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A Letter From Mr. Scott,

Letter from Mr. Scott

As we rapidly approach Summer Vacation, I wanted to take the time to thank our students, parents and staff for yet another terrific year. The successes we have experienced are only the result of many people’s hard work. I would like to thank our booster club and its officers for all the financial and physical support throughout the year. I would especially like to thank the parents who volunteered to serve as officers with the booster club. Many people do not understand the hours of generous time donated to help give our kids the very best possible. In particular, I believe Dave and Betsy deserve recognition for taking the reins of the organization and leading us through a very productive year. I encourage you to support Sue Gonzales as she takes over the program and forms our future board. I hope that some of our outstanding parents will choose to step up and join us to help provide the best music education to your children.

Next, I would like to thank our staff for their dedication to our students. Susan DuPuis, our assistant director, is a great friend and a wonderful teacher. I hope everyone knows just how talented Susan is. I simply couldn’t ask for a better team member. We are also pleased to announce that Maralee Barela, our outstanding student teacher will be joining us two days per week next year to offer our woodwinds some much deserved attention. She is extremely talented and a great addition to the staff. I would also like to thank Jon McMahan for giving us his time to teach our percussion students. He has been instrumental in making sure the percussion students get off to a good start. We also owe a debt of gratitude to our private lessons teachers for giving their time to help our outstanding students.

Finally, and obviously, the most recognition should go to our students, who took care of business once again. As most of you know, my focus is not solely on music, but also on teaching kids to expect and strive for success. Our students have once again stepped up, followed through and met the challenge. This year we graduate out many amazing children and pass them to other teachers with our best wishes and hopes for continued success. They now join a select group of students, two decades of kids “who got the job done”. Congratulations! I hope that they keep in touch for many years to come. Today I received a gift from a departing eighth grader….it was a success book. That gesture makes me believe that some of the message got through.

As for next year, we are already busy planning how to move the program forward with our returning students. Our seventh grade band could be among the best ever and the sixth grade band is our largest so far. We have talked a great deal with the seventh graders about taking over the leadership of the program and I am thrilled with how mature and excited they seem to be in charge. I am excited to see what they are capable of doing.

So, enjoy your summer, and I will see you in August!!

Mr. Scott

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June 3, 2009

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Did You Know???

Cario Bands participates in the "BoxTops for Education Program" all year long. Be on the look out for items with the official BoxTops for Education coupon on the side. Cut the coupon out and send it in with your student. There is a collection box in the band room. You can send one at a time or save them up until you have a lot, just don't forget to send them in!!!!!! This is easy and if you don't pay attention, you're simply throwing money in the trash. Throw it to us instead.

**REMEMBER TO SAVE BOX TOPS OVER THE SUMMER!!!**

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