Weekly Bulletin

September 6, 2026 Weekly Bulletin

In this week’s edition…

  • Weekly Schedule
  • Mums Fundraiser – Due 9/8
  • Knight of Sound Program Cover Contest
  • Band Meals
  • Knight of Sound SignUps
  • Football Concessions SignUp
  • Volunteer SignUps
  • NPMA General Parent Meeting – 9/22
  • Chipotle Dine Around – 9/16
  • Current Fundraisers
  • Ongoing Fundraisers
  • View & Share Photos
  • Video Recording Policy
  • Reminders

Weekly Schedule

Tue, Sep 8

  • NPMK Rehearsal, 6:30-9pm, report at 6pm
  • NPMA Executive Board Meeting, 7pm

Wed, Sep 9

  • Drumline & Soloists Rehearsal, 6:30-8:30pm, report at 6pm

Thu, Sep 10: Away Football at Upper Dublin

  • Report: 3:00 PM
  • Rehearsal: 3:30 PM
  • Dinner/Dress: 4:45 PM
  • Line-up: 5:45 PM
  • Depart: 6:00 PM
  • Arrive: 6:30 PM
  • Game: 7:00 PM
  • Perform at Halftime (roughly 8:15 PM)
  • Game Ends: 9:30 PM
  • Depart: 9:45 PM
  • Back to NPHS: 10:15 PM

Mums Fundraiser – Due 9/8

Time is running out…order your gorgeous, colorful mums today! Spread the word to your friends and neighbors! This fundraiser supports the NPMA general fund. 9in pots for $12. Orders are due by 9/8 and will be delivered to the HS for pickup at the end of September (details TBA).

Questions: Email Katie Landrigan at NPMA.Fundraising@gmail.com.

KOS Program Cover Contest

We’d like one of our own NPMK students to design the cover for the Knight of Sound digital program! Submit your entry to npmarchingknights@gmail.com by Sunday, September 27. NPMK members will then vote for the winning design. The NP logo is available at northpennmusic.com/graphics-archive.

Entry requirements:

  • Size: 8.5” x 11” (don’t put anything important within a 1/2” of the margin)
  • File format: pdf, jpg, or png
  • Include the following info:
    • Knight of Sound
    • October 10, 2026
    • North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA

Band Meals

We feed the Marching Knights before football games and competitions throughout the band season beginning Thursday, September 10th.

These meals are funded by NPMA and served by us and other parent volunteers. We regularly serve pizza from Vinny’s Pizzarama in Hatfield and various meals from Guiliano’s Deli in Lansdale, including hoagies, vegetarian baked ziti, meatballs, pasta, chicken tenders, and Mac-n-Cheese. We are also working on getting some meals donated by local restaurants. Stay tuned! Each meal we serve includes side dishes like chips, cut-up veggies, fruit, or Caesar salad, and family donated desserts. We do not provide water bottles at meals, so be sure your child brings a reusable water bottle to every rehearsal.

The specific meals for each week will be posted in the Band app. If your child cannot eat the meal being served, then they can pack a dinner or have one dropped off. The first meal being served this Thursday, 9/10 before the football game will be meatball subs and Caesar salad from Guiliano’s Deli.

Please click on the dessert signup genius below and consider signing up for a date or two. It takes a village to feed the whole band, and we appreciate any help you can offer!

Band Meal Dessert Signup

Any questions? Feel free to contact us any time through the Band app chat. Looking forward to an amazing NPMK Season!

Laurel Kennedy, Michelle Ashley, Amy Walters, & Melissa Fusco

Knight of Sound SignUps

Please see the links below for the various volunteer opportunities for the KOS Competition on October 10, 2026. We need the support of all our families to make this event a success! Every family is required to volunteer for at least one shift during KOS.

Have more than one family member available to volunteer? Additional family members can volunteer, and those hours can count toward your 15 volunteer hours. We also welcome older elementary-aged students through high school students to volunteer and be part of this exciting event!

Please note: Families who do not volunteer for at least one shift will be charged a $50 fee. Thank you for helping us make KOS an amazing experience for all of the bands, students, families, and volunteers! You can find all the details on our Knight of Sound webpage as they become available.

KOS Chairs SignUp – Help coordinate one of our volunteer areas.

KOS Volunteer SignUp – Sign up for one or more slots. See the KOS webpage for descriptions.

KOS Concessions SignUp – Sign up for one or more slots. Note: picking up pizza, etc. does not meet the KOS volunteer requirement. Please sign up for an additional slot.

Bake Sale Donations – Donate baked goods for the Bake Sale table.

Football Concessions SignUp

Thanks to everyone who made our first game a success! Our next home game is Friday, September 18. This is Community Knight, so the stadium will be packed! Please sign up below.

Football Concessions SignUp – 9/18/26

Volunteer SignUps

Knight Crew SignUp – Sign up to help with equipment at football games and competitions. Join the Knight Crew Chat for more details. If you’re not able to join or have any questions, contact Mike Beuke at 267-210-1966.

Chaperones & Nurses SignUp – Sign up to chaperone/nurse at football games and competitions. Contact Laura Moore on the Band App for more information. If you need your Clearances, see the Volunteer page for instructions.

NPMA General Parent Meeting – 9/22

The next General Parent Meeting is on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:30pm. View the August 2026 General Parent Meeting minutes.

Upcoming Dine Around – 9/16

Save the date for our next Dine Around on Wednesday, September 16, 5-9pm at Chipotle (1758 Allentown Rd, Lansdale)!

Current Fundraisers

Check out our Fundraising page for details on our current fundraisers:

  • Mums Sale – ends 9/8
  • Philly Sports Raffle – ends 9/22

Ongoing Fundraisers

RaiseRight – Sign up for a RaiseRight account to earn student credit while shopping. Visit our Fundraising page for more details.

If you haven’t signed up for RaiseRight yet, now’s the perfect time! Raise Days are September 11-14 when lots of brands offer bonuses!

View & Share Photos

Throughout the season, you can find photos on our Flickr page at flickr.com/photos/npma/albums.

We encourage you to take photos and upload them to our Flickr account to share with others. Please follow these guidelines:

  • Use this login information. Do NOT change the password!
    • Email: npmapublicity@gmail.com
    • Password: Npma20212022
  • Add your photos to an album so they can be easily found.
  • Should you be the one to create a new album, use this naming convention: “YYYY-MM-DD Name of the event”
  • Please only upload high quality photos and not multiples of the same shot.

Video Recording Policy

We can NOT put videos of our shows on social media. We purchase the rights to use the music in these programs, and posting our show on social media can cause NPMA to incur fines. We can record without sound or record sound without video, but not both. We can live stream, but we cannot record and post to any websites. You can post on YouTube, but it must be PRIVATE. Thank you for adhering to these guidelines!

Reminders

  • Check out the NPMK Parent Handbook for tons of info about the program including competitions, uniforms, volunteering, and more!
  • If your child needs to miss any rehearsals, please complete the NPMK Absence Form so the Director and staff can adequately plan.
  • View the 2026 NPMK Calendar.
  • NPHS Band Program Calendars – Use this link to subscribe to individual ensemble calendars (NPMK/NPMA, NPWP, NPVE, Navy Jazz, Columbia Jazz, and Pit Orchestra). These calendars are synced with the corresponding Band App calendars.