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2013 Music for All National Festival Invitational
2012 Sudler Cup Recipient
2011 National Wind Band Honors Class AA National Winner
2010 Official Midwest Clinic Performer
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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THE SUDLER CUP
The Kealing Middle School Wind Ensemble has been chosen as a 2011 recipient of the John Phillip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Cup Award. Widely recognized as the highest national honor a middle school band can earn, the award's purpose is to identify, recognize and honor middle school concert band programs that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years. Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble!
National Wind Band Honors
The Kealing Middle School Wind Ensemble was selected as a Class AA National Winner for 2011 by the National Wind Band Honors Project. The Wind Ensemble was one of eight middle school bands in the nation to receive this honor.
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.