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Welcome to the second week of school! This school year is starting virtually, and we ask that parents help us ensure students are completing their assignments each day. Per TEA we have to have documentable engagement with students every day to count them present! Please help us make sure students receive credit for their classes. This week we will have
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This week we will continue to meet in the evenings for rehearsals, however classes will begin being held virtually on Wednesday. I’m certain more information is going to be sent out by the district, but please note that in order for a student to be considered present for class they have to complete the assignment for that day. It must
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Time is marching on quickly here in the world, and we’re drawing nearer to the start of the scheduled Football Season. We began sectionals with students last week to begin the process of training them in procedures, as well as to keep groups smaller to begin with. This week we will begin full band rehearsals in the evening from 6:30pm-8:30pm
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I hope this message finds you well! We will begin in person rehearsals this week, with evening sectionals that we alternate groups each night. With every part of our return to activities we make, we believe in taking the health and safety of our students as our primary concern. As such we are going to start smaller and work to
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Greetings, I hope this message finds you well and that you made it through Hanna without any damage to your homes! I am writing to update everyone on our plans for summer band with the Odem HS Band. In the past week UIL has released some changes for this year that have left us trying to determine our best way
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Out of an abundance of caution we are going to postpone this weeks color guard/drum line practices. UIL is supposed to be providing us with an update tomorrow. Following that update I will send out our plans moving forward for this summer. Thank you for your understanding, please contact me if you have any questions/concerns!
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Good evening, We had scheduled for two days of leadership training and drumline camp next week. In the interest of safety we are going to postpone those days for now on campus. Tuesday at 2pm I would like to have a virtual meeting with our leadership team over Zoom – I will provide more info and links via their Remind.
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As of June 22nd, UIL has allowed for increased numbers of students to rehearse inside. That number was high enough that we had scheduled a tentative rehearsal for tomorrow night. With the state/local cases seeming to increase, we’re going to be cautious and hold off with a full band rehearsal. If things change we might try and have one on
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I hope this message finds everyone well! Last week we selected our Color Guard for the 2020 Marching Season, and this week we hope to set the Drumline and Front Ensemble as well. We will be holding two short rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday form 1pm-3pm. Those students should fill out this form if they have not already done so:
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I hope this message finds you well! This week UIL has made it possible for us to begin limited rehearsals. Our first priority is Color Guard, who will be meeting Monday through Wednesday this week from 9am-11am. All of those students need to make sure they read through the section below and follow those guidelines exactly. I have included a
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