Spring Trip paperwork

**Update on Spring Trip**
A hold has been placed on our spring trip, and we are awaiting approval. There have been complaints about school trips to the district office (even though they are NOT mandatory), and it is possible that our trip will be canceled, and our students denied this opportunity. If you have already sent money to Stamm Travel and the trip does NOT get approved, Stamm will (of course) refund your money 100%. For the moment, do not send any money, just in case. Once I get word on whether or not we will be able to take our annual spring trip, I will update again. I am truly sorry for this, and it really concerns me that we may have to break tradition and abandon a spring trip. Please know this is not anything I have control over right now - I am waiting on word from the district office.

The only way I could get the forms on the blog were to scan them into image files. I wish they were still word documents, but this was the best way for me to get them to show up. In case you need them for reference, or if you would like to print from here, feel free.

Fall Fundraiser

Our Fall Fundraiser is underway! Students are selling from the "Best of the Best" brochure from Cobb Enterprises, and the food is delicious! Order forms and money due Wednesday, October 28. Profits from the fundraiser go into student "accounts" for orchestra expenses (strings, shirt, accessories, spring trip), and also into the orchestra fund to help pay for classroom accessories, new music, transportation for field trips, etc. Please help us raise money for our program! The orchestra student who sells the most items gets $50 cash! The class with the highest selling percentage gets a Beatles Rock Band day in class! Students must sell at least 5 items to participate if their class wins. Products will be delivered to the school before Thanksgiving. I will post the exact date when we get that information from Cobb, and I'll send home a reminder. Students will need to pick up their items the day they come in, and deliver them ASAP, as these are frozen foods, and we don't want them to spoil!!