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News from the Odem HS Bands
Saturday we had an adventurous performance with a sudden rainstorm, but students handled it admirably! Ultimately the band endured through the elements, earning 2nd Place overall in Class 3A, 1st Place Percussion, 1st Place Drum Majors, and 2nd Place Color Guard. It is impressive that they managed to still do so well! Over the next two weeks we will be
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This past week the Odem HS band students had a great first run at the Robstown Marching Showcase. We were able to get some good feedback early from judges and will be using that to improve and adjust our show as we prepare for our future contests! Thank you to all who attended our performance this past weekend. This week
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Wow, we’re already at the end of September! This coming week is the end of the six-weeks for students, and we ask that you please check with how they are doing with their grades. If they’re not passing classes this week is their last chance to work with their teachers to change that! We also ask that you make sure
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We would like to thank all of the parents who attended our meeting last week. There will be a make-up meeting for parents who could not attend last weeks this Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Cafetorium at the HS. If you could not attend last week please do your best to attend this meeting. We will begin making contact with
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I mentioned this in the meeting tonight, and sent this out via Remind to students, but the game that was scheduled for Friday has been moved up to Thursday due to the projected storm. We will need OHS students to be at the band hall by 5:30pm to prepare for the game. We will need parent volunteers for the concession
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This week we have a number of events that we need everyone to be aware of. The first is Tuesday evening, at 7pm, we will have our annual mandatory parent meeting for all students in Grades 7-12. Parents of 6th graders are welcome to attend, but their attendance is optional. At the meeting we will discuss a number of procedural
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It’s hard to believe we’re already entering the third week of the school year! Thank you for your support in getting students to rehearsals with the high school band so far this season. We ask your support in having students at every rehearsal through the season. The Spirit of OHS has gotten off to a good start, but we have
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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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