We begin this week by congratulating our students on their outstanding performances at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation last week! We began with the Odem JH Concert Band earning just their third ever Superior Rating in the concert category on Wednesday morning! They just missed a one in the Sight-Reading room with a 1-2-2 rating that gave them an Excellent

Welcome to one of our last big week of UIL events for the year for the Odem Bands! On Wednesday, and Thursday this week, students in our 7th-12th Grade bands will be attending the UIL Region Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation at Tuloso Midway HS. Their times are: Wednesday, April 1st: Odem JH Concert Band: 9:25 amOdem JH Symphonic Winds: 12:20 pmOdem

We are going to have a packed couple of weeks here with the bands! First up, tomorrow, on Monday at 6 pm, we’ll have the HS Pre-UIL Concert in the HS Cafetorium. HS Students need to be in the band hall/stage, warming up at 5:30 pm. We’ll begin with the Symphonic Band before Wind Ensemble performs. The concert should conclude

Welcome back from Spring Break! We’ll be seeing a sprint to the end of the school year from here! First, if students haven’t brought in their items for the baskets for Windi and Jazzi’s silent auction, please check the section below and bring in those items no later than next Tuesday, the 24th! The silent auction portion of our Windi

We begin by congratulating our 5 Odem JH Students, and 15 Odem HS students who medaled at the UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Contest this past Thursday! We have eight high school students who have qualified to compete at the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest! Please see the recap section below for full results! Monday will be our guard

We begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castañeda (Trumpet), Eva Garcia (Bass Guitar), and Ysidro Roman (Trombone) on their outstanding performances at the All-Region Jazz Concert on Saturday!  This week is going to be busy, with a few events, most notably UIL Region Solo and Ensemble on Thursday. We are still waiting for UIL to send us a schedule for

We begin this week by congratulating Senior Trumpet Benjamin Castañeda for placing 12th in the State of Texas for Class 1A-3A Bands this past week! He was part of an amazing All-State Band performance on Saturday, and we are so proud of his accomplishments! This week will be another four-day week for students, as our events for the bands begin

This week will be a four-day week for students. Mr. Rash and Mr. Williams are out Wednesday through Friday, attending the All-State Band/TMEA Conventions in San Antonio with our All-State Trumpet player, Benjamin Castaneda. If you would like to come up and support him, he’ll perform at 9am in the Lila Cochrell Auditorium at the San Antonio Convention Center. (I

This week we have a normal full week of school, and our last week without events for a while. We encourage students to check with their teachers on their grades this week, as the end of the six weeks is approaching! We have begun color guard practices and will hold tryouts on March 2nd. Practices are being held after school

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