Program Information
The purpose of this website is to provide information on the instruments that your child will have an opportunity to learn to play in the coming school year. Classes will be offered during the school day to all interested fourth and fifth grade FCPS students. Students will usually receive one 45 minute class each week. We encourage our FCPS students to take instrumental music for the joy of the experience as well as the development and use of higher level thinking skills. Research has shown that children who take instrumental lessons are better able to understand math concepts and achieve higher scores on SAT tests than their equally able peers who take no lessons.
Students and parents should consider the following before deciding to play an instrument:
Students should select the instrument they most want to play.
Every student must practice on a regular basis to be successful.
Parents must take an active role in encouraging and monitoring regular practice.
Parents are responsible for obtaining an instrument and any materials needed.
No child will be penalized for missing regular classroom time while in band, but students are responsible for making up any work missed while in instrumental music classes.
If after this website, your child is interested in learning a band or orchestra instrument, they may fill out the "Online Enrollment Form" to be enrolled in their school's instrumental music program for next school year. Families from BCES, BRES, CMES, OGES and TUES will be receiving written instructions from Mrs. Caulfield and Mrs. De La Rosa telling you what instrument, books, and accessories you will need. Please do not purchase an instrument at this time. This information and final scheduling of classes will not be done until the beginning of the school year.