This year our Band and Orchestra program is being hosted at NAMS and is available to 6th grade only. Tom McCall and Echo Shaw 6th graders will ride the bus from their home school over to NAMS. Students from other local schools must provide their own transportation.

6th Graders wishing to participate in Band & Orchestra are not able to also participate in CLC at their home school due to schedules overlapping. Families must choose one or the other.

Program Dates: Band and Orchestra

October 21, 2024 - June 5, 2025

Daily schedule: Monday - Thursday

Tom McCall students:

Bus departure from Tom McCall: 2:15
Arrive at NAMS: 2:30
TM Meal at NAMS (free): 2:30 - 2:45
Band and Orchestra Rehearsals Begin: 2:45
Bus Departs NAMS: 4:20

Bus routing from NAMS to home is more limited due to driver availability. Your child's stop may be further than their regular school day stop.

Echo Shaw students:

Meal time at Echo Shaw: 2:55 - 3:15
Bus departure from Echo Shaw: 3:15
Arrival at NAMS: 3:25
Band/Orchestra time: 3:25 - 4:20
Dismissal: 4:20

Bus routing from NAMS to home is more limited due to driver availability. Your child's stop may be further than their regular school day stop.

Your student's start date will depend on when they were registered. Once they receive a schedule with an official start date, your student may begin attending Band and Orchestra at NAMS.

Student Expectations:

Students enrolled in Band and Orchestra are expected to participate 4 days a week (Monday-Thursday). Students are also expected to participate in 2 evening concerts during the year.

Band concerts will be January 29th and May 14th, both in the Evening

Orchestra concerts will be January 23 and May 20th, both in the Evening

*There is always a chance that concert dates may change. If a concert date must change, the change will be communicated as soon as possible.

With your student's commitment to a performing art, it is expected that your student practices their instrument outside of rehearsals. We expect instruments to go home with students on Thursdays, at least one practice session to happen in the home between Friday and Sunday, and for the instrument to return with the student on the following Monday.

Once Band and Orchestra has begun in October, our primary form of communication will be through Parent Square.

For music program inquiries:

Band - Marisa Quinn: mquinn@fgsd.k12.or.us

Orchestra - Mikela Valenzuela Rayburn: mrayburn@fgsd.k12.or.us