"Note Worthy"

WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2026

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round and going into the 2026-2027 school year!

• ORCHESTRA AND BAND AWARDS NIGHT: Come and celebrate the accomplishments of our students who have gone far and beyond in Orchestra and Band departments. Our dessert banquet is on Tuesday May 12, 2026 in the Centennial HS Auditorium. Doors open and desserts start at 6:00 pm, and the awards ceremony will begin at 6:30 pm. We will need desserts! Please use this link to sign up for the desserts your family will bring.

• ORCHESTRA COURSE RECOVERY OPPORTUNITY: It is that time of year where the Centennial HS Orchestra course recovery opportunity occurs. This recovery is in the form of supplying boxes of tissues for our classroom. This year recovery has upgraded. Read below for details

The final day to submit supplies will be Monday May 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Students can participate in the ONE (1) following recovery opportunities:

1. Students can bring up to ten (10) tissue boxes. Five (5) points per lowest graded assignment, up to ten (10) assignments.

   • Grades from musictheory.net do not qualify

   • Points cannot go towards missing assignments grades (currently zero (0) )

2. Students can bring up to five (5) cans of Clorox wipes. Ten (10) per lowest graded assignment, up to five (5) assignments.

   • Grades from musictheory.net do not qualify

   • Points cannot go towards missing assignments (currently zero (0) )

3. Students can bring up to two (2) 1-litter hand sanitizer (these specifically comes with the hand pump). Fifteen (15) points per lowest graded assignment, up to two (2) assignments

   • Grades from musictheory.net do not qualify

   • Points cannot go towards missing assignments (currently zero (0) )

• SUMMER INSTRUMENT RENTAL: Students who continue to practice their instrument during the summer will retain the skills and technique that were taught throughout the year. If your child is interested in renting an instrument, a hardcopy of the Fulton County Schools Instrument Rental form has been provided to all interested students. The same form is attached to this email. The cost of renting the instrument for the year is $25 with the ONLY method of payment is OSP (this link will read “Orchestra Rental Fee-Semester 2). Cash or personal check will not be accepted. The last day to submit and pick up summer instrument rentals is Monday May 18, 2026 by 1:00 PM.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES:  Thank you for those who have taken care of your fees. Hard copy invoices of what is still owed were handed to your student musician towards the end of March. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year by Friday May 8, 2026. Please read given invoice for details.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.

WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2026

• CHS ORCHESTRA WEBSITE: Parents and students will be referred to the Centennial High School Orchestra website for all CHS Orchestra needs. A CALENDAR page has been added to provide all events pertaining to the Centennial HS Orchestra. The calendar is live and updates regularly

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round.

• SPRING CONCERT: Our last concert of the year is the Spring Concert is Tuesday May 5, 2026 at 6:30PM. This concert will showcase our students conductors and honor the class of 2026. Flyer is attached to the email.

PARENTS OF SENIORS: Please use this link to reserve seats for your family and friends. This link will close at 9pm on May 2, 2026. Some of the seniors have already confirmed the number of guests, so please confirm with them before filling out the form, for if there are repeated forms, the later form will be used and honored. PLEASE COME EARLY! The lighting in our auditorium is not working, making it hard to in the house of the auditorium as people are walking in and taking their seats. The options of lighting is having the stage lights on and no light in the house throughout the night, or keep the house lights on throughout the entire concert. The plan is the keep the lights off for a more intimate atmosphere.

• ORCHESTRA AND BAND AWARDS NIGHT: Come and celebrate the accomplishments of our students who have gone far and beyond in Orchestra and Band departments. Our dessert banquet is on Tuesday May 12, 2026 in the Centennial HS Auditorium. Doors open and desserts start at 6:00 pm, and the awards ceremony will begin at 6:30 pm. We will need desserts! Please use this link to sign up for the desserts your family will bring.

• SUMMER INSTRUMENT RENTAL: Students who continue to practice their instrument during the summer will retain the skills and technique that were taught throughout the year. If your child is interested in renting an instrument, a hardcopy of the Fulton County Schools Instrument Rental form will be available starting tomorrow. The cost of renting the instrument for the year is $25 with the ONLY method of payment is OSP (this link will read “Orchestra Rental Fee-Semester 2). Cash or personal check will not be accepted.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES:  Thank you for those who have taken care of your fees. Hard copy invoices of what is still owed were handed to your student musician towards the end of March. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year by Friday May 8, 2026. Please read given invoice for details.

• BAND APP AND CUTTIME PLATFORM USAGE: PARENTS: Along with the BAND app and weekly/bi-weekly emails, the CutTime platform will be used to send updates, reminders, and other important information. If one platform is more useful than the other (BAND vs. CutTime), the least effective platform will be eliminated. You may receive welcome or departure messages from both platforms as updates are taking place.

