Attend the CHSPAB meeting on 11/21 and you have a chance at winning 6 reserved seats to the Winter Concert on December 12th, or the Extra Circular concert on December 16th! Four winners, two per concert! A chance to win and sit wherever you would like, no need to get in line early! You have to attend the meeting for a chance to win!
The November 21st CHSPAB meeting will include an agenda item to discuss scholarships for 2019-2020. This topic has been brought up on many occasions, and opinions vary in support of, and against the awarding of and value of scholarships by CHSPAB.
At the heart of the issue are two valid arguments. One side contends that giving scholarships and rewarding individual students for their continuing education is time honored and valuable tradition and serves the public good in support of the arts. On the other hand, some feel that the scholarship money only benefits a few and should instead be directed to support the larger population of those in the performing arts program. This is, of course, a basic overview and there are complexities and nuances to each argument.
Our goal is to have a constructive conversation, have all opinions be heard and considered to reach a result that best represents the group as a whole. The plan is that the November meeting will be just for discussion, and then voting on options will take place at the December meeting. We encourage all of you to attend!
Following is an informal survey. It won’t be driving any decision at the moment. Instead it will only be used to provide some insight and how we might proceed with discussions in the upcoming meeting, as well as to test the viability of using these types of surveys to help make informed decisions. Please take a moment and complete the survey. We welcome your feedback.
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We would like to express how much volunteering means to this program. After our very successful Election Day Bake Sale, many of us parents, board members, Ray and Karly in passing have talked about how everyone came together, and it makes sense to share these thoughts with all of you. When we say every single job is important and no amount of giving is too little, this was made so clear with the bake sale. The decorating committee did an amazing job and is receiving well-deserved praise for that, and many of us board members had people coming up to us and thanking us as if we were responsible for the whole event. No individual or even small group can pull off what we did without the participation we received from all of you. The decorating committee would not have been able to focus on decorating to the degree they did if we all had to stress about running out of baked goods or there not being enough parents to cover shifts.
Our point here is about gratitude. Thank you so much for your help! Don’t think that your contribution was a small one – we need it all. We had no problems, and the day ran smooth because you just came for an hour to help, or you dropped off one case of water, or you dropped off your child to help, or maybe just made a donation. All of it is needed and very much appreciated, and when a group comes together, we end up with the success that we did! These efforts keep everyone inspired, and our students are the ones who receive the benefits, not just financially, but also to experience adults working together on their behalf. So, thank you very much.
We “knocked this one out of the park!” Thanks to all of the volunteers, parents and donations from the community as a whole we are off to a great start! We had a great day, sold a lot of baked goods, coffee and we raffled a beautifully decorated full sized cake made by three CHS students! The Election Day Bake Sale raised $2250.42!
Tell your friends to sign up for emails, Remind app and go to the website! Please reach out to any parents you may know who has a student in the CHS Performing Arts program. The more we grow our email list/Remind, the more people we can reach at once for help!
The Election Day Bake Sale is right around the corner…Tuesday November 5th! We are still in need of donated baked goods and volunteers to work the bake sale. We have also enlisted a decorating committee and they are going to need some items to make it happen! Let’s help them out! This is our SINGLE BIGGEST DAY FUNDRAISER, let’s help make this a huge success, our students deserve it! Click on the link below to the event page for the bake sale to find all of the latest information, and sign up sheets etc.
What a great meeting! Our October 24th meeting had an amazing turnout with positive energy for sure! Thank all of you who attended and for getting the sign ups started! Meeting minutes will follow soon! We raffled a DD gift card, a CHS Music Department shirt and Ray and Karly also raffled some spirit flags! Next big task is the Election Day Bake Sale, let’s knock this out of the park!
Volunteer sign-ups will be handled by the external website (volunteersignups.org), but can be accessed through our Volunteer Sign Ups page, and will also be listed in the details of each corresponding event.
Thanks in advance for all your contributions!
Welcome to the new CHS Performing Arts Boosters website. Here you find all of the information you need to be informed on how you can get involved in being a part of this great inclusive group, and support our students in the Cromwell High School Music and Performing arts! No help is too little!