This morning the 8th grade marching rehearsal at Salina Central was cancelled due to rain.  Because of the bad weather, the 8th graders had an opportunity to discuss coordinate systems from everyday life and create a coordinate system for the…

Students in 6th and 7th grade reflected over what they’ve learned this quarter in band. Each student responded to a list of objectives and determined their level of mastery for each of the skills/objectives shown.  This valuable information will help students…

The students did a wonderful job on the concert last night!  Today they will be watching the video of the concert, evaluating their performance, and filling out the concert rubric as a self-assessment. On Thursday, the 8th grade marching band…

Today students received their band shirts in class.  Students can get them on Monday if they were absent or if they need to let me know when they can pay me. On Monday, October 5, band students will have their…

Today the 8th grade marching band rehearsed on the football field again.  Then, we went out to the field and marched our show without any lines or other markings.  Students learned that the lines are helpful, but they need to…

The 7th grade band finished listening to their songs for the concert and determining areas that need to be fixed.  They sound really good!  The 8th grade band marched on the football field for the first time today.  Normally they…

Our motto for the next few days of band is, “Never settle for ‘good enough.’”  Students are identifying areas in the music that can still be better and we are fixing them one at a time.  I remind the students,…

With five days to go until the concert, students are determining what still needs to be fixed in the music.  The 7th graders listened to the recording they made in class on Thursday and identified specific areas in the music…

Mr. Bley is gone today.

Students rehearsed concert music in preparation for their October 5 band concert.  The 7th grade students recorded themselves and will listen to it on Monday.  The 8th graders marched outside today.  The 6th graders rehearsed their music in concert order. …