Sunday, March 17, 2024

March 17th Choir Announcements

 🎵March 17  Choir Announcements 

Congratulations to all choirs for earning a Superior Rating!! You all worked hard and brought your A game to the Festival! I am extremely proud of your work ethic, your professionalism, leadership, and mentorship! Thank you to Mr. Brown, Mr. Gibson, and Mrs. Hall for chaperoning!  This week we will focus on evaluation, Addams Family Musical, and finalizing music for our Spring Concert, The Magic of Disney! Let’s finish strong and keep singing!! Awesome job Cyclones!! 

*2nd Semester Choir Student: 

Reminder: Please turn in your Contract/Photo Form and your $25 Choir fee. 


*CATEGORY 5 Rehearsal Schedule and information: 

Category 5 choir members are expected to continue rehearsing at home and need to attend these mandatory rehearsals. We will start rehearsals again after Spring Break! 

*2nd Semester Important Dates: 

Please make sure you mark your calendars with these dates. 

March 22-23- Addams Family Musical Times TBA 

April 18-20- All State Choir in Richmond, VA 

April 25th- Pyramid Concert at EVHS for Troubadours and Category 5 choirs at 6:30pm, call time is 4:30pm, choir t-shirts and jeans 

May 3rd- Kings Dominion Choral Competition Field Trip - more info to come

May 6th- Mandatory After School Rehearsal All Choirs till 4:30pm 

May 8th- Spring Concert at EVHS at 6pm “The Magic of Disney” 

May 18th- Graduation- Mandatory for All Choirs except optional for Intro to Choir 

*Addams Family Musical March 22nd and 23rd:

Please join our remind for up to date information about practices, etc. https://www.remind.com/join/evaddams

If you would like to help with the musical, please sign up below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0449A5A72EABF49-47630180-addams#/


Credit Card Payments Online: 

Paying for school items just got easier! Eastern View High School is now accepting online credit card payments through SchoolCash Online. You can register, add students, and start paying online today at  https://culpeperschoolsva.schoolcashonline.com/

Please contact our bookkeeper, Debbi St. Onge, should you have any questions.


*CCPS Fine Arts Calendar

 Check out all of the awesome Fine Art Events that are happening this year in Culpeper County Public Schools! 

CCPS Fine Arts Calendar Flyer 

*World’s Finest Chocolate: 

Choir students will have the opportunity to take part in the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. Parents must sign a permission form. Students will then sign out boxes and be responsible for selling all 60 bars in the box. Profit from the box will be placed in their charms accounts which may be used towards choir fees and field trips. Please email Mrs. R with any questions. 

*Choir Contracts: 

*Choir students- Please turn in your choir contracts. They are now past due and must be filled out completely. You will not be able to participate in any choir field trips until these are turned in. Copies of the Choir contracts can be found on Google Classroom and Canvas. 


 *Choir Fee:

*Choir fee- Students, please turn in your $25 choir fee. This is now past due. Checks may be made out to Eastern View High School. 


*Remind:

Parents and students, please make sure that you are signed up for the EVHS Choir Remind. 

Please text @evchoir24 to 81010

That is it and you will receive choir updates!


*EVHS Choral Booster Membership: 

EVHS Choral Booster Membership- Parents may sign up to volunteer with our Amazing EVHS Choral Boosters. You do not have to pay a fee to join choral boosters. This is a change from our first executive meeting in November 2021 and change to the bylaws. The following special memberships will stay in place. 

If you would like to purchase one of these memberships, please fill out the following form . 

Paper form  or Online Form 

Special Memberships 

  1. Platinum Cyclones $75 – 4 Reserved seats for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concerts, 3 concession coupons

  2. Golden Cyclones $50 – 3 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts, 2 concessions coupons

  3. Silver Cyclones $25– 2 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts and 2 concession coupons

  4. General Cyclone - $10 – 1 reserved seat for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concert, 2 concessions coupons


*Charms Information:

Charms- Every student will be given a charms account. Charms may be accessed at www.charmsoffice.com. Our school code is EVHSChoir which is case sensitive. The direct link to charms is https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/parents.asp?username=EVHSChoir. Students are able to see their choir financial accounts, sign forms, see uniform numbers, volunteer, purchase certain items and more. 

This is how you log in to charms.... 

  • Log on to www.charmsoffice.com, and click “ENTER / LOG IN” in the upper right corner.

  • Locate the “PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBERS LOGIN” section of the web page.

  • Login to your student’s program account using the following School Code:

___________EVHSChoir________________

  • This will bring up the main “Public” page.  This will allow you to look at the “public” calendar for your organization, event list, and handouts and other “publicly shared” files, as well as a few other options.

  • Whenever you enter using this Username/password, another more detailed screen appears, with various button options for you to access areas in the Charms account.  What appears here is partially up to the Account Administrator or Head Director.

