for auditions, I listen to each student individually and speak with them about staying in band and also marching.
One of the best tools in my collection is an unsolicited email from a parent that I had translated in to Korean and Chinese, talking about the admissions preview @ Vanderbilt.

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Parents - please read the letter below from a Northview band parent to help understand the importance of allowing your child to participate in marching band! The majority of Northview band students who march take AP Classes, GA Tech Math and College English. Many students have remarked to me that taking marching band has helped them learn to budget their time for practice, studying and homework.
Dear Mrs. Dickerson, It was with great concern that I read your note to band families about students choosing not to participate in marching band. As the parent of a graduating senior who will be attending Vanderbilt University, I have some personal knowledge that I feel I truly should share with band parents. This past summer I had the opportunity to attend an information session at Vanderbilt University for prospective students. The admissions counselor running the session talked extensively about the things highly selective universities (for instance Georgia Tech, Yale, Princeton, and New York University) are looking for in their applicants and came back time and again to extracurricular activities - particularly a COMMITMENT to any extracurricular activity such as marching band or other fine art. One of the parents apparently grew tired of hearing this and asked, "My son has taken every AP class offered by his school and the most rigorous schedule allowed. His GPA with Honors Points is well over a 4.0. But you keep talking about extracurricular activities. Surely you don't place as much emphasis there as you do on GPA?" The counselor responded with, "Ma'am, a transcript like that simply proves that your son can do his homework. We want someone more well-rounded than that." The parent was outraged and asked, "Are you saying that you would not accept my son as a student?" The counselor then replied, "Ma'am, if you are saying that your son's resume will not reflect an on-going commitment to at least one extracurricular activity, it is unlikely that we would offer him a spot in our freshmen class." The parent angrily left the session. The rest of us thanked our lucky stars as we compared notes and found that our children were able to note "four years of marching band" on their resumes! (We also heard this same information at an info session for Yale University.) My daughter did not really want to join marching band as a rising freshmen. In fact, she begged me not to make her do so. I insisted that she give it a try, and if she truly hated it, she would not have to return the following year. One of the MAIN reasons I wanted her to try it (aside from the fact I knew she would enjoy it) was that I knew she needed it on her transcript. She ended up not only playing in the band all four years of high school but also participating in marching band all four years as well. She served as section leader, another bright spot on her resume. She would be the first person to tell you that these things, along with her AP classes and GPA got her accepted to Vanderbilt. PLEASE don't allow your children to make the choice of cutting this vital activity out of their high school experience. Colleges, particularly the highly-competitive schools to which Northview students traditionally apply, are looking for well-rounded students. Your child NEEDS marching band as much as marching band needs them!

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Parents - please read the letter below from a Northview band parent to help understand the importance of allowing your child to participate in marching band! The majority of Northview band students who march take AP Classes, GA Tech Math and College English.

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We take approximately 90 students (30 from band, chorus and orchestra) and visit each elementary school and perform a concert for the 5th (and sometimes the 4th) grade.  We each take about 10 minutes to perform and have students talk about their middle school music experience.  This trip typically takes place in December or January.

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We take approximately 90 students (30 from band, chorus and orchestra) and visit each elementary school and perform a concert for the 5th (and sometimes the 4th) grade.  We each take about 10 minutes to perform and have students talk about their middle school music experience.  This trip typically takes place in December or January.

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We take our top band, orchestra, and chorus groups to our three feeder elementary schools in December to play a short concert for the 5th graders at each school. Our kids LOVE the tour; 6th graders always tell us that they joined our music department because they loved the performances at their elementary school.

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We do a recruiting concert with Band, Orchestra and Chorus and visit our feeder elementary schools in December and in the Spring.  At the Spring concert, we hand out forms in which each child can check which group they prefer.  We continue taking recruits throughout the first quarter.

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We do a recruiting concert with Band, Orchestra and Chorus and visit our feeder elementary schools in December and in the Spring.  At the Spring concert, we hand out forms in which each child can check which group they prefer.  We continue taking recruits throughout the first quarter.

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I also acce[t students during 7th grade if they agree to come for tutoring for at least a month before and after school.

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2. "Cluster concert" (marching band performs on stage for both 8th grade groups, student testimonials on mic. These speeches and their talking points are worked out ahead of them. It is strategic who speaks, and what they speak about... we work this out a few days in advance. This is also a chance for me to hit a few major non-musical advantages to parents in audience (PE credit waiver, etc).

3. Visit to 8th grade clases in early December (last year's "hype video": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDYWDlUhrZk  2014 promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyvR9tUuP0w)

4. Info packet sent home in December, intent form due back in January: http://miltonband.org/home/pagefiles/Band2017-2018.pdf

5. Informational meeting late winter/early spring (commitment explained, question answered for parents):
http://miltonband.org/home/pagefiles/InformationMeeting2017-2018.pdf

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We visit the feeder elementary schools in December to perform and encourage the children to join the Band, Chorus, or Orchestra- whichever they think they may like best. No need to choose an instrument prior to joining, students just need to decide which group appeals to them most. Band, Chorus, and Orchestra teacher all work together as a team to encourage children to choose the best option for themselves.

