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document.write('<div name="schools" id="schools" class="window" style="display:block;"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><table border=3 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0  bgcolor=white width=600><tr bgcolor="#99FFFF"> <td colspan=2>  <div align="center">  <h2>Mill Street Elementary School<br>Band Program<br><font size=-1>Julie Higgins, Band Instructor<BR></font></h2></div></td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td align=center valign=top colspan=2 bgcolor=yellow><p>You will receive a band/orchestra registration form during the first day of school (8/19). Please fill out, sign, and return that form to your classroom teacher by Friday the 23rd (8/23). Thank you!!! </p><p>A parent orientation meeting will be held during our Curriculum Night at Mill Street. Please come to the band room on Thursday, August 29th for a Band and Orchestra orientation meeting from 6:15-6:40PM! The orientation meeting is primarily for new band and orchestra parents to establish a relationship, define expectations for the school year, and answer any questions you may have. </p><p>A temporary lesson schedule will be passed out the week of the 26th. Returning 5th graders and 4th graders who participated in the summer band program will have group lessons the week of the 26th. 4th and 5th graders who will be starting band for the first time in the fall will begin group lessons the first week of September.</p></td></tr>')
document.write('<style type="text/css">#dates li { padding-bottom:7px; font-size:12px; top:0px; }</style><tr><td align=left valign=top colspan=2><center><br><H3><u>2013-2014 Important Dates</u></H3></center><font size=2><UL id="dates"><li>Parent Orientation, Thursday, August 29th from 6:15-6:40PM @ Mill Street in the Band Room<br><br><br><br>Mill Street Preparatory (4th Grade) Band<li>Tuesday, December 10th @ 7:00PM : Winter Concert<li>Tuesday, March 11th @ 7:00PM : Spring Concert<li>Tuesday, May 6th @ 7:00PM : End of the Year Concert<li>Monday, May 19th @ 11:00AM : Crosstown Band Festival @ Band Shell in Downtown Naperville<br><br><br><br>Mill Street Mustang (5th Grade) Band<li>Wednesday, December 11th @ 7:00PM : Winter Concert<li>Wednesday, March 12th @ 7:00PM : Spring Concert<li>Wednesday, April 30th @ 7:30PM : JJHS and Feeder Elementary Schools Concert @ JJHS<li>Monday, May 19th @ 11:00AM : Crosstown Band Festival @ Band Shell in Downtown Naperville<br><br><br><br><li>Please look for additional information sent home with your child closer to each concert date!</ul></font><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td align=left valign=top width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the instructor...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><b>Julie Higgins</b><p>Mrs. Higgins received her undergraduate degree from Illinois State University in music education where she graduated with high honors. She is a member of MENC and IMEA. She teaches 4th and 5th grade band at Naper and Mill Street Elementary Schools. Before coming to Naperville, Mrs. Higgins taught general music in Galesburg, Illinois. Mrs. Higgins\' primary instruments are euphonium and piano. </p><p>When not teaching, she loves to read a good book, bike ride or roller blade, and spend time with her husband! You may may be asking, \"What happened to Ms. Boesen? - don\'t worry, she is still teaching at Mill Street and Naper! She married Sean Higgins this summer and changed her name!</p><p>Mrs. Higgins is looking forward to another fantastic year at Mill Street and Naper Elementary!!</p><BR><BR></font> </td><td align=left valign=top cellpadding=5 width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the program...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><p>Mill Street has a 4th grade (Preparatory) band and a 5th grade (Mustang) band, each meeting in full rehearsal once a week- 4th Grade Band on Tuesdays and 5th Grade Band on Wednesdays.  Individual lesson groups also are scheduled for all band students on a rotating lesson schedule- most 4th grade lessons are on Monday or Tuesday.  5th Grade lessons are scheduled on Wednesdays or Fridays. Your child will have lessons on the SAME DAY each week but at a DIFFERENT TIME; this is to help minimize missed instructional time.  Our band room is a very generous rehearsal space that allows for all students to have room for their instruments, equipment and great facilities for learning.    </p><p>The bands perform concerts in late fall/winter and again in the spring. In addition students perform assembly concerts for the school during the daytime.</p><p>Curriculum work is centered on the student band lesson book, goal lines, and material but also includes use of various levels of rhythm charts and scale sheets and supplementary music and worksheets. Full ensemble music is also provided through band sheet music and ensemble books.</p></font> </td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td colspan=2 align=center valign=middle><font size="2"><br> For more information about this school, please visit: <A href="http://schools.naperville203.org/millst/">http://schools.naperville203.org/millst/</a></font><br>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></font></div>')