  • Two areas in which you can help the director/administrator maintain his/her records:

    • Update Personal Information – if the director has allowed it, you  may help make changes to your and your child’s student information page (such as updating phone numbers / cell carriers and email addresses if they change) to help them communicate with you more effectively. You may also be able to indicate which parent volunteer/resource groups you would like to participate in, if this feature is activated. Click Update Info to save changes. 

    • If your program has set up online credit card payments, you can make credit card payments for items in the online store.

  • The Calendar may list events, rehearsals, and volunteer/RSVP opportunities. Click on calendar, find the date of the event, click on the hand and sign up to donate items or volunteer. 

  • Most importantly, the parent page assists both you and the teacher to communicate with each other.  Stay up to date on what’s going on with your student!

  • You can also download the Charms App to your smartphone – search your App Store for “Charms Parent/Student Portal” (or “Charms Blue”).  It’s the way to stay in touch on the go!  

  • If you or your student is unable to access charms or forgets their password, please send Mrs. R an email and a new link will be sent to you.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

🎵March 10 Choir Announcements

 🎵March 10  Choir Announcements 

It is Festival Week! We will use rehearsal time to get ready for our performances on Thursday and Friday! I am still missing permission slips, please turn these in ASAP. Thank you to all parents who helped with the concert on Thursday!! Thank you to parents who donated water, snacks, and tissues too!! Thanks to the events team, the concert can be found at this link! Wish us luck! Go Cyclones!! 

*2nd Semester Choir Student: 

Reminder: Please turn in your Contract/Photo Form and your $25 Choir fee. 

*All State Delegates and Alternates Recognition Monday, March 11th

*These students will be recognized at the school board meeting on Monday, March 11th at 6pm. This will take place at 302 S. Main Street (Please park in the back off Spencer Street).  Students are asked to be at the meeting to be recognized. Please let Mrs. R know if you will not be able to attend. 

*Choir Sign Ups for Classes Explanation 2024-2025


Here are the following codes and choir classes that will be offered next year. Please see Mrs. R with any questions you may have. 


929710- Women’s Ac- 1 credit 

929711- Men’s Ac- 1 credit

929712- Show Choir- 1 credit- this class is taught with Musical Theatre and is taught by Mrs. R and Mr. Ballard

928012- Advanced Mixed Treble Choir (Troubadours) 1 credit 

9280FY- Advanced Mixed Treble Choir  (Troubadours- 2 credit - full year 


*CATEGORY 5 Rehearsal Schedule and information: 

Category 5 choir members are expected to continue rehearsing at home and need to attend these mandatory rehearsals. The rehearsal schedule for Assessment Season is as follows: 

Monday, March 11th till 4pm- this is our last one till festival.  

*March 12th Category 5 CTECH Performance

Tuesday, March 12th- Performance at CTECH- Be at CTECH at 4:15pm.

Category 5 students need to meet Mrs. R at CTECH at 4:15. The performance will take place from 5 to 6:15 pm. Students need to be picked up at 6:15pm. 

Students need to wear choral formal dress 


*2nd Semester Important Dates: 

Please make sure you mark your calendars with these dates. 

March 11th- Rehearsal for Cat 5 choir going to Festival till 4pm (this is a change) 

March 14th-15th- All District Choral Assessment at Orange High School 

Thursday- March 14th- CAT 5 and Men’s Choir 

Friday, March 15th - Women’s Choir and SATB Choir 

March 22-23- Addams Family Musical Times TBA 

April 18-20- All State Choir in Richmond, VA 

April 25th- Pyramid Concert at EVHS for Troubadours and Category 5 choirs at 6:30pm 

May 3rd- Kings Dominion Choral Competition Field Trip - more info to come

May 6th- Mandatory After School Rehearsal All Choirs till 4:30pm 

May 8th- Spring Concert at EVHS at 6pm “The Magic of Disney” 

May 18th- Graduation- Mandatory for All Choirs except optional for Intro to Choir 

*All District Choral Assessment March 14th and 15th, 2024 at Orange County High School 

  • Thank you to everyone who volunteered to chaperone. 

  • Students will need to turn in their permission slip. The permission slip and letter can be found here. 

  • Thursday, March 14th- CAT 5 and Men’s Choir 

    • Report directly to the choir room in the morning. Mrs. R will give attendance to Mrs. McQueeney. Students need to be dressed in choir formal attire and be ready to leave at 8am to go to Orange County High School. Students need to bring money with them or a packed lunch. Students need to bring a water bottle and their music. We will stop at a fast food restaurant on the way back to EVHS. We plan to be back at EVHS by 12:30pm. 