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As Elaine posted, 5th graders tour our building each spring. The Band, Orchestra and Chorus all perform for them and the students later tour our rooms. This year, we've started a video project where our 8th graders create recruiting videos for the program to which they belong.

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We (Band, Chorus, and Orchestra) perform for the students in March when they visit our school. They also rotate through our classrooms on the first day of school in the fall. This year, we plan to take students to the elementary schools in February to perform.

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Fall Semester
Eighth graders perform with our Symphonic Orchestra on the fall semester holiday concert. I visit the eighth
Spring Semester
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I visit the MS and attend their concerts and assist with set-up, etc.  I include feeder teacher as a conductor on all honor performances.

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1. 8th Grade Night during football season.  Share a meal before the game and have the 8th graders sit and participate in stand music.

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1. 8th Grade Night during football season.  Share a meal before the game and have the 8th graders sit and participate in stand music.

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2.  Visit with 8th graders during certain classes throughout the year.

3. On the Spring Concert, we include the 8th grade students perform with the HS Wind Ensemble on a selection.

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Fall Semester-Winter Concert-8th graders play with the 9th graders.

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Gomez:-Chattahoochee HS Recruiting:  We invite the 8th graders over for a themed evening of fun and music.  Two years ago, we did a Harry Potter Theme and sorted the kids into houses with a sorting hat.  We also did a Hogwarts banquet and a Tri-Wizard Tournament before the concert. This past year we did a Halloween Spooktacular and themed the music to all be scary.  The high school kids also put on carnival games and made a whole Haunted House.  It is a super fun night and helps team-building at the HS level, and recruitment at the MS level.

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Gomez:-Chattahoochee HS Recruiting:  We invite the 8th graders over for a themed evening of fun and music.  Two years ago, we did a Harry Potter Theme and sorted the kids into houses with a sorting hat.  We also did a Hogwarts banquet and a Tri-Wizard Tournament before the concert. This past year we did a Halloween Spooktacular and themed the music to all be scary.  The high school kids also put on carnival games and made a whole Haunted House.  It is a super fun night and helps team-building at the HS level, and recruitment at the MS level.

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We have a 7th/8th Grade Jazz Band.  We work on part jazz, part rock!  We meet every Thursday morning.  One of our highlights we look forward to every year, is performing fun tunes for the 5th graders when they come on their middle school tour of Northwestern Middle School!  I get chills every year, when they turn the corner to the cafeteria and then BOOM, there we are!  Our entrance tune last year was "You've Got a Friend in Me."  Priceless!!!!  Some of our current students can remember the exact tune(s) we performed when they were the touring 5th grade students.  Pretty cool!  (The tours take place over 4 days.  Band, Chorus and Orchestra take turns performing through their tour.  The tour begins around 9:15AM until 10:30 Amish.)

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Recruiting: ES to MS
Fall: We take a combined trip with BOC to our feeder ES with small groups. We have 4 feeder ES so this activity takes a full day and another morning for the ES next door. We select about 15 min worth of music and take turns talking about the music programs at EPMS. Things usually work out very well.

Spring:  The ES will take a trip to EPMS where we usually use our 7th grade groups (based up time of day) to play for each school. The ES Students take a tour of the school but before they do that they get to hear one piece from each group.

Recruiting: MS to HS
Students go to an 8th grade night for each of their zoned high schools.

Cluster Concert at MHS in November; RHS will come to us to play with 8th grade on December 11th at Holiday concert.

HS Directors will visit and give out information to MS Students.

We try to "Sell" HS Band as much as possible all year long.

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5th graders visit the school in March and the Band, Chorus, and Orchestra will play for them

-We also do a jazz band tour to the Elemenarty school in Jan.

Student will also do a rotation the first couple of days of school to allow students to sign up if they have not yet done so.

We provide information at parent nights as well.

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Jesse Oliva                 Spring- I will be using a pep band to build interest around the school and our community. The band will play at basketball games and pep rallies, as well as perform for feeder elementary schools. 

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Jesse Oliva                 Spring- I will be using a pep band to build interest around the school and our community. The band will play at basketball games and pep rallies, as well as perform for feeder elementary schools. 

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It is all about audience participation.  The more that I can get the rising 6th graders involved in our performance, the better chance I have at getting them to show up for instrument petting zoo in May.

When we offer our petting zoo, I allow the rising 6th grade students to try out all of the instruments that orchestra has to offer. I extend service hours (and donuts) to my 8th grade students to come in that Saturday and answer questions for both the parents and the students. They really enjoy the opportunity to grow our program.

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Band, Orchestra, and Chorus visit each of our feeder schools in Jamuary, then hold an evening informational meeting a week or two afterwards. We have 2, 20 minute sessions so students/parents can visit two of the three ensemble class sessions.

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ES to MS:
We take about 30 students from Band, Orchestra, and Chorus for a mini tour to the feeding Elementary programs. We typically go in December or early January, and choose a variety of music that the students may recognize.

We strongly encourage students choose which fine arts group would fit them best, and the most important part is just being involved.

MS to HS:
The entire 8th grade band participates in 8th Grade Night at Chattahoochee HS.

We also strongly encourage staying involved in music in HS in whatever capacity fits their interests.