• CUTTIME: Some of you may have received an itemized invoice of all that is owed for CHS Orchestra from CutTime. CutTime is the platform the CHS Fine Arts Department uses to keep our departments organized. CutTime is being updated with financials on a weekly basis, and parents should receive itemized invoices on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience as records are being updated. You will receive an updated invoice when we return from Winter Break.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.

WEEK OF APRIL 13, 2026

• CHS ORCHESTRA WEBSITE: Parents and students will be referred to the Centennial High School Orchestra website for all CHS Orchestra needs. A CALENDAR page has been added to provide all events pertaining to the Centennial HS Orchestra. The calendar is live and updates regularly

• “NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY” ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EVENT: Students and their parents who have signed up to attend this Saturday’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert will receive an email within the next day to discuss the details of the evening. PLEASE read the email in its entirety, and if you have any additional questions, please email Ms. Jonas after the email has been sent.

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round.

• 2026-2027 CHS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Congratulations to the 2026-2027 Centennial HS Chamber Orchestra members. Looking forward to high quality performing and dedication next school year. For those who auditioned, an email was sent on Friday April 3, 2026 which included a task students needed to take care of. If your child has not taken care of this task, please encourage them to read this email, for schedule changes and confirmations will take place later this week.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES:  Hard copy invoices of what is still owed were handed to your student musician last Friday. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year by Friday May 8, 2026. Please read given invoice for details.

• BAND APP AND CUTTIME PLATFORM USAGE: PARENTS: Along with the BAND app and weekly/bi-weekly emails, the CutTime platform will be used to send updates, reminders, and other important information. If one platform is more useful than the other (BAND vs. CutTime), the least effective platform will be eliminated. You may receive welcome or departure messages from both platforms as updates are taking place.

• CUTTIME: Some of you may have received an itemized invoice of all that is owed for CHS Orchestra from CutTime. CutTime is the platform the CHS Fine Arts Department uses to keep our departments organized. CutTime is being updated with financials on a weekly basis, and parents should receive itemized invoices on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience as records are being updated. You will receive an updated invoice when we return from Winter Break.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.

WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2026

• CHS ORCHESTRA WEBSITE: Parents and students will be referred to the Centennial High School Orchestra website for all CHS Orchestra needs. A CALENDAR page has been added to provide all events pertaining to the Centennial HS Orchestra. The calendar is live and updates regularly.

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round.

• SPRING SEMESTER FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN WITH SCHOOLFUNDR:  Our Spring Semester fundraiser with Schoolfundr has started!! For those who participated in the Snap! Raise fundraiser last spring, it is a very similar process. The difference between Snap! Raise and Schoolfundr is that with Schoolfundr we will receive 100% of our raised funds, whereas Snap! Raise took 20% of our raised funds in order to keep things running on their end! Our fundraiser will end on NEXT Tuesday March 30, 2026. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RAISED $3,691; $3,691 THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS! 😊You should have already received your student’s personalized link ready to share with others! Please share your child’s link to your friends, family, and coworkers. With 70 students in this program, we should be able to bypass our donation goal. For more information and details, please read the email sent on March 2, 2026

  • TOP EARNERS AS OF 3/23/26

    • Sean E.

    • Ada M.

    • Emilio C.

• LARGE GROUP PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (LGPE) CONCERT and PRE-LGPE: The Centennial HS Orchestra department will participate in this year’s Large Group Performance Evaluations (LGPE). In the music world, this performance is equivalent to the Georgia Milestones or the End of Course (EOC) tests that occur in core classes. As an ensemble, we are judge and evaluated based on what we present to our adjudicators. Our official evaluation date is next Thursday March 26, 2026 at North Atlanta High School;

  • Concert and Philharmonic Orchestras (aka the Combined Orchestra) will perform at 4:00 pm

  • Chamber Orchestra will perform at 6:05pm

Parents are more than welcome to come and support our program, for this concert is free. Parents will also have the option to take your children home once our evaluation is over (our evaluation consist of the stage performance AND a sight reading portion that will take place in a different location at North Atlanta.). Permission forms went home on Tuesday March 17, 2027, and parents will provide confirmation about taking child home on provided field trip form. This form is due NO LATER THAN Wednesday March 25, 2026 by 4:00PM.

*Additionally, students who can drive and have completed and returned the student liability form by THIS WEDNESDAY may travel by their means of transportation. Students WILL NOT leave the premises until they have checkout out with Ms. Jonas.

