Walter L. Sickles High School Bands

August 1, 2020

Wall of Sound Families,

In these uncertain times, I hope you take comfort in the news that our directors, staff, student-leaders, and Band Boosters are working creatively and diligently to form safe and enriching in person and virtual opportunities for our students.

To that end, we would like to invite you to an optional informational ZOOM meeting focusing on our current action plan for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year.  Our goal is to disseminate the information we currently have in hopes of answering your questions regarding both face to face and e-learning/virtual band curriculum, after school band participation, and safety protocols as well as help with housekeeping items and athletic clearance.

We will be offering two identical virtual sessions from which you can pick the one most convenient for your schedule this Tuesday, August 4th at 12pm OR 7pm. At the bottom of this message is Zoom invite information for each session.

As always, your patience, positivity and flexibility continues to be appreciated throughout this process.   We look forward to seeing you at one of these Zoom Sessions!

GO GRYPHONS

Mr. Griffis and Mrs. Lundahl

Invite for 12pm Meeting:

https://sdhc.zoom.us/j/89253811192?pwd=TXMwS0N3eC9tTTQ3bTA5MVVRTUJ6dz09

Meeting ID: 892 5381 1192

Passcode: Z4U52G

Invite for 7pm Meeting:

https://sdhc.zoom.us/j/88518231268?pwd=N2hUNWNXYVEzQU5taFJOYkdoRkVaQT09

Meeting ID: 885 1823 1268

Passcode: R3kRiz

July 28, 2020

Sickles Wall of Sound Families,

As you likely know, our District recently approved a new re-opening plan, pushing the start of school to August 24th. In alignment with this, HCPS has made the decision to postpone the start of all athletic and band camps an additional two weeks (for bands, this means no band camp may start before August 15th.) This does unfortunately mean that we will not be able to begin camp next week (week of August 3rd) as originally hoped. We will work to construct a new schedule and game plan for band activities and publish details ASAP. In the meantime, please know that our directors, staff, student-leaders, and Band Boosters are working creatively and diligently to form opportunities for our students.

As always, your patience and positivity continues to be appreciated throughout this process. We certainly understand the abundance of updates and changes can be frustrating, but rest assured that our goal is to always be as informative and transparent as possible. Adjustments will continue to be made as new information comes out, and please know you will be the first to learn of any pertinent news.

GO GRYPHONS!

Mr. Griffis and Mrs. Lundahl