"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." - Leo Tolstoy

Happy Arts Alive Week!

Band Online Store: is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

5 Rehearsals left until the Holiday Band Concerts! Ticket sales will begin Wednesday. All tickets are $5. CB/SB: your call time is 6pm to rehearse Jingle Bells Forever as a combined group.

First Pep Band Game Saturday:​ 5pm call time. Theme is flannel/hard hats for Tom Mussell Night.

Jazzers: Lab Band 3-5, Jazz Ensemble 7-9.

New Orleans Music: If you didn't pick up a packet last week - check the part assignments on the board, then pick up your copies on the sorting rack.

New Orleans Rehearsal: Saturday, December 12th from 1pm-4pm. Make sure it's on your calendar.

Schoology: reminder - all bands have an assignment due this Wednesday at 4pm.
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Sectionals: All auditorium sectionals will be moved to the vestibule for the week due to Arts Alive performances.

WS: our Winter Tour will be all day next Friday, December 11th. Mr. Greg Tipps will be here to do a clinic with the band 1st/2nd period, followed by performances at Aldrin and Hale Elementary Schools. Detailed itinerary to follow.

Percussion Orders: Kraemer: $21.50, Humphrey: $71.50, Perez: $69.50, Worthem $71.50, Young: $41.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: None!
SB: Anderson ($10), Monzon ($6.50), Singh ($11), Percussion ($6).
Cadet: De Leon ($11), Dwyer ($13), Rogalski ($9).
CB: Allen ($14), Bartgen ($7), Salgado ($11).

"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." -Thomas A. Edison

Band Online Store: is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

New Orleans Music: music packets are on the sorting rack. Check the roster at the front of the room for part assignments.

Manna Orders: LAST CALL.
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Sectionals: none today.

ALL INSTRUMENTS GO HOME TODAY! We have 5 rehearsals left until the Holiday Band Concerts.

Percussion Orders: Kreamer: $21.5, Humphrey: $71.5, Perez: $69.5, Worthem $71.5, Young: $41.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: None!
SB: Anderson ($9), Monzon ($5.50), Singh ($10), Percussion ($5).
Cadet: De Leon ($10), Dwyer ($12).
CB: Allen ($13), Bartgen ($6), Salgado ($10).

"The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first." -Ginger Rogers

Band Online Store: is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

New Orleans Music: music packets are on the sorting rack. Check the roster at the front of the room for part assignments. ALL - have marching instruments here tomorrow to work on this music.

Manna Orders: due TODAY. If you forgot, you can bring it in tomorrow or after school today.

Jazzers: rehearsals Monday - Lab Band 3-5pm (sectionals 3-4), NOLA Band 7-9pm.

Sectionals: Monday only this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: None!
SB: Anderson ($9), Monzon ($5.50), Singh ($10), Percussion ($5).
Cadet: De Leon ($10), Dwyer ($12).
CB: Allen ($13), Bartgen ($6), Salgado ($10).

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." -John D. Rockefeller
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New Online Store: Is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

Schoology Assignments: due today at 4pm.

Trumpet Masterclass: Our trumpet Private Lesson teacher Mr. Paul Semanic will be giving a trumpet masterclass today from 3-4:15 in the Band Room.

Concerts This Weekend: ILMEA Jazz Festival. Concerts begin at 1pm at Niles West High School in Skokie. Great concert review opportunity. All jazzers should check this out.  The Northshore concert band will be at Waukegan high school this Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sectionals: concert sectionals schedule this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: None!
SB: Anderson ($8), Monzon ($4.50), Singh ($9), Percussion ($4).
Cadet: De Leon ($9), Dwyer ($11).
CB: Allen ($12), Bartgen ($5), Salgado ($9).

 "A leader is a dealer in hope." -Napoleon Bonaparte

New Online Store: Is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

Schoology Assignments: due tomorrow at 4pm.

ILMEA Jazz Festival This Weekend: concerts begin at 1pm at Niles West High School in Skokie. Great concert review opportunity. All jazzers should check this out. 

Sectionals: concert sectionals schedule this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: Homa ($6), Rowley ($10).
SB: Anderson ($8), Monzon ($4.50), Singh ($9), Percussion ($4).
Cadet: De Leon ($9), Dwyer ($11), Rogalski ($5.50).
CB: Allen ($12), Bartgen ($5), Salgado ($9).

"The harder I work, the luckier I get." -Samuel Goldwyn

New Online Store: Is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering for the trip, you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it before break. You can select "PICK UP AT MY SCHOOL" for free shipping or you may pay to have the items shipped elsewhere.

New Orleans Update: MANDATORY trip meeting today at 7pm in the cafeteria. All students must attend along with at least one parent/guardian. Parents need to bring medical insurance information.

