Rock-a-thon is Almost Here!

On Saturday, August 18, the Charger Band students will converge on the CSHS cafeteria at 8:30am with rocking chairs for our first big fundraiser of the year!

Prizes abound at this event and our top fundraising Charger Band Student will be taking home the grand prize of $100 Fancloth Gift Certificate!

The fundraising goal is for every Charger Band member to hit the $250 mark so we can fund all the wonderful programs we have for our band students. All students who hit the $250 mark for Rock-a-thon donations and pledges will earn a Charger Band Fanny Pack in addition to earning free lunch and tickets for the prize drawings!!!!

The Rock-a-thon committee has a few donation needs. If you are able to donate any of these items, please send them to the director’s office in the band hall.

  • Card stock (for sponsor thank you notes)
  • Invitation envelopes (for sponsor thank you notes)
  • Mailing stamps(for sponsor thank you notes)
  • Candy or fun things that can be used as game prizes
  • Fruit by the foot
  • 4 Sleeping bags to borrow
  • Oreos
  • Limbo poles
  • Two gym mats
  • Raffle prizes for our students
  • Pens

Chick-fil-a lunch orders for Rock-a-thon will be confirmed/taken at check in. If your student has special dietary needs, please let the Rock-a-thon committee know as soon as possible so they can arrange for special lunch to be available for your student. Also, concessions will be available at the event, so please send your student with some pocket change for snacks.

All parents are invited to join the fun from 3-3:25 for our wrap up events: Director 20 questions, special surprise and big reveal! The Rock-a-thon committee is asking for donations of cookies for refreshments for wrap up time.

The “After Party” is scheduled for Monday, September 3, from 10:30am-12:30am at Fun City Sk8. Cost for entry to the After Party is $5 pre-sale $7 at the door and covers skate rental! There will be food tickets sold at the rink for $5. This will get 2 slices of pizza and a drink. This is a family event. Parents and siblings are welcome!!!

Our winning section with the highest $ average per student in the section will receive free After Party entry!

Parents can sign up to chaperone for Rock-a-thon and/or the After Party on Charms. All hands are welcome and it’s fun!

Thank you for supporting this fun event and helping the band fund our programs.

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Rock-a-thon is almost here!

On Saturday, August 13, the Charger Band students will converge on the CSHS cafeteria at 8:30am with rocking chairs for our first big fundraiser of the year!  Prizes abound at this event and our top fundraising Charger Band Student will be taking home the grand prize of Whataburger for a year!!

The fundraising goal is for every Charger Band member to hit the $250 mark so we can fund all the wonderful programs we have for our band students.

The Rock-a-thon committee has a few donation needs. If you are able to donate any of these items, please send them to the director’s office in the band hall.

– Card stock (for sponsor thank you notes)
– Invitation envelopes (for sponsor thank you notes)
– Mailing stamps(for sponsor thank you notes)
– Smarties candy
– Raffle prizes for our students
– Pens

Lunch orders for Rock-a-thon will be taken at check in.  If your student has special dietary needs, please let the Rock-a-thon committee know as soon as possible so they can arrange for special lunch to be available for your student.  Also, concessions will be available at the event, so please send your student with some pocket change for snacks.

All parents are invited to join the fun from 3-3:25 for our wrap up events: Director 20 questions, special surprise and big reveal!  The Rock-a-thon committee is asking for donations of cookies for refreshments for wrap up time.

The “After Party” for all who participate in Rock-a-thon is scheduled for Friday, August 19, from 8am-11am at Bay Area Raceway in Dickinson.  Cost for entry to the After Party is $10 and covers unlimited free play on video games, non ticket games, unlimited laser tag and unlimited go kart riding!  All students who hit the $250 mark for Rock-a-thon donations and pledges will receive half price entry for $5.  Our winning section with the highest $ average per student in the section will receive free After Party entry!

Parents can sign up to chaperone for Rock-a-thon and/or the After Party on Charms.  All hands are welcome and it’s fun!

Thank you for supporting this fun event and helping the band fund our programs.

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Equipment Night

All 2015-2016 members are required to attend our Equipment Night next Tuesday, June 2nd.  Families with more than one child may follow the schedule with the older sibling.

Juniors & Seniors – 4:30-5:00 PM
Sophomores – 5:00-5:30 PM
Freshmen M-Z – 5:30-6:15 PM
Freshmen A-L – 6:15-7:00 PM
Clear Spring High School – Cafeteria

What Equipment Night Is For:
  1. Students to get sized for required equipment items.
  2. Payment #1 of the total band costs to be paid.
  3. Collecting the CCISD Summer Instrument Rental fee.
  4. Filling out and stuffing envelopes for our Rock-A-Thon.
  5. Parents to join our booster club.
What you need:
  1. Band member with a parent/guardian
  2. 10 stamps
  3. 10 addresses of family, friends, neighbors, business acquaintances and/or organizations who support 501(c)(3) organizations and fine arts programs (all students that bring in 10 addresses and stamps will receive a premium raffle ticket for rock-a-thon)
  4. Payment #1 of band costs is due ($150 for new members, $125 for returning members.)  No checks!  Cash, money order, or credit Card payments only
  5. If renting an instrument for the summer, $25 summer CCISD instrument rental fee.  Must be paid separately, make checks payable to “CCISD-MEF”
  6. If joining the booster club, membership dues will also be accepted, but must be paid separately as this money goes to the booster club – all forms of payment accepted.

