From the President |
Woodbridge Senior High School
President's Notes
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Nancy Ro 703-590-3778 | |||
Jeff Resko 703-497-4617 |
Mary Weiss 703-492-4969 |
Ann Iverson 571-264-7889 | Lisa Glidwell 703-490-2721 |
FROM THE PRESIDENT:
2011– 2012
WSHS Band Season
Dear Viking 2011-2012 Band Members and Parents
Congratulations and welcome
to the award winning WSHS Marching Band.
First, in order for you to march with the Mighty Vikings (yes, even you returning
Vikings),
you will need to fill out all of the enclosed forms.
A description of each of those forms is attached. These forms can also be found on our website: www.woodbridgeband.org.
These forms need to be returned to the band. You could also mail the forms to the band at the address above (not the school address). The other option is to bring them to the Band Sign Up/Ice Cream Social. In any case, the forms and the marching band and uniform fees must be turned in prior to the start of marching band camp which is August 10th. Based on the county policy, no student will be permitted to march until forms are on file and that includes band camp.
Our primary mission as band boosters is to make all bands including marching band and the color guard, a rewarding and fun experience. We want the students to start off on the right foot with all of their required forms submitted.
Trips are major part of the Band experience. The
best way to relieve the pain of these costs is to support the various fundraisers
as they become available. You
can earn
money
for
your student’s account by working the various events that we work thru
out the year.
For some families, the financial challenge is
more than they can handle even with fundraising. It is the school’s desire
and booster policy that no student is left out of Marching Band solely for
financial reasons. For more information, please contact the Band Director,
Mark Carder or Lisa Glidwell, the booster treasurer or myself.
The Boosters make it happen for marching band, but it’s not
all we support. We also boost
concert, symphonic and jazz bands as well as winter guard and winter percussion
(if active). To make this year a success we need your support. We
always need help with uniforms, pit crew, chaperones, etc, etc, etc. Without
your help
our students will not have the rich band experience they deserve. If you are
interested in helping out – in any capacity – please let anyone
on the board know.
Please feel free to contact any of the officers with any questions that you
may have.
Please note that this year you can pay your
marching fees online!
Again, welcome students and parents to another season of the award winning Mighty Viking Marching Band.
Thanks
Nancy Ro
WSHS Band Booster President
With Pride!
1. The Athletic
Participation/Parental Consent/Physical Examination Form. The
physical portion must be filled out by a physician. All five parts must be filled
out and every signature block signed.
2. Attached to the Participation/Parental Consent/Physical Examination Form is
the VHSL medical insurance form. This form is required if your student will be
participating in any sport after/during marching band. For example, if your student
will swim for WSHS, then the form needs to be turned in.
3. Medical
Release Form. This form
is in addition to the physical and must be signed by the student’s
parent/guardian and witnessed by a notary. It will inform the band of any
student medical conditions
and allow the student to be
administered any over the counter medications. Without this form completed
no over the counter medication can be dispensed. If your student gets a
headache or upset stomach at a competition, on a trip or even at band camp,
this form
will allow the band nurse to give your student Tylenol or Tums, for example.
The band does respect individual parental desires and is not trying to
require parental consent to provide any form of medication to your student.
4. Medication
Authorization Form. This form is a Prince William County form which
must be filled out to allow the band nurse to administer either prescription
or over the counter medication to band students. The prescription portion of
the form must be signed by your physician. Without this form completed no prescription
medication can be dispensed. For any trip or away competition, all medications,
both prescription and over the counter, will be kept by the band nurse.
5. Prince
William County Extracurricular Activity Form. This is a school board
required form.
6. WSHS Marching
Band Commitment Form. This form commits your student to participating
in Marching and commits you to both Marching Band and uniform fees. Because Marching
Band requires substantial funding and early commitments of money for competitions
and trips, we need to know who will be in the Marching Band.
7. WSHS Band
Booster Membership Form. It is important that parents join the band
boosters. We are a very effective voice with the administration and we need your
support. This form will allow you to indicate where you can help in the many
areas needed to either conduct marching band performances or raise funds. Most
of the jobs are easy and of limited duration. Also, it is very important that
email addresses be provided to us, if available, and updated as they change.
Most of our communication will be via email in the coming school year. A particularly
easy way to defray costs for your student is by working at the Patriot Center.
Notification of Patriot Center opportunities will be made primarily by email.
