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Medication Forms Reminder
Does your child take over the counter and/or prescription medication on a regular basis? These medications along with the PUSD Medication Consent Form that is to be filled out and signed by your doctormust be turned into Head RA Jody Harcourt before we depart on Saturday afternoon for WBA Championship in Fresno. Click HERE for a copy of the PUSD Medication Consent Form . Please bring your child's over-the-counter or prescription medication in the original packaging (only enough needed for the trip) to me at BUS 1 in the AVHS front parking lot before we leave at 2:00pm. Medications will be dispensed by Doris Lem, a hotel RA who is a nurse. Upon hotel check in your child will be told where and when to come to get their medication.
Please meet me upon our return to pick up any medication, form and packaging.
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Support Shepherd's Gate
Amador Valley Band Council is hosting a drive to support a local shelter for battered women and children!
We are asking people in the community to bring clothes, canned foods, cleaning supplies, monetary donations, etc. to the large parking lot on Friday, 11/19, between 3:45 and 6:00 PM! There will be live bands performing, and we will be selling food, so bring some friends and stay a while! Anything at all you can contributed will be put to good use. Thank you so much!
For a complete list of things we will accept, check HERE. Please email Sara Borchers with any questions!
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SAVE THE DATE!
The Campana Jazz Festival is just 3 months away! It will be held on Saturday, February 9th - right here at Amador Valley High School. Jazz parents - take note your students will be scheduled to perform and be present throughout the day. Parent Volunteers are needed for all kinds of jobs, from hospitality to technology and everything in-between. Say you'll help - and we'll find you a job suited just for you and your availability. Please contact Marilyn Palowitch to volunteer.
CAMPANA JOB OF THE WEEK: Campana Program Editor. Help from the comfort of your home! Using the 2012 Campana program file as your template, layout the program with new ads and new content, all provided to you. Much of the program layout stays the same, and content is updated with new dates, times, and information. It helps to know Microsoft Publisher, or to be comfortable with publishing software in general. The bulk of the editing is done in January, but you can get familiar with file now. Please contact Marilyn Palowitch for more information or to say "I can help!" Thank you!
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Championships Week is here!
Friends & Family on Thursday...this community showcase features both high school marching bands in a free event at Foothill High School beginning at 7:00 pm. Students are to arrive at 5:45 in full uniform for warm-up before the performance. Come out and enjoy what has become a wonderful tradition in Pleasanton! WBA Championships in Fresno this weekend! The itinerary is posted on the music website. All of the information you need to know is there. Students are spending most of the weekend in their band uniform so please encourage light packing for the weekend. A soft-sided duffle bag is encouraged so that there is room for all of the luggage on the buses. HELP! - We need canopies to keep our Dons dry this weekend - See article below. Go Dons!!!
Director of Bands
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Grubmaster News
Jooners signups -
Canopies are needed for the WBA championship event this weekend. The Clovis weather forecast currently calls for a 50% chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday. We have 3 canopies at the moment and required 10 last year to keep the students dry. You may drop them off in the trophy room between now and before practice at 8:30am Saturday morning. Please ensure they are labeled with your name and phone number.
Volunteers are also needed for meal, snack and cake service at WBA this weekend. Please check Jooners and see how you can help!
Finally, we have secured catering for the Senior Banquet Sunday and as in years past have extra servings for Senior parents and guests. We ask for a donation of $10.00 per parent or guest to help defray the costs of the additional meals. Please see Marianne, Sher Butler or me for your ticket ahead of the meal on Sunday.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
Michael Swailes
Grubmaster
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WBA Championships- Fresno Snack Schedule for Saturday, November 17th:
The following sections are responsible for bringing cookies and bottled water:
 
Cookies: Trumpets Water: Color Guard
On Saturday, November 17th, the above-designated sections are responsible for bringing water & cookies that will be consumed after that performance. The snacks consist of bringing either 24 cookies (package of store bought cookies) or one case of water, 24 bottles, 16-24 ounce bottles (sport tops preferred)You are to bring your cookies or water to the band room Wednesday thru Saturday, November 14-17th and place them in the appropriate, marked box or cooler outside of Mr. Grantham's office.
PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE BAND MEMBERS WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES. PLEASE READ LABLES BEFORE BUYING COOKIES.
Parents, please help your student(s) remember their assigned snack by Saturday, November 17th.
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Shop and Drop! Another Way to Volunteer...
 Are you looking for a way to help out the band? RAs often need items that can be picked up during your trip to the store. Here are some items we need: - Dixie Cups (Costco size package 5 oz. 450 count)
- Two large plastic serving bowls or mini tubs to serve snacks or fruit from.
If you would like to volunteer for an easy one-time task please contact Jody Harcourt
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WInd Ensemble Closet is now OPEN!
If you have a student new to Wind Ensemble I, Wind Ensemble II, or is an existing member who would like to swap out a size, we have several 'like new' uniform pieces for both men and women. These items were generously donated by outgoing seniors and are available at no charge. The Closet has: 7 skirts, sizes 2 S, 4 M, 1 L 3 Women's tops, sizes 6, 8, 10 1 Men's tux shirt 3 Men's tux pants in sizes 34/34, 32/30, 46/30 3 Men's tux jacket in sizes 50L, 38L, 40R Men's shoes in sizes 9, 10,12 Please feel free to contact me to schedule a time for your student to try on the pieces. Stella Kim
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Responsible Adult News
 Thank you to all who have helped out as RAs this season! The band could not have performed without the RAs who set up shako and plume carts, fixed hair, stuck in plumes, handed out gauntlets, filled water bottles, shopped for snacks and supplies, updated first aid kits, watered thirsty students, set up and cleaned up snacks, guarded equipment, loaded buses, chaperoned on buses and made sure that students got on and off the field safely.
We are set and ready for WBA Championships coming up this weekend.
RAs WANTED: One more opportunity to volunteer as an RA for the Pleasanton Holiday Parade Saturday December 1st. Click HERE to sign up.
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Come to Arizona with us!!
NEEDED: 18 Hotel RAs (for each hotel night) with PUSD fingerprinting clearance to be overnight chaperones. This level of clearance is only needed for those chaperones who will be supervising students in the hotel overnight, handling lights out and wake up visits to students' hotel rooms.
FIESTA BOWL BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS - DECEMBER 26TH-JANUARY 1ST-THREE DIFFERENT HOTELS SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES!
WHEN & WHERE : DECEMBER 26TH - LOS ANGELES CA AREA
DECEMBER 27TH-30TH- TEMPE ARIZONA
DECEMBER 31ST- ANAHEIM CA
Please contact me immediately if you are able to perform this important duty. You will need to pay for your own hotel and travel expenses (rooms are being held). If you are not a PUSD employee, but wish to be a Hotel RA, you will need to pay the cost of being fingerprinted with the District at a cost of $75.00. Once you receive this level of clearance, you will never have to fill out a PUSD volunteer form again, good for many years to come!
Please contact Kristen Nesci-Schenoneto sign up to be a Hotel RA. |
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