Equipment Night is held on June 2 in order to get everything ordered over the summer so that it is available for distribution during Summer Band and to give parents a financial break from the Back-to-School rush.  Students will be sized for a blue band polo and black shorts which will be worn for the first three or four football games because of the heat.  (You will need to get a plain black leather belt before the first football game.)  Also, they will be sized for a black sweat-wicking shirt, black gloves, and black band shoes to be worn with their marching uniform which we will assign them in the fall.

Please understand that the polo/shorts combination and the marching uniform require a tailored look.  If you are accustomed to purchasing shirts or shorts one size larger because “that’s the style” or with the intent for your child to “grow into it”, this will not be allowed.  Remember that this is a uniform and uniforms are meant to be fitted to the person’s measurements.

Another very important aspect about this event is that it is a tax free night.  All items ordered and paid for Tuesday night will be exempt from sales tax.  If you have to order or pay after Tuesday night, you will be charged sales tax and additional shipping charges may apply.  Please note that because this is a uniform, the items listed above must be purchased from us.  Items may not be substituted from another retailer.  Items purchased previously may be used provided they are in excellent condition.  The directors will have the final say.

Notes:
  • We will accept payment of the total band costs at this time if you would like to get it out of the way.  ($500 for Freshman, and $325 for upperclassmen)   No checks!  Cash, money order, or credit card payments only.
  • Park behind the school and enter the cafeteria through the back parking lot.  Do not enter from the front of the school.
  • School owned instruments will not be available for pick at equipment night due to the fact that our yearly inventory check was changed by the district to June 3rd.  Instruments will be available for pickup after that date, please contact Mr. Brown to arrange a pickup time.
  • Upperclassmen – As a reminder, you are required to have the band shoes, blue polo, black sweat-wicking shirt, black shorts, garment bag, tote bag, and blue water jug, which cannot be purchased from another retailer.  So if you have lost, outgrown any items, or have items that are not in like new condition, you must order new ones.
Parent Volunteers needed:

In order for equipment night to proceed smoothly we do need parent volunteers to help.  If you are able to help, please click here and sign up to help.

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Are You Ready For The Rock-A-Thon

Rock-A-Thon is Saturday, August 23rd with check-in beginning at 8:30 AM in the Clear Springs High School Cafeteria, rocking will begin at 9:00 AM

This event is a lock-in, therefore students will not be permitted to leave in the middle and parents will not be permitted to bring anything to their children.

What students should bring:
  • Donations
  • Rocking chair or some sort of chair that can rock (such as an office chair)
  • Optional items can include TVs, computers, game consoles, and dvd or blu-ray players.
  • If bringing electronics students must provide their own extension cords and power strips.

As of 8/11/15, all mail in and on-line donations (through Charms and PayPal) have been tallied and added to the financial section of each band student’s Charms account in the finances section.  The total listed is cumulative and will be updated this coming week as donations continue to come in and are transferred and processed.

Final numbers of mail in and credit card donations will be updated Friday morning.

Also, all donations of cash and checks gathered this summer must be brought in at check-in on Saturday.

Detailed lists of who donated via mail-in, Charms or PayPal will be available at check in Saturday for your child to send thank you notes.

If you have any questions about donations please contact: Laura Santos at lsantos@marykay.com.

We are excited to see everyone at Rock-A-Thon!  You don’t want to miss it!

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Equipment Night: Part 2

This is an addendum to the first Equipment Night article.  Please read it first if you have not already done so, by clicking here, before continuing below.

All 2014-2015 Members/Parents
  • Park behind the school and enter the cafeteria through the back parking lot.  Do not enter from the front of the school.
  • Completed Rock-A-Thon envelopes for the mail-in campaign are due.
2014-2015 Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors

If you will be ordering any of the required items at Equipment Night in order to replace ones that have been lost or outgrown, you must complete a Google form, by clicking here, before noon on Tuesday, June 3th.  The purpose of this form is to find out what required items upperclassmen will be ordering so that these can be entered in CHARMS before equipment night, which will save time.  Note that you are required to have the band shoes, blue polo, black sweat-wicking shirt, black shorts, garment bag, tote bag, and blue water jug, which cannot be purchased from another retailer.  So if you have lost, outgrown any items, or have items that are not in like new condition, you must order new ones.  Gloves are not listed because all woodwinds/brass will already be ordering new ones.

Student Leaders

Sign-up for jobs for Equipment Night in the band hall before the beginning of school on Tuesday June 3

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