• 2026-2027 CHS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS: At this point, students who expressed interest in auditioning for next year’s Chamber Orchestra have received an confirmation email from me, as well as selected their audition date. Auditions will occur after school the week of March 30, 2026 from 3:45-6:30pm. Students should have also selected the Fine Arts Pathway on their elective selection form they received in February.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES:  Hard copy invoices of what is still owed were handed to your student musician last Friday. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year by Friday May 8, 2026. Please read given invoice for details.

• BAND APP AND CUTTIME PLATFORM USAGE: PARENTS: Along with the BAND app and weekly/bi-weekly emails, the CutTime platform will be used to send updates, reminders, and other important information. If one platform is more useful than the other (BAND vs. CutTime), the least effective platform will be eliminated. You may receive welcome or departure messages from both platforms as updates are taking place.

• CUTTIME: Some of you may have received an itemized invoice of all that is owed for CHS Orchestra from CutTime. CutTime is the platform the CHS Fine Arts Department uses to keep our departments organized. CutTime is being updated with financials on a weekly basis, and parents should receive itemized invoices on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience as records are being updated. You will receive an updated invoice when we return from Winter Break.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.

WEEK OF MARCH 16, 2026

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round.

• SPRING SEMESTER FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN WITH SCHOOLFUNDR:  Our Spring Semester fundraiser with Schoolfundr has started!! For those who participated in the Snap! Raise fundraiser last spring, it is a very similar process. The difference between Snap! Raise and Schoolfundr is that with Schoolfundr we will receive 100% of our raised funds, whereas Snap! Raise took 20% of our raised funds in order to keep things running on their end! Our fundraiser will end on March 30, 2026. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RAISED $2,451; $2,451 THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS! 😊You should have already received your student’s personalized link ready to share with others! Please share your child’s link to your friends, family, and coworkers. With 70 students in this program, we should be able to bypass our donation goal.
  For more information and details, please read the email sent on March 2, 2026

• LARGE GROUP PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (LGPE) CONCERT and PRE-LGPE: The Centennial HS Orchestra department will participate in this year’s Large Group Performance Evaluations (LGPE). In the music world, this performance is equivalent to the Georgia Milestones or the End of Course (EOC) tests that occur in core classes. As an ensemble, we are judge and evaluated based on what we present to our adjudicators. Our official evaluation date is next Thursday March 26, 2026 at North Atlanta High School. Parents are more than welcome to come and support our program, for this concert is free. Parents will also have the option to take your children home once our evaluation is over (our evaluation consist of the stage performance AND a sight reading portion that will take place in a different location at North Atlanta.).

Permission forms will come home on Tuesday, and parents will provide confirmation about taking child home on provided field trip form. This form is due NO LATER THAN Wednesday March 25, 2026 by 4:00PM.

In preparation for our real evaluation, we will have a simulation of the evaluation process for parents to observe, Pre-LGPE, THIS Thursday March 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm. We will have a judge or two who will provide feedback for our students to implement for our actual evaluation. This will be a great opportunity to observe the life of your student musician, and see how their preparation (or lack thereof) goes into the success of our yearly evaluation. Holcomb Bridge Middle School Orchestras will also take advantage of this Pre-LGPE concert, for they too will perform their evaluation next Thursday.

• • PLEASE NOTE : Students are REQUIRED to observe their peers’ performance during this pre-LGPE concert in its entirety. Please plan your schedules accordingly for this concert.

• 2026-2027 CHS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS: At this point, students who expressed interest in auditioning for next year’s Chamber Orchestra have received an confirmation email from me, as well as selected their audition date. Auditions will occur after school the week of March 30, 2026 from 3:45-6:30pm. Students should have also selected the Fine Arts Pathway on their elective selection form they received in February.

• 9-WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS AND IN DANGER OF FAILING COURSE COMMUNICATION: Grades from this grading period (Jan. 6-March 11) have been posted in Infinite Campus. Students who had missing assignments or students who needed to make up any MAJOR assignments (original grade was a 75% or lower) had the opportunity to complete these assignments by March 11th. The grade posted is a result from their efforts during these past nine weeks. Assignments will not be reopened in Canvas for students to complete and submit. Parents of students who are failing or are in danger of failing Orchestra were contacted via email two weeks ago. At this point, students whose grade is below a 80% will not participate in LGPE, and will need to perform this concert during the Spring Semester Jury on May 11, 2026 at 7:45 am.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES: THANK YOU for patience as invoices for this year are being generated. Hard copy invoices of what is still owed will be handed to your student musician next week. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year.

