Welcome to the School Year 2018-2019!
A Message from Your LHSOA President
Fellow Orchestra Families –
A warm welcome to everyone as we begin another sensational year of Orchestra! The next few weeks will be full of important activities that will set the stage for the exciting months to follow.
Thank you all for a successful Registration Night on July 26th. Your participation was a great opportunity for some wonderful orchestra fellowship and helped to jump-start the processing of forms and payments for camps, field trips, and donations.
I look forward to working together to continue the tradition of excellence that makes Lassiter Orchestra such a nationally-recognized and respected music program. Your participation and partnership are crucial to helping us achieve our goals. Please visit our website for detailed information on LHSOA registration benefits.
Please know that your LHSOA parent volunteers are here for you. Reach out anytime to the appropriate board member to ask questions or provide opportunities for us to serve our orchestra community and this amazing program.
Looking forward to a fantastic year of music and fellowship!
Musically Yours,
Audrey Donahue
President
Lassiter High School Orchestra Association
president@lhsoa.org
Important!!!
2018 Fall Orchestra Camp
Camp Hours
Friday August 10
Registration –5:00pm
Meeting in LCH – 5:30 pm
Parent Pick-up – 10pm
Saturday, August 11
Meeting in LCH – 8:30 pm
Pick-up at Stars and Strikes – 8 pm
The Lassiter Orchestra Fall Camp is just around the corner! The camp is designed as an integral part of the Lassiter Orchestra experience. Your son/daughter will receive approximately 10 hours of ensemble and sectional instruction with the LHSO Camp Staff. Orchestra Camp is essential to the progress of our orchestra program in order to advance to a higher level of string performance and to develop skills as a member of an ensemble. Please follow this link for detailed Camp information.
Orchestra Camp Schedule
Stars and Strikes Field Trip Form You may pay for the field trip on your Charms Account.
LHSOA General Meeting
Please plan to attend our annual Lassiter High School Orchestra Association (LHSOA) General Meeting on Monday, August 13th at 6:30 PM in the Lassiter Concert Hall. This is a key meeting for all families. We will discuss registration, budget, fundraising, and other important topics. We strongly recommend at least one parent attend.
District 12 Honor Symphony Registration Deadline
Deadline – Thursday, August 16 at 4:00 PM
You are invited to audition for the 2018 GMEA District 12 High School Honor Symphony. Membership in this elite group is an extraordinary accomplishment. String auditions for the Honor Symphony will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at Walton High School.
For information and to register for this event, please visit:
http://www.waltonorchestra.org/district-12-honor-orchestra/ Charms Office Assistant
A big thank you for those families who attended Orchestra Registration Night last week, we appreciate your participation as we were able to get a jump-start on processing forms and payments for camps, field trips, and donations. This year for the first time, we are using Charms Office as our primary student payments management system. Paying for fees and donations is easy and secure using your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Charms was chosen as it has consistently been used for parent/student information, online testing, communication, and now payments. We hope to increase our productivity, accuracy, and timeliness of payment processing. If you have not already done so, please log on to your Charms account to update your student/parent/guardian information and pay fees* via the Online Store before school starts on August 1st. Click on the link for Charms>> https://www.charmsoffice.com/
*Fees:
NEW students are required to purchase a casual uniform t-shirt for performances where the formal attire is not used. Please order this shirt immediately, as they will be distributed and worn at Fall Camp, which is two weeks away.
Cello/Bass players, please pay the associated $25 maintenance fee.
If you need help accessing your Charms account, please contact Carol Doemel carol.doemel@cobbk12.org or Michael Giel michael.giel@cobbk12.org.
The Orchestra needs your support
There are reasons why Lassiter Orchestra is renowned as one of the premier orchestra programs in the country. It is through generous financial support from our committed families and sponsors that we can provide enrichment opportunities for our students. With these funds, we can bring visiting clinicians for master classes, provide specialized tools and equipment to our orchestra, organize field trips to the ASO, and much more that are just not possible with the meager budget provided by the county. There are several tiers of donations which offer added incentives to our families. We highlight the Bronze Level ($150) which meets the minimum funding required per student to cover the cost of camps and clinicians for the entire year. We have an added incentive to request donations. In order to apply for grants, 100% participation is required from our membership. Your donation will help us achieve this goal, and any amount is appreciated and helpful.
Visit our website for details:
https://lhsoa.org/for-parents-and-students/registration-2
Lassiter String Academy
LSA Updates on our website – https://lhsoa.org/string-academy
Easy ways to donate effortlessly!
Click here to shop on Amazon Smile and support your LHSOA. Thank you!!
Kroger Community Rewards
If you are a frequent shopper at Kroger with a Kroger Plus Card choose the LHSOA as the organization to support. Lassiter’s Kroger Community Rewards number is 68865. Enroll here to choose LHSO to receive your Kroger Community Rewards. It takes only a couple of minutes to set up, and it keeps giving every time you shop for the school year!! Thank you! Questions, please email kcr11@kroger.com.
Publix Partners
Lassiter’s Publix Partners Card is available at the customerservice desk at the Highland Plaza store. Simply swipe while you pay for shopping at Publix and the money comes directly to us – easy!
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