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The Odem Bands got a great start for the new year this past week! Thank you to everyone who came out for our Meet the Band event last Wednesday! We also would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new sixth grade students and our other new students! Beginning Band and Step-Up Instrument Drive This week
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This week we see the new school year begin! Please note we have a few details for both OHS and OJH parents/students to be aware of. Wednesday will be the first day of school and that evening at 8pm we will be hosting our Annual Meet the Band performance at Owl Stadium. (Please note we pushed the time back to
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For the past few weeks our students have been doing an outstanding job with our rehearsals! Thank you for supporting them and helping them to make it to all of the rehearsals! Due to teacher inservice we will be adjusting this weeks practices to 6:30pm-9:30pm Monday through Thursday. Friday is a set of scrimmages that we will need some volunteers
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Thank you to everyone who helped out with the Annual Spirit of OHS March-a-Thon last week! Through the efforts of our students and boosters we raised nearly $2,000! Thanks especially to Mrs. Jasso, Mrs. Lovaas, Mr. Lovaas, and other parents who followed us and helped out when we needed it! Thank you to Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Hammack who were also
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Before I begin this week’s information I would like to congratulate the members of the 2018 Odem HS Wind Ensemble for placing 5th at State in the ATSSB Outstanding Performance Series Competition! Their recording of English Folk Song Suite, mvmt. 1, competed against the best bands in the State in Class 3A and did exceptionally well! Congratulations also go out
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Last week the OHS Color Guard and OHS Percussion had great camps to begin our preparation for the new season! Both camps were well attended and we appreciate the students hard work! Additionally I would like to thank our students who came out to help with painting our parking lot. We will be asking Leadership Team members to help finish
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This week we start preparations in full for our 2018 Marching Band Season Wednesday, when we will have our Percussion (Battery and Front Ensemble) and Color Guard camps. Before I get to that though I would like to welcome our newest staff member to The Spirit of OHS, Ms. Alexa Wicks! She will be joining us as a color guard
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First I would like to take a moment to congratulate the 16 truly outstanding students who traveled to the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest yesterday and today. Four years ago, we had not attended Solo and Ensemble in about 10 years! Now having a third of the HS Wind Ensemble as State Participants is a truly amazing accomplishment for
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While the school year is officially over for most of our students, we do have several events still coming up this week. First up is the Schlitterbahn trip tomorrow, Graduation on Friday, and the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest Sunday-Monday. Please read below for information on those events. Please note we need all high school band members and OJH
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It’s hard to believe that we’re already on the final week of the year for most of our students! Tomorrow night, Monday, we will have our final concert of the year with the Screeching Owl Jazz Band in the Odem HS Cafetorium. We plan to begin the concert at 7pm, but may be a little bit later coming from the
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