Our very own, MR. WALKER BALLARD, was selected as one out of 120 Appalachian State University student teachers as a Student Teacher of the Year Top Seven Finalist!!!
One of these finalists will be announced this week as Appalachian State University’s Student Teacher of the Year. That announcement will come in the form of a video on Saturday, May 16th at 5:00 p.m. The video will be posted on all of the Reich College of Education’s social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). If you aren’t following them on social media, then now is the perfect time to start!
The 2019-20 Student Teacher of the Year will then represent Appalachian State University at the state level where the state Student Teacher of the Year will be announced in October.
Will you join me in helping to celebrate him this week by sending a congratulatory email to wballard@wcpss.net or tagging @Leesvilleband on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook?
Final Bands Club Meeting/New Parent Meeting: The Final Bands Club Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 26th at 7:00pm over Google Meet. Please share this with FUTURE band parents as we will go over not only year end information but information for this coming year for our new Band Parents!!!
END OF YEAR BAND BANQUET – The Band Banquet will be over GOOGLE MEET on Friday June 5th at 7:00pm! Mark your calendars!!! More information will be coming soon.
Reminders from last week:
Seniors May 12th Cap and Gown Pick-up: At this point seniors are asked to come and pick up their caps and gowns on May 12th from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the BACK circle of the school (by the stadium). Originally, the information sent out said that Seniors are to bring back uniforms, instruments, textbooks, etc. to return on that day as well. THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT CORRECT. There will be a different day for Seniors to drop off their materials but we do not know that date yet.
Senior Uniform Returns: That being said, SYMPHONIC BAND SENIORS please go ahead and start CAREFULLY taking off your chevrons, year-stripes, PO chords, whistles, and medals. Those are YOURS to keep. Even if you do not want them, you MUST take them off before taking your uniform to get DRY CLEANED. All seniors must bring their ENTIRE uniform to be DRY CLEANED before returning it to school. Please keep it in the dry cleaning bag when done and put the entire thing inside your uniform bag. Don’t forget to put your belts (2), hat, and tie inside of your uniform bag. If you borrowed extras, please return those as well.. You have the option of DONATING your shoes if they are in GOOD condition. We do not have a date yet of when these need to be returned, but please go ahead and start getting everything cleaned and ready.
Concert Band/Intermediate Band SENIORS, or anyone that would like to donate or sell their Concert Band/Intermediate Band Dress, Tuxedo Pants, or Tuxedo Coat – please have these items DRYCLEANED and LEFT in the dry cleaning bag. We will have a specific way to return them to school once we have more information.