  • Friday, March 15th- SATB and Women’s Choir 

    • Report directly to the choir room in the morning. Mrs. R will give attendance to Mrs. McQueeney. Students need to be dressed in choir formal attire and be ready to leave at 8am to go to Orange County High School. Students need to bring money with them or a packed lunch.  Students need to bring a water bottle and their music. We will stop at a fast food restaurant on the way back to EVHS. We plan to be back at EVHS by 1:30pm. 

  • The Writing SOL will take place on March 12th and 13th. The only make-up day for this test is on March 14th and 15th, which is Festival. Please make sure you come and take the test on the 12th and 13th if you are scheduled to take the test. 

*Addams Family Musical March 22nd and 23rd:

Please join our remind for up to date information about practices, etc. https://www.remind.com/join/evaddams

If you would like to help with the musical, please sign up below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0449A5A72EABF49-47630180-addams#/


Credit Card Payments Online: 

Paying for school items just got easier! Eastern View High School is now accepting online credit card payments through SchoolCash Online. You can register, add students, and start paying online today at  https://culpeperschoolsva.schoolcashonline.com/

Please contact our bookkeeper, Debbi St. Onge, should you have any questions.


*CCPS Fine Arts Calendar

 Check out all of the awesome Fine Art Events that are happening this year in Culpeper County Public Schools! 

CCPS Fine Arts Calendar Flyer 

*World’s Finest Chocolate: 

Choir students will have the opportunity to take part in the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. Parents must sign a permission form. Students will then sign out boxes and be responsible for selling all 60 bars in the box. Profit from the box will be placed in their charms accounts which may be used towards choir fees and field trips. Please email Mrs. R with any questions. 

*Choir Contracts: 

*Choir students- Please turn in your choir contracts. They are now past due and must be filled out completely. You will not be able to participate in any choir field trips until these are turned in. Copies of the Choir contracts can be found on Google Classroom and Canvas. 


 *Choir Fee:

*Choir fee- Students, please turn in your $25 choir fee. This is now past due. Checks may be made out to Eastern View High School. 


*Remind:

Parents and students, please make sure that you are signed up for the EVHS Choir Remind. 

Please text @evchoir24 to 81010

That is it and you will receive choir updates!


*EVHS Choral Booster Membership: 

EVHS Choral Booster Membership- Parents may sign up to volunteer with our Amazing EVHS Choral Boosters. You do not have to pay a fee to join choral boosters. This is a change from our first executive meeting in November 2021 and change to the bylaws. The following special memberships will stay in place. 

If you would like to purchase one of these memberships, please fill out the following form . 

Paper form  or Online Form 

Special Memberships 

  1. Platinum Cyclones $75 – 4 Reserved seats for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concerts, 3 concession coupons

  2. Golden Cyclones $50 – 3 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts, 2 concessions coupons

  3. Silver Cyclones $25– 2 Reserved seats for Fall & Spring Concerts and 2 concession coupons

  4. General Cyclone - $10 – 1 reserved seat for Fall, Winter, and Spring Concert, 2 concessions coupons


*Charms Information:

Charms- Every student will be given a charms account. Charms may be accessed at www.charmsoffice.com. Our school code is EVHSChoir which is case sensitive. The direct link to charms is https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/parents.asp?username=EVHSChoir. Students are able to see their choir financial accounts, sign forms, see uniform numbers, volunteer, purchase certain items and more. 

This is how you log in to charms.... 

  • Log on to www.charmsoffice.com, and click “ENTER / LOG IN” in the upper right corner.

  • Locate the “PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBERS LOGIN” section of the web page.

  • Login to your student’s program account using the following School Code:

___________EVHSChoir________________

  • This will bring up the main “Public” page.  This will allow you to look at the “public” calendar for your organization, event list, and handouts and other “publicly shared” files, as well as a few other options.

  • Whenever you enter using this Username/password, another more detailed screen appears, with various button options for you to access areas in the Charms account.  What appears here is partially up to the Account Administrator or Head Director.

  • Two areas in which you can help the director/administrator maintain his/her records:

    • Update Personal Information – if the director has allowed it, you  may help make changes to your and your child’s student information page (such as updating phone numbers / cell carriers and email addresses if they change) to help them communicate with you more effectively. You may also be able to indicate which parent volunteer/resource groups you would like to participate in, if this feature is activated. Click Update Info to save changes. 

    • If your program has set up online credit card payments, you can make credit card payments for items in the online store.

  • The Calendar may list events, rehearsals, and volunteer/RSVP opportunities. Click on calendar, find the date of the event, click on the hand and sign up to donate items or volunteer. 

  • Most importantly, the parent page assists both you and the teacher to communicate with each other.  Stay up to date on what’s going on with your student!

  • You can also download the Charms App to your smartphone – search your App Store for “Charms Parent/Student Portal” (or “Charms Blue”).  It’s the way to stay in touch on the go!  

  • If you or your student is unable to access charms or forgets their password, please send Mrs. R an email and a new link will be sent to you.