Last week was a wonderful first week of school!

Week at a Glance:

• Monday: Full Band 3:45PM – 6:15PM
• Tuesday: Full Band 3:45PM – 6:15PM
• Thursday: Full Band 6:00PM – 9:00PM
  • Virtual Open House – Students should attend practice, parents please attend open house using your child’s Google Classroom login information. More information below.
• Friday: Scrimmage (students are welcome to attend, but we will not be there as a full band)
• Saturday: Full Band 1:00PM – 9:00PM

Virtual Open House

Welcome to the 2021-2022 Carrollton High School Virtual Open House. Below you will find all the information needed to attend each class virtual open house and additional information required to attend. If you would like to have an individual meeting with your child’s teacher, please contact them individually via email.

Virtual Open House Schedule:

• 6:00 pm – Welcome Presentation by Principal, Ian Lyle (sent via infinite campus messenger)
• 6:15 pm-6:30 pm – 1st Block 
• 6:30 pm-6:45 pm – 2nd Block
• 6:45 pm-7:00 pm – 3rd Block 
• 7:00 pm-7:15 pm – 4th Block 

Each class session will be 15 minutes and consists of a virtual meet and greet with your child’s teacher. You will access the virtual open house through google classrooms. You will need access to your child’s google classroom account to locate the meeting link. A step by step tutorial is provided below:

Step by Step Tutorial (desktop or computer):

1. Access the website : Classroom.google.com
2. Sign in to your child’s google classroom account (You need your child’s account information)
3. Click on the individual classes open house you are attending (make sure it is the correct time noted above)
4. Click on the “join classroom link” below the classroom title
5. Join the virtual presentation and enjoy!

Step by Step Tutorial (phone access):

1. Access the application on your iPhone or Android device
2. Sign in to your child’s google classroom account
3. Click on the individual classes open house you are attending (make sure it is the correct time noted above)
4. Click on the small camera in the top right corner of the screen
5. Join the virtual presentation and enjoy!

Sponsorships

We are in the middle of our annual sponsorship drive. Packets were distributed during the 2nd week of band camp. Students were assigned businesses to ask about sponsoring the band. Students will be rewarded 10% of each sponsorship that they or their parents secure. Money can be applied to band fees or trips. If you need more sponsorship forms please email Jennifer Carden at jenn.chsbandbooster@gmail.com.

Here is a digital form that you can use to email to potential sponsors as well. Thank you so much for helping to secure corporate sponsors as we continue to provide the best experiences possible for our students!

Saturday Rehearsal

Itinerary for Saturday

• 1:00PM – 5:00PM Rehearsal in the SAC
• 5:00PM – 6:00PM Dinner (Volunteers Needed)
• 6:00PM – 9:00PM Full Band in Grisham Stadium

Volunteers: We need volunteers to help with dinner: set up, serve, and clean up.

Water Donations

We use thousands of bottles of water each marching season and ask each student to please either donate 4 cases of water or $10. If you haven’t made your donation, please get it turned in this week. Waters can be delivered to the front lobby and we will ask a volunteer to help move them to the designated storage area behind the band building.

Disney Trip – Waiting List & Next Payment Due

The next trip payment ($225 per person) is due to Super Holiday Tours on August 23. If you are paying at the school and not through their website, remember it is due 1 week earlier, August 16.

Did you forget to sign-up for the Disney Trip? We are still allowing people to sign up to be added to our waiting list. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please sign up on the Super Holiday Tours website, but do not pay. Once we know there is available room we will notify you to get caught up with your payments. Please visit our Disney Trip page for more information on how to register. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Carr at christopher.carr@carrolltoncityschools.net.

Health Class

More info about the health class can be found by using the link above or following this link: https://chstrojanband.com/health-in-band/

If you haven’t completed the eADAP process or the other units yet, you are beginning to fall behind. Please work diligently to get caught up. The eADAP component is required for you to receive credit for the health class. Get caught up by the end of this week.

Things are about to get busier. Do not forget to keep working on your health classwork. Many students have completed the class already!! Congratulations!!

We have created an Amazon Wishlist with items that we could use this summer. Any donations of items would be greatly appreciated. Please click the following link to view the list. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1R8PR4T85XZE

Upcoming Dates

Below is a list of some upcoming events, please refer to our calendar on chstrojanband.com for a more complete overview of our upcoming rehearsals and events.

• Regular rehearsal schedule
  • Mondays 3:45pm – 6:15pm
  • Tuesdays 3:45pm – 6:15pm
  • Wednesdays Quality Assurance Program (for students who were absent)
  • Thursdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Friday (Football Games)
• 8.14 Saturday rehearsal 1pm – 9pm
• 8.20 First Home Game vs. New Manchester
• 8.27 Home vs. Newnan

Do you ever order from Amazon? If you do, you can order the same items on AmazonSmile for the same amount and a percentage of the purchase will be donated to the Carrollton Trojan Band Boosters.

The AmazonSmile program is a give-back program where the online retailer, Amazon, donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the Carrollton Trojan Band Boosters to support our normal operations and efforts in supporting our band. This really is a effortless way to support our band without it costing you anything extra. If you normally shop online with Amazon, you simply designate the Carrollton High School Band Boosters Club Inc. as the charitable organization that you’d like to support and that’s it… Your account will automatically be linked and then whenever you make your normal eligible purchases the band will benefit. It can’t get much easier than that to help!

To link your account, follow this link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1572206 and sign in to your Amazon account. That’s all there is to it! Share this link with your family, friends, and co-workers too so they can support us as well. If you want to take your support to the next level, share this opportunity with your Facebook Friends by simply clicking here: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1572206 or on share on your Twitter feed by clicking here: http://bit.ly/1mt64cX

After linking your account, whenever your shopping on Amazon, make sure your shopping at smile.amazon.com and then look for the AmazonSmile logo in the upper left-hand corner of your browser window. That’s your assurance that your purchases will benefit our program! NOTE: AmazonSmile does not work with the Amazon App for mobile devices. If you commonly shop from your smartphone or mobile device you will want to place the items you want in your shopping cart via the app but then complete your checkout in a traditional web browser on your desktop, laptop, smartphone, or mobile device in order for the AmazonSmile donation to be made.

There is no time limit on this program so we encourage you to continue to take advantage of this opportunity year-round.

If you have any specific questions you can contact the Band Boosters at: chstrojanbands@gmail.com.

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