Sectionals: concert sectionals schedule this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: Homa ($6), Rowley ($10).
SB: Anderson ($8), Monzon ($4.50), Singh ($9), Percussion ($4).
Cadet: De Leon ($9), Dwyer ($11), Rogalski ($5.50).
CB: Allen ($12), Bartgen ($5), Browne ($5), Salgado ($9).

"All great achievements require time." - Maya Angelou

New Online Store: Is open! Lots of new offerings for Saxon Wear including our New Orleans Trip Shirts! Please click HERE to get to the store! If you're ordering a trip shirt you must order before 12/6 in order to receive it for the trip.

New Orleans Update: MANDATORY trip meeting TOMORROW at 7pm in the cafeteria. All students must attend along with at least one parent/guardian.
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Manna Orders: Perfect in time for the giving season! Orders are due Monday, November 23rd.

Adopt-A-Family: We're getting closer to our goal! Keep giving what you can. There will be one more surprise blitz day before we end donations. 

Sectionals: concert sectionals schedule this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: Homa ($6), Rowley ($10).
SB: Anderson ($8), Monzon ($4.50), Singh ($9), Percussion ($4).
Cadet: De Leon ($9), Dwyer ($11), Rogalski ($5.50).
CB: Allen ($12), Bartgen ($5), Browne ($5), Salgado ($9), Vidales ($17).

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." -Joseph Campbell

Jazzers: Jazz Lab Band today 3-5 and Jazz Ensemble 7-9.

New Orleans Update: MANDATORY trip meeting this Wednesday at 7pm in the cafeteria. All students must attend along with at least one parent/guardian.
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Manna Orders: Perfect in time for the giving season. Orders are due Monday, November 23rd.

Percussion: Anyone interested in purchasing a pre-packed stick bag, or any other sticks/mallets please see Mr. Graffeo today.

Sectionals: concert sectionals schedule this week.

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: Homa ($6), Rowley ($10).
SB: Anderson ($8), Monzon ($4.50), Singh ($9), Percussion ($4).
Cadet: De Leon ($9), Dwyer ($11), Rogalski ($5.50).
CB: Allen ($12), Bartgen ($5), Browne ($5), Salgado ($9), Vidales ($17).

"There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk." -Guy Gavriel Kay

New Orleans Update: room lists are posted on the whiteboard. Bus list signup today for freshmen. Everyone should be signed up by the end of the day. You may sign up anyone else who is in your room, but not all roommates have to be on the same bus.
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Manna Orders: Perfect in time for the giving season. Orders are due Monday, November 23rd.

New Orleans Trip Meeting: Next Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm in the Cafeteria.

Percussion: Anyone interested in purchasing a pre-packed stick bag, or any other sticks/mallets please see Mr. Graffeo by Monday.

Sectionals: concert sectionals. Slight changes for this week only: Wednesday's 5th and 7th hour sectionals will be on Friday. Wednesday's 6B sectional will be Thursday 6A.

Pies and Cinnarolls Fundraisers: Did anyone receive extra Cinnarolls?

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: Homa ($5), Rowley ($9).
SB: Anderson ($7), Monzon ($3.50), Singh ($8), Percussion ($3).
Cadet: Artman ($3), De Leon ($8), Dwyer ($10), Rogalski ($4.50).
CB: Allen ($11), Bartgen ($4), Browne ($4), Salgado ($8), Vidales ($16).

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -William Arthur Ward

New Orleans Update: room lists are posted on the whiteboard. Bus list signup today for sophomores. Friday - freshmen. You may sign up anyone else who is in your room, but not all roommates have to be on the same bus.

New Orleans Trip Meeting: Next Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm in the Cafeteria.

Percussion: Anyone interested in purchasing a pre-packed stick bag please see Mr. Graffeo by Monday.

Sectionals: concert sectionals. Slight changes for this week only: Wednesday's 5th and 7th hour sectionals will be on Friday. Wednesday's 6B sectional will be Thursday 6A.

Pies and Cinnarolls Fundraisers: will be delivered today. Items must be picked up immediately after school. Please plan accordingly. IOUs:​ DeCarlo ($19).

Pink Glove IOUs: DeCarlo ($4), Minard ($4), Szymoniak ($4), Teves ($4).

IOUs (these need to be paid within the week - we add interest for Adopt-A-Family every Monday):
WS: None!
SB: Anderson ($7), Monzon ($3.50), Singh ($8), Percussion ($3).
Cadet: Artman ($3), De Leon ($8), Dwyer ($10), Rogalski ($4.50).
CB: Allen ($11), Bartgen ($4), Browne ($4), Salgado ($8), Vidales ($16).