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This page updated, June 2nd, 2009
Welcome to the Kealing Middle School Band website!
Take the tour by clicking on any of the items listed on the left. Our goal is to keep parents and students, as well as our education colleagues, informed about our band activities. Let us know if there is any way we can make this website more useful to you. Your comments and suggestions will help us to keep you better informed.
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Click here to listen to the KMS Fight Song
Get Vital Band Events, Dates and More on CHARMS
Go to www.charmsmusic.com and type in "kealingmsband"
Be sure to bookmark Charmsmusic.com for easy access in the future.
Need more details?
Log on to www.charmsmusic.com
Locate the “PARENT/STUDENT LOGIN” section of the web page.
Login to your child’s program account using the following login:
KealingMSBand
This will bring up the main parent page. This will allow you to look at your
child’s program calendar, event list, handouts and SmartMusic files.
Clicking on an event on the calendar brings up the details for that event,
such as times, attendance requirements and equipment/uniform necessities. Clicking
on “event list” puts all of the calendar information in a list
form for easy printing.
When you enter your child’s ID NUMBER, ______________ another more detailed
screen appears with even more options to view your student’s locker and
combination, music assignments, trip account records, forms turned in and practice
reports. Enter your child’s ID FIRST – then you may create your
own, unique password by clicking on the “keys.”
Two areas in which you can help the director maintain
his/her records:
Student information form – if the director has allowed
it, you may help make changes to your child’s student information
page (such as updating phone numbers and email addresses if they
change) to help the teacher communicate with you more effectively.
Most importantly, the parent page assists both you and the teacher to communicate
with each other.
Check Your E-Mail Addresses for Accuracy...
Many e-mails are getting returned to the directors because of incorrect or outdated addresses. Parents, please check your contact information on the CHARMS site. We need accurate e-mail addresses, as virtually all of our communication is done via e-mail. Don't be left out due to outdated contact information.
Please help us communicate with you! Thanks!
...and Check Your Junk Mail Folder and Spam Blocker
KMS Band e-mails may not be getting through to you if you have a spam filter that rejects them. Please check your settings and preferences to allow KMS Band news and information to go where it is intended. In some cases, all you have to do is add the directors' e-mail addresses to your address book.
Beginning Band '09-'10: Your Calendar for the Year Is Ready
Click here to view important dates and events.
Special thanks to Rich Gramann for taking and sharing these pictures!!!
http://rich1960.smugmug.com/gallery/8289908_ZFbmi/12/542962191_2c8Me#542962191_2c8Me
McCallum Band Announces Freshman Camp
Click here for dates and information for new students and parents entering McCallum High School.
Visit the MAC BAND website: http://www.austinschools.org/campus/mccallum/fine_arts/band/index.htm
Summer Band 2009
Click here for information about Summer Band rehearsals and fun days at THE MAIN EVENT and SCHLITTERBAHN..
Photos from Our December 2008 Holiday Concert
http://rich1960.smugmug.com/gallery/6808110_NoCFZ/1/435141883_Vs5ck#435141883_Vs5ck
Courtesy of Rich Gramman
Fundraising Strengthens Our Band Program
During our periodic fundraising campaigns, some families prefer to make a cash donation to the Kealing Band activity account or an individual trip account. That's okay! Our individual profit goal for most fundraisers is about $50 per band student. We accept cash donations or checks payable to "Kealing Band". Thanks for supporting your child's music education.
Congratulations to Our Outstanding Musicians
The following KMS Band students were selected to participate in the 2008 Region Band Festival:
Paul Holmes - oboe, Concert Band
Hannah Bangs - clarinet, Symphonic Band
Anna Robinson - clarinet, Concert Band
Hannah Rieden - alto sax, Concert Band
Keivaun Waugh - alto sax, Concert Band
Jules Ochoa - trumpet, Concert Band
Zach Krebs - french horn, Symphonic Band
Phillip Hawkins - trombone, Concert Band
Nicholas Fu - trombone, Concert Band
Evan Taylor-Adair - tuba, Concert Band
The directors want you all to know we are proud of your success!
About the GoArts Campaign in Texas
The GoArts campaign is sponsored by the Texas Music Educators Association in conjunction with the Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education, a coalition of more than 25 organizations whose mission is to promote fine arts in our Texas schools.
The GoArts campaign advocates for education policies, primarily at the state level, that ensure all Texas students have opportunities to study music, art, theater, and dance. Visit goarts.org for the latest updates. Sign up to receive email alerts and information that will help you be a more active and effective supporter of music and fine arts education.
An ongoing discussion at the state level about standardized high school GPA guidelines is whether to include Fine Arts courses as "academic". There are Texas legislators and others who follow this line of reasoning: fine arts is music, music is band, bands play at football games, so therefore band, like football, is extra-curricular.
Make your opinion known to our Texas legislators through GoArts.
Click the URL to visit goarts.org
Private Lessons Are for Enrichment
Our private lesson staff has been busy setting up their schedules to meet with students who want to enrich their musical talents. Private lessons are recommended for everyone, not just to those in need of remedial help. Every effort is being made to work around block scheduling, with its alternate days pattern, to permit lessons during class time. The KMS Band directors feel that the individual benefits of private instruction are so great that we will gladly excuse a student from the group for thirty minutes to receive 100% attention from a private lesson teacher.
Click here to download a private lesson application.
Weekly Practice Planners
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Concert Band students are expected to maintain weekly practice planners that are due on the first class meeting day of the week. Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band students have the option of turning in a paper copy or submitting their report on line at CharmsMusic.com.
Beginning Band students will log their weekly home practice time from Sunday through Saturday on a printed form. The minimum practice expectations are twenty minutes per day and five days per week. Keep in mind that "the more you practice, the luckier you get."
Practice Planners and Practice Reports can be downloaded and printed from each band's special page or from the Downloads page. Please help us save paper by printing your own.