​Welcome  6th Grade BAND Families!

beginning Band Handbook

beginning band syllabus

FWISD Fillable Instrument Rental Contract

Fillable Handbook Forms

Turn in Forms Here!

Here are a few things you can do to get ready for the 20-21 school year!
*Join your Google Classroom:  code is in Focus Gradebook!
​*Zoom Code and password is in Google Classroom
*Join the McLean 6th Grade Band Remind:  text @20mc6band to 81010
*Bookmark Mrs. Traughber's Google Site:  https://sites.google.com/teachers.fwisd.org/mrs-traughbers-page/home​
*Join the mc6band FlipGrid-code is in Google Classroom
​Update parent contact info in Charms www.charmsoffice.com
-School Code: mclean6band
-Password:  student ID number
-Once logged in, you do not need to change your password, just click on the house icon in the top left, then find the little blue man icon to update info!
*Learn about and make a payment towards band dues  online here:  https://mclean-band-booster-club.square.site/
*Join our Booster Club at one of our different membership levels!
-Membership Levels: www.mcleanmsband.com/boosters
-Link to join: https://mclean-band-booster-club.square.site

Schedule

Period 1:  Flute
Period 2:  Oboe/Bassoon/Percussion
Period 3:  Clarinet/Sax
Period 4:  Conference
Period 5:  Trumpet/French Horn
Period 6:  Trombone/Euphonium/Tuba
Period 7:  Clarinet/Sax

​Join Remind!

Text the code @20mc6band to 81010 to join and
stay up to date on announcements for the 20-21
​school year!

Getting Your
​Instrument & Supplies

We encourage families who have a student playing Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, and Percussion to rent their instrument through a music store.  The instrument will be  higher quality and the student will have more ownership of what they are doing.  The school has a limited amount of school owned instruments for a fee that are available for rent if financial aid is needed.  Students who are playing Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn, Euphonium, and Tuba,  you will be renting your instrument from the school.  School rental form available HERE!

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Practice and Practice Journals

Practice Journals are due weekly on Monday .  Students will fill in what to practice at the end of each class with their teacher.  Students will practice 20-30 minutes each night (or more!) and record that time on the journal.  Parents will sign each weekend  and the cycle repeats. ​Home practice is expected and required.  The physical demands and muscle memory of producing a QUALITY sound, playing with clean technical accuracy, and the reading of music notation will be strengthened over time ONLY through CONSISTENT, DAILY PRACTICE.  No instrument is to spend the night in the band hall 

CHARMS

CHARMS is used for teacher/student/parent communication.  It is one of the most important lifelines of our program.  Please ensure you have updated your info so that you receive emails from the director.  
1.  Go to charmsoffice.com
2.  Click on Login, and make sure to select parent/student/member
3.  School code is mclean6band
4.  Password is the students ID/Lunch Number
5.  Scroll down when you see the different icons to the blue man that is labeled with update info.  
6.  Enter all student info and click the green button in the top right hand corner that says "update"
7.  At the bottom there is a blue button that says "Add New Adult"  Please do that and be sure to click the green update button to save.  DONE!