Our school is a public four-year high school with a wide range of students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Approximately 35-40% of our student body participates in fine arts on some level. Offering our music students the chance to succeed is my top priority. We strive daily to make opportunities available for our high school students to further their musical skills and expand their horizons.
Students attending our school have earned recognition at the district, state, regional, and national level.
We have alumni working on Broadway, teaching college and public school music, and performing as professionals all over the world. Our music department has a 100+ year history of excellence, and we try every day to live up to that legacy. We offer jazz band, two levels of string orchestra, and concert band, pep band, and marching band. We also have strong choral, guitar, drama, and fine arts programs.
My Project
Recently our program acquired a plastic trumpet as part of another grant. It is surprisingly sturdy and makes a sound that could be considered acceptable for pep band. My students have started to discuss purchasing their own for use in the stands during football and basketball games.
The newest versions of these plastic instruments would make an extremely fun addition to our school pep band.
The pop of blue in the middle of the stands will make our students stand out among the crowd.
They are not expensive, but I would rather not have the students purchase their own. By purchasing a small set of these, we will be able to continue the tradition of fun that surrounds our pep band.
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