2021-2022 Beginning Band
BEGINNING BAND AT GRAFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEGINNING BAND AT GRAFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Welcome to the Grafton Band! We are so pleased you have decided to be a member!
Welcome to the Grafton Band! We are so pleased you have decided to be a member!
As a rising beginning band student, you will need to decide what instrument you would like to play.
As a rising beginning band student, you will need to decide what instrument you would like to play.
Your options include flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and percussion.
Your options include flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and percussion.
Step 1: Choose 2 instruments
Step 1: Choose 2 instruments
Watch the videos from Be Part of the Band and select two instruments you'd like to play in band next school year.
Step 2: Submit your 2 instrument choices when registering for classes with the guidance counselors
Step 2: Submit your 2 instrument choices when registering for classes with the guidance counselors
WE'VE COMPLETED THE ABOVE STEPS. NOW WHAT?
WE'VE COMPLETED THE ABOVE STEPS. NOW WHAT?
The band directors will look at your instrument choices and schedule you into a class based upon these preferences. We will do our best to place students on one of their preferred instruments while considering the balance of available spots in the entire band.
The band directors will look at your instrument choices and schedule you into a class based upon these preferences. We will do our best to place students on one of their preferred instruments while considering the balance of available spots in the entire band.
Please DO NOT rent or purchase an instrument. You will receive directions for doing this in the future.
Please DO NOT rent or purchase an instrument. You will receive directions for doing this in the future.
Please understand that we put the students first. We understand it is a difficult time with unprecedented schedules, changing circumstances and many unknown future events. As guidelines from YCSD are updated, the band directors will continue to evaluate our situation and make decisions based on what we know.
Please understand that we put the students first. We understand it is a difficult time with unprecedented schedules, changing circumstances and many unknown future events. As guidelines from YCSD are updated, the band directors will continue to evaluate our situation and make decisions based on what we know.
Thank you for your time and prompt attention to this matter! We look forward to teaching our new band members and meeting their families!
Thank you for your time and prompt attention to this matter! We look forward to teaching our new band members and meeting their families!
Questions? Please contact us through Teams or by email.
Questions? Please contact us through Teams or by email.
Mrs. Stone bstone@ycsd.york.va.us
Mrs. Stone bstone@ycsd.york.va.us
Mr. Musselwhite emusselwhite@ycsd.york.va.us
Mr. Musselwhite emusselwhite@ycsd.york.va.us