Choir

Deer Creek 6th, 7th Grade and 8th Grade Choir is for students who are interested in singing and learning about music!  Choir meets  DAILY for 30 minutes.  We sing a variety of songs including musicals, popular, folk, gospel, and classical music.  Anyone can join, as long as they have an interest in singing! 

Choir is a graded class and students receive 10 points every day for participation.  Points may be taken away due to lack of participation or forgotten music/choir book.  Please see Band/Choir handbook (to the left) for more information.

Performances (Mandatory)

Friday, September 22 - SFHS Pep Band Home Football Game Performance, 7:00pm
                    **Pep Band Mandatory for 8th grade Band only

Thursday, December 14 - DC Band/Choir Winter Concert, 6:30pm

TBA January or February SFHS Pep Band Home Basketball Game Performance

                    **Pep Band Mandatory for 8th grade Band only

Saturday, March 2 (Voluntary) – WSMA District Solo/Ensemble Festival at Franklin HS
                    (Grades 6-12 only) (times vary 8am-4pm) 

 (FYI) Thursday, May 9 – DC Fine Arts Night (6:00pm); Grades 4-5 General Music Concert 

Thursday, May 30 - DC Band/Choir Spring Concert (6:30pm)

Performance Policy

By being a member of the St. Francis Music Department you have accepted an obligation not only to yourself, but to the entire organization.  Because it is our desire to achieve the finest possible results, attendance at all rehearsals and performances by every band member is mandatory.  It would be unrealistic, however, to assume that absences due to illness, death in the family, and other valid reasons do not occur. With this thought in mind, the following policy has been instituted to explain and define the absence policy of the music department.  Any student who becomes a member of the St. Francis Music Department recognizes his/her responsibility to fellow students of the organization and wishes to contribute his/her best effort at all times.

A performance, when planned, organized, and evaluated as a culminating activity in a learning experience, becomes a legitimate part of the music curriculum.  The performance for band/choir is like an exam in a class, such as English, and will be treated as such.  Failure to participate in a performance without being excused will severely affect the student’s final grade for that grading period, just as a failure to take an exam in the English class would affect the grade for that course.  The student must give the teacher a note PRIOR to the performance or the absence will not be excused. If the student is absent the day of the performance, they are excused from the performance. An unexcused absence can result in loss of opportunities for grade accommodations.