Advanced Program

INTRODUCTION

Advanced - The Poudre School District Summer Advanced Program is designed for students that will be in high school next year - or for those students who have just graduated.  The classes are taught by professional music educators – often, the teachers students will have in high school.  

DATES

Dates for the 2025 Summer advanced program are Monday, June 2 through Friday, June 20 (no classes on June 19).  

LOCATIONS

Advanced Orchestra at Timnath Middle/High School

Advanced Band at Timnath Middle/High School

REGISTER

Registration is a TWO-STEP process:

REGISTRATION IS OPEN MAY 1 to MAY 23

STEP 1 - PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEE

• If you/your child is currently a PSD Student, click https://psdschools.schoolpay.com/ to pay the $52.50 fee.  Look for a purchase option labeled “Summer Music: Current PSD Student.”

  • Summer Music is subject to fee waiver for qualifying students. If you’re interested in requesting a fee waiver, please see the Student Fees and Charges section on the PSD Website.

• If you/your child is NOT currently a PSD Student, click https://schoolpay.com/link/Summer-Music-2025-Non-PSD-Student to pay the $52.50 fee.

  • Fee waivers are only available for current PSD students. All Non-PSD students must pay to participate.

• If you have any problems with School Pay, contact Chrissi Easton or Kim Parker with PSD Finanace

• After payment has been made, you will get a receipt - You will need your receipt number (the transaction #) to complete step 2.

STEP 2 - CLASS REGISTRATION

• Click HERE to go to the Summer Music registration (Clicking will take you to https://forms.gle/zJmDARAMnqCjFir26).  

• Once you have paid and completed the Google Form registration, you are done.  YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A COPY OF YOUR REGISTRATION.   THIS EMAIL SERVES AS YOUR CONFIRMATION. You will not receive any additional communication for the advanced program, but feel free to contact Mr. Petersen (Band), Mr. Mendizabal (Orchestra) or Mr. Schlup (Program Coordinator) if you have any questions. 

I MISSED THE REGISTRATION WINDOW - CAN I STILL PARTICIPATE?

Yes!  The reason we do a pre-reigstration for the advanced program is so the teachers can determine the level of the music they need to choose and the instruments they need to have music for.  If you have decided to participate AFTER May 23, we ask that you complete the payment and class registration links (the links will stay active) AND email the instructor (click on their name below) to let them know you will be attending.  Students can join the advanced program through the end of the first week of classes.

CHANGES AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED

If you have completed your registration (both steps) and something comes up that requires you to change or cancel your registration, contact Scott Schlup (Summer Music Coordinator) at sschlup@psdschools.org

TEACHER CONTACTS

Click on the teacher name below the class offering to send the teacher an email.  Please remember that PSD Teachers are on summer vacation from the last day of school until the program begins - they may be slow to respond.  If you cannot get a reply, contact Scott (above).  Scott may not have the answer since teachers establish the information/requirements for their classes

SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR EACH CLASS OFFERING

CLICK HERE FOR THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON EACH ADVANCED CLASS AT TIMNATH MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

CONTACT

Summer Music Coordinator - Scott Schlup - sschlup@psdschools.org - (970) 732-7878

Summer Music Teachers - Listed above - Click their name to send an email

School Year Orchestra Teachers:

• Fort Collins High School - John Hermanson - jhermans@psdschools.org 

• Fossil Ridge High School - Louie Silvestri - lsilvest@psdschools.org 

• Poudre High School - Bennett Stucky - bstucky@psdschools.org 

• Rocky Mountain High School - Shawn Murphy - shawnm@psdschools.org 

• Timnath Middle/High School - Drew Mendizabal - amendizabal@psdschools.org 

• Wellington Middle/High School - Noah Walker - nwalker@psdschools.org 

School Year Band Teachers:

• Fort Collins High School - Gina Bliss - gbliss@psdschools.org

• Fossil Ridge High School - Aaron Herman - aaronh@psdschools.org and Hannah Peterson - hannahp@psdschools.org 

• Poudre High School - Chris Leonard - cleonard@psdschools.org

• Rocky Mountain High School - Kenyon Scheurman - kscheurm@psdschools.org and Logan Doddridge - ldoddridge@psdschools.org

• Timnath Middle/High School - Corry Petersen - cpeterse@psdschools.org

• Wellington Middle/High School - Bill Cleary - wcleary@psdschools.org 

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