To keep us running, I need your help. Please continue to fill out the Rehearsal Clearance Form for each and every rehearsal.  When the form is not filled out, we are pulling students from rehearsal and isolating them until we can perform a screening which includes a temperature check.  It helps us tremendously if this can be done at home.  Please send your child in with a mask.  Percussion and Color Guard should be masked at all times during rehearsal.  Wind students should be masked during all “non-playing” portions of rehearsal.  I think we got a good sense of how students (and staff!) handle heat while wearing masks this week and although it was uncomfortable, I received no reports of unsafe conditions. Hopefully, this past week was the hottest we’ll get. We will continue to practice physical distancing during rehearsal and we will be constantly reminding students to distance during down-time (meals and breaks) as well. You can help by discussing this with your child. We are also keeping rehearsals to groups of 35 students or less until the administration allows us to move to the next phase.

Thank you for your support as we navigate this crisis.

Mr. S