MAPS classes next school year:

• Please join the AMS band again next year!
• Upcoming 7^th and 8^th graders should fill out their online registration form for their 2020-2021 MAPS choice.  If you were in band last year, just put what you play now as your first and only choice is fine.  For those wishing to change instruments, you must discuss and clear that with me first.  Remember that if you keep changing instruments, you have to backtrack and relearn things and it is harder, but doable.  
• I’m sorry we are missing band events due to the school closure and that we are all disappointed. Please know that I cannot wait to see you and play as a band together again! We were already playing so well this year and having so much fun! 
• I can already see the potential for next year. Please register online for band as your MAPS class. Get your friends to join too!  We do have beginners that join late and it is harder for them because most have played before, but it is definitely doable and we will help you!
• There are SOOOOO many possibilities for the future in band even past middle school. Possibilities for friendships and memories, building leadership and teamwork skills which will help you in the workforce and in life, and learning how to play an instrument and read music which you can carry with you the rest of your life.  Appling feeds into Bartlett High which has an incredible band program and then beyond that there are so many possibilities for college scholarships through playing a musical instrument.  
• If you have any questions about instruments next year or anything, please send me an email to [email protected].  You are awesome musicians that I definitely want to continue in future musical performances and endeavors.