January closes for us this week with a light week for the bands. We will have high school band rehearsals from 6 pm to 8 pm on Thursday night. Also, from 4 pm-5:15 pm, we will have our jazz rehearsal. In case you haven’t seen it elsewhere, the district is delayed for school tomorrow (Monday) by 2 hours as of this time. Please follow the ParentSquare/Facebook pages on the district/campuses for any other updates that might come there for the week.

Spring Band Fees for 7^th-12^th Grade Band students are due this week by Friday. Those fees help us purchase supplies, bring in clinicians, and take care of other spring band expenses that come up for the programs. Checks or Money Orders only, please, made out to OEISD.

2026 Florida Trip

We ask that parents/students please check in on their trip accounts this week. This website link https://bobrogerstravel.grcoll.co/v2/go/odem26  should let you access the site. Students who are too far behind on payments will be removed by the company in the coming weeks. Please contact them for any questions on that. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please let me know!

This Week’s Schedule

Day:	Event:
Monday:	Band Hall Closed After School
Tuesday:	Band Hall Closed After School
Wednesday:	Band Hall Closed After School
Thursday:	Jazz Rehearsal 4 pm – 5:15 pm Evening Rehearsal 6 pm – 8 pm
Friday:	Band Hall Closed

Upcoming Events:

Day:	Event:	Time:
Friday	Spring Band Fees Due
February 11th-14th	Texas Music Education Association Convention (All-State Band)
February 19th	Annual Odem S&E Recital
February 20th-21st	All-Region Jazz Clinic and Concert (JH and HS)
February 26th	UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest (JH and HS)
March 23rd	HS Pre-UIL Contest Concert
March 24th	JH Pre-UIL Contest Concert
April 1st/2nd	UIL Concert and Sight-Reading High School and JH Bands

Thank you for your help and support of these amazing students! Please contact us if you have any questions!