Am I the only one that's amazed at the weather over the last few weeks? I was pleasantly surprised to see the pear trees blossom last month. I can only remember a couple times since I've lived in Texas where they blossomed that early. And pear blossoms can only mean one thing: Spring is upon us. And that means Spring Break, UIL contests, and testing.
For the first tie in many, many years, all of my schools have the same Spring Break this year! YAY! I get a whole week off with my family! That's good for all of us, as it means there's no weird schedules for lessons. We will come back from break on March 18 and pick up where we left off.
All of my schools will be going to UIL contest over the next 6 weeks or so. (Good luck to the middle schools in Region 2 that are going TOMORROW!!!) After that, there will be festivals, STAAR testing, and the typical end-of-year activities. These all mean changing schedules, and students away from school on days they normally have lessons. I'll repeat the mantra I start with every year: Flexibility is key! As I always do, I will try my best to get each of my students in for a lesson each week, and I will do what I can to work around the varying schedules as they come up. Though most of the band directors I work with are very good about communicating changes to their schedule with me in advance, it would be very helpful to me if you could let me know about these things too, just in case.
I hope everyone has a great spring break! I look forward to seeing all of you after!
