Friday was Senior Night in Grisham Stadium and we spent the day celebrating our growing leaders. They have poured extraordinary efforts into the band program over these past four years and we appreciate the guidance that they continue to provide to our younger Trojans. We started the day with a senior breakfast that was prepared by our senior parents. WOW! The decorations, special gifts, and spread of food was outstanding! Thank you for showering all of our seniors with your love and support.

We started the game with a ceremony honoring our seniors and their families and prepared a FUN show to celebrate. At the bottom of the past are some photos that were collected from Cheryl Moore and Ashlie Ball from the day’s festivities!

Week at a Glance

• Monday: No Practice
• Tuesday: No Practice
• Thursday: No Practice
• Friday: Teacher Workday, No Game • Enjoy your day off!
  • AGW Spirit Night • Enjoy some ice cream with your family and support our band!

1st Round Playoff • November 12 • Home

With winning the region we have secured home field advantage for the playoff games until the 3rd round when a coin flip might be needed to determine where the game is played. Due to a shortage of referee’s all 7A 1st Round play off games will take place on Saturday. We learned of this last week and an email was sent via Charms. If you did not receive an email, please visit Charms and update your contact information. Below is more information concerning Charms from our website: www.chstrojanband.com/charms

What is Charms?

Charms is a Student Management System that the Carrollton High School Band Staff utilizes to maintain information about the band and its students. This robust system allows the band staff to easily track things like instrument and uniform assignments, submission of required forms and much more. For parents and students it allows you to update contact information, access secured practice materials, review trip accounts and so much more.

We encourage you to spend some time and explore and get familiar with this valuable resource.

How to Access Charms:

There are several ways for you to access the Charms system:

1. Log in directly by clicking on the “Charms Login” sub-link found under the “Charms” area of our website menu/navigation bar or click here: CHS Trojan Band Charms Login
2. Log on via the charmsoffice.com website and hovering over  the “ENTER/LOGIN” link at the upper right and click  the “PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBERS” option
   • On the next screen enter the School Code: CHSTrojanBand and then click on the “”Enter Charms” button.
   • This will bring up the main parent page, which will allow you to look at a copy of our calendar for your, email the staff, handouts and other files.
   • If you enter your child’s School ID Number (same as lunch account number etc.) in the Student Area Password area, another more detailed screen will open with even more options to view your student’s uniform assignments, music assignments, trip records, forms, inventory, etc.. Once you have first entered this ID number, you may create your own, unique password by clicking on the “keyhole” (Change Password). From this area, you can also make changes to your child’s student information page (such as updating phone numbers and email addresses if they change.

If you have any issues or questions about the Charms system, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Carr at christopher.carr@carrolltoncityschools.net

Veterans’ Day Concert • November 14

Help Us Honor Our Veterans

We would like to honor family members and friends of the Carrollton Trojan Band with the creation of a slide show to be presented at our Veteran’s Day Concert on November 14, 2022. The concert is FREE and open to the public. We would be honored by your presence if you are able to attend. Please help us to spread the word!

Christmas Sponsorship

We are sponsoring 2 families for Christmas this year. This is a great opportunity to give back this holiday season. All volunteers are greatly appreciated but please do not feel pressured to participate. Participation is completely optional.

The families that we were assigned have a total of 7 children. The 1st family has 4 children (13F, 10M, 7F, 4M) and the 2nd family has 3 children (6M, 4F, 2F). Please list your name beside the gift that you will purchase.

Once you purchase the gift please label it with the child’s letter or number and bring it to the band room, unwrapped by December 3, 2022- the day of the parade and Christmas Party.

All In One Sale Pick Up

Please remind everyone who ordered from you that pick up for the All in One Sale is November 18 or 19 at Tabernacle Baptist Church. We will need volunteers to assist these days. Volunteer Here •  9:00AM – 5:00PM on November 18 and 9:00AM – 12:00PM on November 19.

Amazon • 2 Ways to Help • Snacks Needed

THANK YOU so much to our parents and friends who have ordered items from our Amazon Wishlist! Your generosity makes a difference and we are very appreciative. THANK YOU!!!!

Mark Your Calendars

The following events we need all hands on deck and are requesting your involvement.

Upcoming Dates

This is not an exhaustive list. Refer to our calendar online for the most up to date information regarding events and times.

• November
  • 4 • No School • No Game • AGW Spirit Night • TBA
  • 8 • Full Band 3:45pm – 5:00pm
  • 10 • Full Band 3:45pm – 5:00pm
  • 11 • First Round Playoffs • HOME • Volunteer Here
  • 14 • Veteran’s Day Concert • 7:00pm
  • 17 • Band Auditions
  • 18 • 2nd Round Playoffs • Volunteer Here
  • 21 – 25 • Thanksgiving Break – No School
  • 25 • 3rd Round Playoffs • Volunteer Here
• December
  • 2 • 4th Round Playoffs • Volunteer Here
  • 3 • Carrollton Christmas Parade • Volunteer Here
    • 2nd Round All-State Jazz Auditions • Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe
  • 7 • Full Band Dress Rehearsal with Chorus 3:30pm – 6:00pm • MAC
  • 8 • Holiday Concert • 7:00pm • MAC
  • 10 • District Honor Band Auditions • East Paulding High School
    • Class 7A Football Championship Game • 7:00pm • Georgia State University Center Parc Stadium • Volunteer Here
  • 16 • Final day before the break
• January
  • 3 • Students return to school
  • 12 – 13 • Final Exams
  • 16 • MLK Parade • No School
  • 17 • Start of 2nd Semester