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Band Lessons

All students in the OMS Band Program are required to participate in an individual or small group lesson each week. These lessons are designed to build individual musicianship and technical skills, reinforce and extend skills learned in rehearsals, and provide targeted support on tone, rhythm, and reading.

Lesson Expectations and Scheduling

Students are expected to attend their weekly lesson and come prepared with their instrument, music, and materials (reeds, sticks, pencils, etc.). The lesson schedule is posted in several locations:

• The OMS Band Website and Google Classroom

• The band room bulletin board

If a student needs to reschedule a lesson due to a class conflict (like a test or presentation), they should stay in their class and follow the make-up process. Students with a known conflict can also email their teacher to request a reschedule.

Private Lessons

Students who are already taking private lessons on their primary instrument are not required to attend the weekly OMS lesson. However, they are encouraged to attend grade-level sectionals during Topper-Time to stay connected with the ensemble.

Lesson Make-Up Policy

If a lesson is missed for any reason, students must make it up to receive full credit. All missed lessons should be made up within one week to stay on pace, but can be turned in until the end of the current quarter. Lessons not completed by the end of the quarter will remain a zero in the gradebook.

Students can choose one of the following methods to make up a missed lesson:

• In-Person Make-Up: Sign up for a make-up lesson before or after school or during a designated Make-Up Lesson Week.

• MakeMusic Make-Up: 10 minutes of button time. Play button (green) or record button (red)  MakeMusic excerpts from the designated folder and complete the OMS MakeMusic Lesson Make-Up Form.

• Pep Band Club: Attend a Pep Band Club meeting (7th and 8th graders only) on Tuesdays from 3:05 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.

To receive credit for the lesson make up students must Complete the Middle School Band Lesson Make-Up Form.

Students are responsible for communicating their absence to their teacher and completing one of these options. Lessons that are not made up in time will be marked as "missing" and entered as a zero at the end of the week, but they can still be made up until the end of the quarter.