• BAND APP AND CUTTIME PLATFORM USAGE: PARENTS: Along with the BAND app and weekly/bi-weekly emails, the CutTime platform will be used to send updates, reminders, and other important information. If one platform is more useful than the other (BAND vs. CutTime), the least effective platform will be eliminated. You may receive welcome or departure messages from both platforms as updates are taking place.

• CUTTIME: Some of you may have received an itemized invoice of all that is owed for CHS Orchestra from CutTime. CutTime is the platform the CHS Fine Arts Department uses to keep our departments organized. CutTime is being updated with financials on a weekly basis, and parents should receive itemized invoices on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience as records are being updated. You will receive an updated invoice when we return from Winter Break.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.

WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2026

• AMAZON WISHLIST Our annual Amazon list is up and live. THANK YOU to those who have already donated and supported us. CLICK HERE to take a look at our needs! This is an on-going list that will be up year round.

• PRE-LARGE GROUP PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (LGPE) CONCERT: The Centennial HS Orchestra department will participate in this year’s Large Group Performance Evaluations (LGPE). In the music world, this performance is equivalent to the Georgia Milestones or the End of Course (EOC) tests that occur in core classes. As an ensemble, we are judge and evaluated based on what we present to our adjudicators. In preparation for our real evaluation, we will have a simulation of the evaluation process for parents to observe on NEXT Thursday March 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm. We will have a judge or two who will provide feedback for our students to implement for our actual evaluation, which will take place on Thursday March 26, 2026.  This will be a great opportunity to observe the life of your student musician, and see how their preparation (or lack thereof) goes into the success of our yearly evaluation.

• • PLEASE NOTE : Students are REQUIRED to observe their peers’ performance during this pre-LGPE concert. Please plan your schedules accordingly for this concert.

• SPRING SEMESTER FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN WITH SCHOOLFUNDR:  Our Spring Semester fundraiser with Schoolfundr has started!! For those who participated in the Snap! Raise fundraiser last spring, it is a very similar process. The difference between Snap! Raise and Schoolfundr is that with Schoolfundr we will receive 100% of our raised funds, whereas Snap! Raise took 20% of our raised funds in order to keep things running on their end! Our fundraiser kicks off today, March 9, 2026 and will end on March 30, 2026. You should have already received your student’s personalized link ready to be shared with others! Please share your child’s link to your friends, family, and coworkers. For more information and details, please read the email sent on March 2, 2026

• 2026-2027 CHS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS: At this point, students who expressed interested in auditioning for next year’s Chamber Orchestra have received an confirmation email from me, as well as selected their audition date. Auditions will occur after school the week of March 30, 2026 from 3:45-6:30pm. Students should have also selected the Fine Arts Pathway on their elective selection form they received earlier this month.

• 9-WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS AND IN DANGER OF FAILING COURSE COMMUNICATION: Grades from this grading period (Jan. 6-March 11) will be posted in Infinite Campus on March 11th. Students who have missing assignments or students who want to make up any MAJOR assignments (original grade was a 75% or lower) must complete these assignments by March 11th. Failure to do so will result in those grades being final. Assignments will not be reopened in Canvas. Parents of students who are failing or are in danger of failing Orchestra should have received a separate email two weeks ago.

• • PLEASE NOTE PT 1: The only assignments that will not be reopened at all are the Daily Warm-ups. All other assignments are opened in Canvas.

  • PLEASE NOTE PT 2 : Students with excessive tardies and absences will also receive either an addition email or further communication within the “In Danger of Failing” email.

• UNPAID ORCHESTRA BALANCES: THANK YOU for patience as invoices for this year are being generated. Hard copy invoices of what is still owed will be handed to your student musician next week. All students, especially students who are graduating, must submit payment upon graduation/the end of the school year.

• BAND APP AND CUTTIME PLATFORM USAGE: PARENTS: Along with the BAND app and weekly/bi-weekly emails, the CutTime platform will be used to send updates, reminders, and other important information. If one platform is more useful than the other (BAND vs. CutTime), the least effective platform will be eliminated. You may receive welcome or departure messages from both platforms as updates are taking place.

• CUTTIME: Some of you may have received an itemized invoice of all that is owed for CHS Orchestra from CutTime. CutTime is the platform the CHS Fine Arts Department uses to keep our departments organized. CutTime is being updated with financials on a weekly basis, and parents should receive itemized invoices on a monthly basis. Thank you for your patience as records are being updated. You will receive an updated invoice when we return from Winter Break.

• ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION FOR CHS ORCHESTRA FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS Families can FINALLY make online payments for CHS Orchestra! If you would like to pay online, CLICK HERE for all Centennial HS Orchestra related items.