We Need Help

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Parents we need help. We currently have an extreme chaperone need for our final blast concerts. At the moment we only have a total of 8 chaperones to help our kids on Saturday, with 5 of those being for the 4PM show and only 3 for the 7PM show. We are scrambling to figure out a way to work with what we have with the current “best plan” being that the 8th Grade students sit out in the audience until it is their time to perform. We are not very keen on this plan and are desperately asking for several willing parents (especially 7th and 8th grade parents) to help us help our kids have the best performance possible.  Currently we would love to have/need to have 2 – 6th grade chaperones, 2 7th grade chaperones, and 3 – 8th grade chaperones for the 4PM show, and 3 – 6th, 3 – 7th, and 4 – 8th for the 7PM show. If you and/or family members are available to help us in this way please send me an email: norwoodc@mcsin-k12.org, or Mrs. Armington: armingtonj@mcsin-k12.org, or sign up directly on the signup genius website (http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c44ada82baafe3-last ).

Sincerely (pleadingly?),                                                                                                                                           Mr. Norwoodpleading

 

 

Few Reminders coming your way….

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Hi Choir Parents!  This is just a quick note to remind you of a few things.  We will be sending home a “Show Week” information letter with all of the particulars for May 8-13th next week!

  • First reminder is a big one!  We need the $6 t shirt money TOMORROW (Friday, April 21) so that we can pay our bill!
  • Many of you have volunteered to send in money donations for the Concert Day Dinner.  We need that by next Friday please.  Subway meals have been ordered for all of our kids.  Thanks for helping each child have a meal on their big concert day!
  • Our phone moms will be giving our parent volunteers a reminder call this weekend with details they will need for their job.
  • Mr. Norwood and I know that chaperoning isn’t the easiest volunteer position but it is the one that assures the safety of our children.  This concert has the easiest chaperone duty because the entire last half of the show all of our kids are on stage and chaperones can sit in the audience and watch!  Right now we have minimal coverage during the concert.  Here are the areas of great concern.  If you can help fill a slot please sign up on on the choir website nmschoir.org (signupgenius)  or send us an email!  *Chaperones also get to free tickets!
4 p.m. show:  We need 2 6th grade, 2 7th grade, and 3 8th grade chaperones.  Right now we have 5 people watching the 400 children. 😦
7 p.m. show:  We need 2 6th grade chaperones, 2 7th grade. and 4 8th grade chaperones.  Right now we have 4 people watching the 400 children.  😦
We also do not have any 8th grade photographers for either show.   And the 7th graders in period 1 have no parents making locker decorations for them.
Finally, we wanted to let you know that Concert tickets will go on sale Monday, May 8th in each choir class.  Tickets are $2.
That’s all for now!  Thanks much!  Mrs. Armington

NMS Choir Update

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IMG_0365Dear NMS Choir Parents,
A big thank you to those of you who returned the orange info sheet we sent home with all of the choir dates for our last 9 weeks. If you never received yours you will find a copy in our last post. We need a signed copy from every parent to make sure that all of you have received these dates and times. We will be calling the parents of students who do not have these completed next week. You will help us a lot if you could make sure your son or daughter turned in their signed copy.

2ndly, we will be taking t shirt sizes for each child on Monday and Tuesday. Often the kids don’t really know what size to choose for themselves. These t shirts are in youth and adult sizes and run Youth Small to Adult XXXL.
If you would please tell them what size they should get that would be helpful! Here is the size info:

Size       length x width

YS (6-8) 22  17

YM (10-12) 23.5   18

YL (14-16) 25  19

S. 28  18

M 29 20

L 30 22

XL 31 24

2XL 32  26

3XL 33 28

 

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**T Shirt payments are not due until April 28, but may be sent in anytime.

And finally, please remember that all conflicts for the Final Blast Rehearsals and Concerts are due no later than Friday, April 21st. Extra forms may be located on the choir website.

 

Have a wonderful Easter everyone!

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Parent support needed…

armingtonj 2 Comments

Parents we could use your help in a different way than we have asked before!
Our choir lists of students for next year are very exciting! Once again the NMS Choirs in each grade have grown. To have a middle school choir program with our current projection number of 425 students is unheard of. Our class sizes for all six choirs average 65-75 kids. We have one class of 102 6th graders! There is not any other class offering that expects the teacher to oversee this many children.
Currently I have Mr. Norwood’s help half of each day. The rest of the time I am on my own. (Not including all of the unpaid hours Mr. N puts in on his own).
We have asked the Middlebury School Board and our own Administrators to give him full time status for the last 3-4 years. Understandably they are in between a rock and a hard place as they decide where money should be spent. However they need to hear that it is a wise investment from you.
You have seen and heard what we are accomplishing. Many of you have tried chaperoning one grade at a time and have learned just how difficult it can be to control hundreds of middle school students. As great as our kids are, they are still kids!
The final decision should be coming to a vote soon. If you could send them a note in support of employing Mr. Norwood at a full time status I would really appreciate your help. Sincerely, Mrs. Armington