Dear Choir Parent,                    January 30, 2025

            We are going to begin our winter fundraiser for the choir department here at Northridge middle school. This fundraiser will raise money for many things in our department, such as music, costumes, equipment, and the eighth grade will be earning money for their trips to Sky zone. Each class will be challenged to sell the most items from their catalogs, in hopes of earning a pizza party at the end. The kids should be bringing you their packets by this afternoon so that you can get them registered. They will need your email address because the MCS one won’t allow them to send contacts.

              As you will see from our form letter by the fundraising company, it is pretty much spelled out for you and how to enroll. Students may look to their parents, families and friends to buy items from their catalog or it can all be done online! This is a new way for me to fund raise, but it looks to be an easy way to outreach your contacts and makes it easy for them to pay online. I think our outreach will be much greater this year using this method.

             We have such a giving community who wants to support the music program at our school! That is why we can do such outstanding programs that feature almost 300 children. As you can see from our performances, we try to show the many talents of our kids, by showcasing them in dances, ensembles, and acting roles. We really hope that you can get behind us during this fundraiser. We ask that you dig into your contacts and find family and friends that you can send copies of the order forms to so that they can buy online.  You can message them, text them, email or even instagram them.  

            Each student is registering an account and will be able to see which of your contacts have purchased items.  You may register too by following the easy instructions on the company’s parent letter.  It may be easier than working through your child’s account.  

             Pizza and prizes of all kinds will be awarded to our big sellers!  We are giving the kids 2 weeks to sell.  All money collected and fundraising sheets must be turned in by Monday February 17th.  

               Thank you for all you do to support the kids and our Choir Program!!  Together we can keep it growing and affecting the lives of so many wonderful children!

               Sincerely,

                   Mrs. Armington and Mr. Norwood

We have two things coming our way this 9 weeks. First ISSMA Solo Contest at Fairfield H.S. will take place on Feb. 1st. This is not a mandatory event. Only students who registered for a solo will need to go. Below is a link to the times and room numbers for this event.

2ndly we have ISSMA Choir Contest on Saturday, March 22nd. Times won’t be given to us until a week or two in advance. This is a Mandatory Contest for all Choir students.

Try to stay warm! Mrs. A

If you weren’t able to join us on Saturday, you missed out on a fantastic night of performances! The kids really made the most of those 3 weeks since the SwingFry and put together a great show! A huge thank you to everyone who helped behind the scenes, throughout the week, and lent support to help make it such a successful night! If you did happen to miss out on the show and were still looking for a way to catch it, Blu-Ray/Thumb Drive Recordings can be ordered through December 17^th (Link to order form) and will be delivered before the kids leave for break. Additionally, if you were looking for some amazing pictures of the kids in action, here’s a link courtesy of  Mrs. Byers who was snapping some throughout the night (huge thank you to her)! More pictures to come throughout the week, so keep an eye out for those! Thanks all!

For security reasons doors will be unlocked 3:45 to 4:15 and 6:30-7. If you could please pick a door and help people get into the school we’d appreciate. You can go in and reserve your seat with a coat if you want to!
can’t wait for you to see this show! Boy have the kids worked hard. See you soon! Mrs.A

6^th grade

These people need to fill out a background check please. Scroll down a few posts to get the link. Thanks for volunteering!

Allison Schramm

Danielle Carrington Expired 5/9/24

7^th grade

Tori blosser – I have a Victoria Blosser ok, who is #2

8^th grade

Breanna Mott  Chaperone

Beth McMahon  Chaperone / dinner

Erica Bailey x 5/6/23  dinner / 4:30 usher

Amy Oakes x12/5/25 – who is #2?  kevin 9/9/25 expired

We have only received five hundred dollars towards our $1300 bill, just FYI (a big thank you to those who have already donated towards this). We have already placed the order for the food for the kids, so if at all possible please, please, please consider donating to help us cover the cost of the meal for these awesome performers! Donations can be dropped drop off at the ticket table as you enter the auditorium (thank you in advance for your generosity!). Also, we have been told by the high school that we can’t have the doors unlocked except a half hour per show. 😦 So doors will be open 4 – 4:30 and 6:30 – 7. Please help others in the doors before and after these times. It’s not ideal at all but it is not our school.

We are missing background checks from the following volunteers. Please take care of this today 🙂 Thanks!

Link: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/NTc1OTplbi1VUw==

X = expired

These listed either have no background check or an expired background check.

6^th grade

Kaitlin Putt x 9/13/24   4:30 chaperone

Amanda Kain x 10/17/23  4:30 chaperone

Demaree Noneman   7:00 box office

8^th grade

Dan Hensley  tear down

Breanna Mott  Chaperone

Beth McMahon  Chaperone / dinner

Erica Bailey x 5/6/23  dinner / 4:30 usher

Amy Oakes x 9/16/24 – who is #2?

Jarrett Garty  tear down

We currently have no phone moms to call our volunteers with reminders in grade 7 and 8.

Dinner Crew means standing with other parents through out the cafeteria making sure students are neat while eating. Report at 5:15 to cafeteria.

Ushers meet Mr. Norwood at the auditorium doors 45 minutes before the show. Sign up for show 1 or 2 please.

Chaperones take attendance and insist on students stay in seated while they wait to come to the show. Please report to the choir room at 3:30 for show 1 and 6:30 for show 2.

Here are spots that are missing in each grade.

6th 4 ushers show 1 and 2, Dinner crew 5

PLEASE LEND A HAND. Go to signup genius tab to sign up. Thank you Mrs. A

7th 2 chaperones for show 2, 4 ushers show 1 and 2, Box office show 2, short on treats (2) and Dinner Crew 5

8th Show 2 2 Chaperones, Ushers 4 for show 1 and 2, Dinner Crew 5

I need a 6th grade phone mom who will make calls early next week for our volunteers.