Help, Encourage, Share
The Purpose of the Music Mentors Club
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Middle School Director’s Feedback
Music classes tend to be very large. It is incredibly helpful to the middle school teacher to be able to divide students into smaller groups and send them with a high school musician for more individualized attention. Middle School students not only get a smaller teacher to student ratio, but are able to interact with other musicians. This gives them a vision of the possibilities in their future as they look forward to being a high school student in a leadership position that visits their former middle school.
As for the high school students who are volunteering their time to coach, they are learning valuable leadership skills, learning how to work with others specifically those that are younger, and have less experienced skill sets). In addition, they are helping plant and water seeds that they can actually see the results from in a couple years. The middle school students will soon be their fellow high school colleagues. This makes the high school student an integral part of the high school music program where what they do affects them in a timely fashion.
Lastly, middle school students love any chance they get with "older" high school students. They see them as "cool" and "fun" and that energy get translated back into the classroom. That's something everyone gets excited about.
Josh Prout
Music Director
Lewis Middle School
March 9, 2010
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6th Grade Workshops
Reading Sheet Music
Scales
Sectionals
Practice Pieces
Concert Workshops
Honor Band Workshops
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7th Grade Workshops
Sectionals
Improving difficult notes
Concert Workshops
Honor Band Workshops
PHHS Grandstand Pieces
Grandstand Choreography
PHHS Middle School Night Performance Pieces
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8th Grade Workshops
Sectionals
Concert Workshops
Honor Band Workshops
PHHS Middle School Night Performance Pieces
Marching Band Concepts
Marching Band Basic Movements
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Club visited
Lewis
April 29, 2010
(PHHS Minimum Day)
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Club visited
Lewis
February 25, 2010
(PHHS Minimum Day)
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Club visited
Lewis
December 10, 2009
(PHHS Minimum Day)
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Club visited
Pershing
the afternoon of
October 14, 2009
(Minimum Day @
PHHS and Lewis)
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