Woodbridge Senior High School

Congratulations and welcome to the award winning WSHS Marching Band. Although we are not quite finished with the 2007/8 school year, we are already getting ready for the fall 2008 marching band season.

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 which will be on August 9th – more to follow. 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 9th for rookies and August 13th for returning Mighty Viking veterans. 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. We expect that the symphonic and concert bands will be traveling sometime in the early spring of 2008. The best way to relieve the pain of these costs is to support the various fundraisers. One fundraiser that is a great way to earn money is working at the Patriot Center. 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 Rob Easterday, 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. Our Board, this year, has the following officers:

Please feel free to contact any of the officers with any questions that you may have.

Again, welcome students and parents to another season of the award winning Mighty Viking Marching Band.

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.

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