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BAND, CHOIR, DANCE, AND ORCHESTRA STUDENT AWARDS

HIGH SCHOOL AWARD JACKETS. SWEATERS. AND BLANKETS

A high school student becomes eligible to receive a music award jacket, sweater, or blanket uponrecommendation of the music teacher and after successful completion of any one of the followingrequirements:

1. Students must serve two consecutive years in the first concert and marchingbands, the first concert choir, or the first concert orchestra;

2. Or, a band student must participate in a UIL competition marching band anda lower performance level concert band for four years;

3. Or, choir and orchestra students must participate in a lower-level choir ororchestra for four years;

4. Or, students who gain membership, through audition, into a Texas MusicEducators Association All-Region and/or All-State Music organization.

5. A band student with a physical handicap who meets all other requirements,but cannot march, may qualify for an award after serving two years in the firstconcert band or after serving four years in a lower performance-level UILcontest concert band.

Credit for years of participation in other schools will be accepted if the previous schools haveparticipated in similar events. However, one full year of service must be completed in a Districtschool for the student to be eligible for an award.

Subsequent symbolic awards shall be presented where applicable. Costs of such awards shallnot exceed that specified for UIL letters.

ORDERING AWARD JACKETS. SWEATERS. OR BLANKETS

Orders for student award jackets, sweaters, or blankets are submitted, using the Award JacketMaster List form, to the Fine Arts Office by high school lead music teachers when the vendorcomes to measure your students. The awards are prepared during the summer so that they canbe given to students to use and enjoy during the entire new school year. Following are theinstructions for ordering awards:

1. Determine the number of awards needed, jackets, lyres, inserts, etc., beforevendor comes to your school to measure students. AWARDS MAY BEORDERED AT THE BEGINNING OF FALL SEMESTER ONLY.

2. Complete an Award Jacket Master List listing the appropriate awards, lyres,and inserts. Any request for inserts including "Band", "Choir", "Dance", "Orchestra"should be listed with the names on the Master List. Indicate correct size as determinedat the time of measuring by current vendor.

3. List each group of students with identical awards separately including thenames of the students receiving the awards.

See Exhibit 21 60 for a sample awards order. Bev. 6/2005

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Band, Choir, Dance, & Orchestra Student Awards , Cont.

GENERIC CERTIFICATES

The Generic Certificate (Exhibit 2170) is a flexible, multi-purpose certificate suitable forpresentation to virtually any deserving person for any suitable purpose. Appropriate signaturesneed to be affixed. These are the same certificates that are awarded to Division II winners in theschool district Solo and Ensemble Contests. This certificate is printed on gray parchment paper.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL METALLIC AWARD CERTIFICATE

An Intermediate School Metallic Award Certificate (Exhibit 2190) is to be presented at the end ofthe school year to all deserving eighth grade students in the music program. This certificate isindividualized for each of the district's ten intermediate schools and is printed in school colors.Signature blanks are provided for the teacher, principal, and Director of Fine Arts.

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Exhibit 2160 (a)PASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

MUSIC AWARDS POLICY

Student Name Music Organization Homeroom

School Counselor

High School students become eligible to receive music award jackets, sweaters, or blankets after successfully completing thefollowing requirements:

1. Students must serve two consecutive years in the first concert and marching bands, the first concert choir, or the first concertorchestra.

2. Or, a band student must participate in a UIL competition marching band and in a lower performance-level concert band for fouryears;

3. Or, choir and orchestra students must participate in a lower-level choir or orchestra for four years;

4. Or, students who gain membership , through audition, into a Texas Music Educators Association All-Region and/or All-StateMusic Organization (EXCEPTION: membership in the TMEA 9th grade orchestra will not satisfy this requirement).

5. A band student with a physical handicap who meets all other requirements, but cannot march, may qualify for an award afterserving two years in the first concert band or after serving four years in a lower performance-level UIL contest concert band.

Credit for years of participation in music organizations in other high schools will be accepted if the previous schools have participatedin similar events. However, one full year of service must be completed in a Pasadena Independent School District high school for thestudent to become eligible for an award.

Subsequent symbolic awards shall be presented where applicable. Costs of such awards shall not exceed that specified for UIL letters.

Some students will complete requirements for music awards following their tenth grade or eleventh grade year. Music awards will beissued to these students during the fall of the succeeding year.

The following agreement is presented to students who will not complete requirements for a music award until they have participated ina music organization throughout their entire twelfth grade year. It is the desire of the school district to provide an opportunity for thesestudents to receive their music awards early so that they can be used and enjoyed during the students' twelfth grade school year.

TWELFTH GRADE MUSIC AWARD AGREEMENT

I understand that activities of the music organization to which I belong encompass the entire school year and that my school musicteacher has counted upon my yearlong participation in the organization in his/her advanced planning for the concerts, contests, tours,etc. of the group, lam aware that I have not yet fully earned the music award being presented to me. My early acceptance of thisaward obligates me to continue my membership and participation in the music organization throughout this entire school year.

Date Student Signature

I understand that my child has not yet fully earned the music award that he/she is accepting and is obligated to continue membership inthe music organization through the entire school year.

Date Parent Signature

Original.... Music TeacherDuplicate... StudentTriplicate . . . Counselor APPROVED: Music Teacher

(Rev. 2007)

Exhibit 2160 (b)

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