I will send out regular messages with reminders about concerts and grade reports. To check out an instrument the student must have their sponsor fill out a form accepting responsibility if the instrument is lost or damaged. Parents are requested to stress the importance of security of instruments on the way to and from school. Each year one or more students have instruments lost or stolen. In almost all cases the instruments have been left unattended in the hallways or left on the bus.
Lockers are available for students to store their instruments.
Please do not leave instruments in the music room overnight. Parents are asked to sign a weekly practice record and return it to school the first school day of the week. Please help your student set up a regular practice routine and encourage them to stay with it. Students are more likely to practice when a regular schedule has been adapted to the normal family routine. Short 20 to 30 minute sessions each day are more beneficial than trying to practice for 2 hours one day per week.