The upcoming bond levy ballots are due next week Tuesday.

The school music programs rely heavily on funding from these levies. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Update:
Both bond levies passed!

Superintendent Dr. Polly Crowley expresses a big thank you to the community for their ongoing support of local schools.

From the Spokane Symphony web site:

OPENING CEREMONIES
Lincoln Statue and Spokane City Hall
The Spokane Lincoln Festival will kick off at the statue of Abraham Lincoln, located on the corner of main and Monroe, where there will be a proclamation by a representative from the mayor's office. The event will then march to Spokane City Hall, to music provided by West Valley High School band. The opening will include a recitation of the Gettysburg Address by a North Central drama student, and a choral reading, also done by local students.

A video of the West Valley Band performance is available in High Definition here. Click on "watch in normal quality" at lower right of screen, or wait for the video to download, if your Internet connection is not fast enough.

The Band Boosters has an opportunity to earn money, through Kiwanis, if we can provide 1 volunteer for about 1 day once per month.

The Reinland Auction held on March 7th, April 18th, May 30th, July 11th, August 22nd, October 3rd, November 14th and December 19th needs one Band Boosters volunteer all day on any of those Saturdays. The volunteer will assist in some easy volunteer work at their monthly auction from 7:30 am until 5 pm.

Reinland pays Kiwanis for the help and Kiwanis then pays Band Boosters!

Several volunteers are need to sign up so that one person does not end up doing all of these! Training will be provided.

The Reinland Auction is held at 2350 N. Beck Rd in Post Falls, ID.

Please contact Kay at 924-0321, (cell) 701-2274 or email to rdrckkay "at" comcast.net to volunteer!

BAND BOOSTER MEETING
Tuesday, January 20
7:00 PM
(Please note: the meeting will be held in the Community Room)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE
Your students have been given this information and Permission Form.
(Friday, January 23)

JAZZ BAND SPECIAL RECEPTION PERFORMANCE
Your students have been given this information and Permission Form.
(Sunday, January 25)

MAKE-UP BASKETBALL GAME
January 6 games were cancelled due to the weather.
They will be made-up on Tuesday, January 27
Report time @ 5:00 PM
(ORANGE PEP BAND)

BAGELS & BRASS NIGHT and FRITOS & FLAGS NIGHT
Both of these events will be held on Thursday, January 29
(6:00 – 8:00 PM) @ WVHS

BAND LOCK-IN
Your students will be given this information and Permission Form.
Friday, January 30 (After basketball games)

(Note - the band web sites are independently run by parent volunteers and do not use District resources or facilities. WVSD has no responsibility for the content of this web site.)

WE NEED YOUR HELP!
On Tuesday, February 3, the patrons of the West Valley School District will be asked to renew the following two levies:

• Maintenance & Operations (M & O)
• Technology
  

Our great Band Program (Grades 5-12) benefits from both of these levies. So, we need your help!

Here's the Plan:
This Saturday, January 17, we will be canvassing door-to-door in the West Valley School District to inform the public of the upcoming election. We will meet at Millwood Presbyterian Church at 10:00 AM.

Materials, information and street assignments will be passed out.

We will work in groups of two and your son/daughter is invited to work with you.

We need as many people as possible, so please plan on attending this important event. If you can assist us on Saturday, please contact Brian Liberg at brianlib@comcast.net.

For more information on the levy, please read the Voter Guide (PDF file).

Thank you for your continued support. We hope to see you on Saturday.

Jim Loucks, Band Director
West Valley High School
5th Grade Beginning Band

Kyle Bosch, Band Director
Centennial Middle School
5th Grade Beginning Band

Microsoft Research releases "Songsmith" - you literally sing to your computer and it composes bad music to go along with your bad singing :-)

Take a look at the video on the Microsoft Research web site. And try to not to giggle too hard.

It does say that you can also play a musical instrument and the software will automatically construct a score too.

A free trial download of Songsmith is available but its nearly 100 MB in size.

Once again, the West Valley School District will be closed for classes tomorrow. Check local television websites: khq.com OR krem.com OR kxly.com for further details. OR check the school district website: wvsd.com for current information.

Should we return to school this week, we will have "O" Hour and the Black Pep Band will play at Friday night's basketball games. Watch for further information on this website.

See you soon???

Jim Loucks, Band Director

The basketball games scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, January 6, are cancelled
as per school district policy. The games will be rescheduled at a later date.

See you soon.

Jim Loucks, Band Director

From the wvsd.com web site:
After evaluation of our school building roofs and upon the recommendation of a structural engineer, school is cancelled. To ensure student safety, snow will be removed from buildings with snow levels at or near capacity.

SCHOOL IS CLOSED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 6!
The assumption, without official word, is that tomorrow night's basketball games will be cancelled as well. Normal policy is that when school is not in session, all activities are cancelled. Watch the news or check out wvsd.com for further information.

See you soon!

Jim Loucks, Band Director

Tuesday, January 6 - ORANGE PEP BAND (Report time - 5:00 PM)
Friday, January 9 - BLACK PEP BAND (Report time - 5:00 PM)

All Pep Band students must wear their Black Band shirt ... no exceptions!

SCHOOL CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 5!!! Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has requested that all schools remain closed on Monday, January 5th citing a number of snow related hazard reasons. West Valley School District will be closed on Monday.