Weekly Update 12-14 and Important information

Hello Parents!

I will be sending out a weekly email and also posting the email on the blog at afbguard.blogspot.com.  Emails will include the next weeks schedule and any information you will need to know for competitions that week etc.  This email will be kind of long so bare with me.  I will include my attendance policy, information for paying fees, and ordering deadlines.

I will send out an email tomorrow with the packet attached for those of you who missed our parent meeting.  The packet will have all of the information that you missed.  

We have had 2 great weeks of rehearsals so far, and I am very impressed with the great abilities and attitudes of this group!  

Here is the schedule for this week:

Monday 6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH GYM

Tuesday  3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  AFHS Band Room

Wednesday 6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH GYM

Thursday  3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  AFHS Band Room  Rifles only

Leslie Cleveland has it set up where you can now pay fees online at myschoolfees.com or in person at AFJH.  If your student does not attend AFJH you will have to pay in person.  

If your student is interested in spinning rifle, they will need to have their own (either purchased or borrowed).  They can purchase rifles through the jr high for $44.  If you are interested in doing this, please have your payment in by Thursday at 3 so Leslie can have them ordered and delivered by our camp. Please note that if you are ordering a rifle you will also need to purchase strapping tape (clear tape with fibers running through the length of it) and white electrical tape separately at a store like home depot or ace hardware. 

Also,each student is required to have a flag bag.  This way they can keep their equipment that is checked out to them accounted for and protected.  They are $24 each, and should also be paid for by Thursday at 3:00 so we can have them ordered and delivered by our camp. There is an option to make your own flag bag if you would rather.  Click this link to find my blog post about bag requirements. I will not require them until our first January rehearsal, so that gives you time to make them, or until this Thursday to order them.   

I will be forwarding an email from our B Guard mom, Lori Pace, who has agreed to help coordinate carpools.  Please look for that and contact her if you are needing carpools for your student or are interested in helping with a carpool.  

Starting this week our attendance policy will be in place.  I have given us all a couple of weeks to get our schedules aligned and figured out and now it will be crucial to attend every rehearsal.  I allow 3 excused absences.  You can excuse your student by sending me an email to this account or a text to my phone number with at least 24 hour notice.  Once your student exceeds this it may start to affect their spot and role in the show.  We learn a lot at every rehearsal and it is hard to make up once missed.  I understand that sometimes your student will wake up sick with no notice, please still try to to send me a text or email that morning instead of waiting until your student attends the next rehearsal.  There are some mandatory rehearsals that cannot be missed.  The first two are our camps on December 29th & 30th from 8 - 4   The others are the rehearsals right before a competition.  It is customary that if your student misses the rehearsal before a competition they won't be able to perform at the competition.  For any questions on this please feel free to contact me.  

I hope you made it through the email.  Please don't hesitate to email or text me with any questions!

Whitney Alger

801.376.2633