Information for the 2022-2023 School Year!!
Welcome back to school! The directors all hope that you have had a wonderful summer break. We are looking forward to getting started on August 4. We hope that you all are ready, too!
Included in this memo will be info regarding dates, fees, and materials that will be needed for the upcoming school year. It will be split up by grade level.
Band Website/Social Media
This will be the most important piece of information that you will see on this memo.
All parents and students will need to visit our band website:
This is our one stop shop for everything concerning the Muscle Shoals Band Programs.
- Once you visit our website and look over the page, please locate the “Subscribe to Our Email List” button. Please click it.
- Enter your email address and select “MSMS Band”
- Click the word in red “Subscribe”
- Check your email for confirmation that you are now receiving emails from www.msband.org (you may need to check your spam folder as well)
Information will be posted periodically on this website concerning your child. If you have subscribed to the website, you will receive an email notification each time a new post has been made.
NEXT IMPORTANT PART!
We will need each parent of each child to fill out the medical form on the band website. This is different from the school’s medical form. You can locate the medical form by going to www.msband.org, hover over “Resources”, and then click “Medical Form” from the drop down menu. You should be taken to a Google Form to fill out for the 2022-2023 school year. This is just for band, this is not for the school or the school nurse. That form will be separate.
There is also a Muscle Shoals Middle School Band Facebook page. If you would like to join that page, just search on Facebook and ask to become a member. We will review each request before approving it. When posts are made on www.msband.org, I will also post a link to the post on our Muscle Shoals Middle School Band Facebook page.
It will be rare that we send home information on a piece of paper. Please check the website, Facebook page, and your email for the majority of the information you will need regarding your child in the band program.
Band Fees
6th grade – $65
7th and 8th grade – $85
*If your child plays or will play a SCHOOL OWNED instrument (baritones, tubas, French horn, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, or percussion), there is an instrument rental fee of $50. If you are renting an instrument from Counts Bros or Alabama Music, you do not need to pay this fee. 7th and 8th grade percussion students will pay this fee because they will be using many of the school owned percussion instruments in addition to their personal drum kit. This is only for those students who will be renting school owned instruments that are kept here at school.
All of these fees may be paid with cash or check (made payable to MSMS Band). You may also pay online using your MySchoolBucks account. Here are the links and QR codes for each fee:
6th Grade Band Fee ($65)
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZQE2740XV6VW7D_ZZ5TG7MOE1RXU29
7th/8th Grade Band Fee ($85)
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZQE2740XV6VW7D_ZZ5TG7N7H8PXADZ
School Owned Instrument Rental Fee (only for those who play on SCHOOL OWNED instruments)
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZQE2740XV6VW7D_ZZ5TG7OCSQHX1IA
Band T-Shirts
Each child, 6th grade through 8th grade, will receive a MSMS Band T-Shirt. We will be collecting the kids shirt sizes when they start coming to class on August 4. These shirts will be Adult Sizes. Please let your child know their Adult T-Shirt size so we can notate that on our order form.
Lockers
Each band member will be assigned a locker. There is no charge for a band locker. Each morning, the band room will be open by 7:15 a.m. for kids to come and drop their instruments off before heading to class. The mornings are also a great time for kids to practice on their instruments before heading to their 1st period class.
The band room will also be open after school each day until approximately 3:15 p.m. Once the bell rings at 3:00 p.m., students may come down to the band room and pick up their instrument to take it home to practice. It will be locked each day by 3:15 p.m.
That’s all for now! There will be more info at the start of next week. Be on the lookout for more detailed schedule/performance information as well as Fundraising and concert attire.
Seay everyone on Thursday!
