Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year! This is our first official post to the blog this year, so if you just signed up for the blog and received this as an email in your inbox, you are good to go!
Fundraising Updates:
Europe - current fundraisers for individual Europe accounts are underway. Gobena Coffee order forms have been distributed at school and are due on Sept. 13th. There are also still a few spots open on the 1st semester HyVee Bagging for Tips Signup Genius.
General Orchestra Fundraisers - mark your calendars for the Gill Street Dine to Donate on Tuesday, Sept. 12th. Please click on this link and RSVP. We need at least 40 people to RSVP in order to be allowed to host this fundraising event. This is NOT a binding commitment, we just need to fill the list... Also mark your calendars for September 15th as orchestra, choir, and drama will be working concession stand at the home football game. Sign ups will be available soon!
Fundraising Volunteers - Melissa Miles, our orchestra fundraising committee chair is in need of some volunteers to assist with our fundraising efforts. Please consider volunteering some time to help ensure that our orchestra program gets the money we need to provide a high quality education to your student and that our kids have the opportunities needed to allow them to participate in things like our Europe trip. Click here for the SignUp Genius to volunteer or you can email nchsorchestraparents@gmail.com for more information.
NOPA
The NCHS Orchestra Parents Association (NOPA) is dedicated to helping provide all of the "extras" to our orchestra students that only an active parents organization can! Please consider joining us for our first meeting on Sept. 14th at 7:00 pm in the orchestra room. This meeting is an opportunity for ALL orchestra parents to get involved in their student's education (in a way less embarrassing way than chaperoning a dance ;-). Meetings usually last about an hour and this first meeting will focus on getting things rolling with the Hauntcert, continuing some fundraising efforts, and establishing some new committees. Please come and join us, meet some new people, and donate a little time to a worthy cause!
Uniform Update
Uniforms will be sent home on Monday, Aug. 28 - please make your student tries things on at home for you double check proper fit. Uniform pieces that need to be ordered will be taken care of at the end of the week and it is critical that the order is accurate at that time. Students who still have a uniform at home MUST try it on this weekend and bring it to Mrs. Siebenthal before school on Monday morning if it doesn't fit. Also double check uniforms for overlooked tears, bad zippers, missing buttons etc. Any missing buttons will be sent home with the student, and we would like a final count on those by the end of the week as well.
State Farm Employees
Did you know that the hours you volunteer to the orchestra not only help provide a better education for the students, but also earn the orchestra cash? Drop in to our first NOPA meeting or email nchsorchestraparents@gmail.com for more info!
