Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Rumors about staffing and program reductions drive more than a dozen people to speak during public comment at Tuesday's school board meeting.
More than a dozen Farmington Public Schools parents and students spoke during Tuesday night's school board meeting, after hearing the district plans to cut music programs to remedy a $7 million budget shortfall. School officials and staff told parents gathered at the Schulman Administrative Center that no program cuts are planned, although the district does plan to cut three full-time equivalent positions across all three high schools. Dr. Michele Harmala, associate superintendent of student support services and organizational leadership, said no decisions have been made as to where or how those cuts will be made. Supt. Sue Zurvalec had Harmala and Jon Manier, director of instructional services, explain the staffing process, which begins …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
A charity contra dance held before the dinner supports local charities.
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Wednesday, January 2
Groves-Walker American Legion Post 346 will host an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner on Feb. 10, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., to help raise funds for the Farmington High School marching band. Students will perform during dinner; they will also help serve and clean up. The dinner has been organized by the Farmington High School Music Patrons, and the menu consists of spaghetti with meat sauce or vegetarian sauce, garlic bread, tossed salad, assorted desserts (donated by Music Patron members), coffee, tea and soft drinks. A cash bar will also be available. Raffles, including a themed basket raffle, and door prize drawings will be happening all night. Advance tickets are $9, $7 for seniors, and $5 for children under 13. There will also be a family rate …
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Director Mike Steele says this is the band's highest-ever finish in the Michigan Competing Bands Association finals.
Playing music from Cirque du Soleil's "Ka", the Farmington High School marching band earned its best-ever finish in the Nov. 3 Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA) state finals, held at Ford Field in Detroit. Director Michael Steele said the band, which earned 5th place honors, has qualified in each of the past four years. He explained that the band posted the sixth highest score in its flight through preliminary competition. "Our group is competing very well with bands that are twice our size," Steele said. The program music "had a kind of worldly flavor to it ... very groovy, so it was a lot of fun to work with," he added. The 68 band members work through the summer in "small bits and pieces", then start rehearsing three times a …
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Junior drum major Elise Newcomer invites officials from Farmington and Farmington Hills to attend a future performance.
Farmington High School (FHS) Junior Drum Major Elise Newcomer would like to see a little more school spirit among Farmington-area city officials. Over the past week, she visited both the Farmington and Farmington Hills city councils, inviting officials to attend an upcoming FHS football game to see the band and enjoy a tailgate dinner before the game. She hopes to coordinate a date when both councils can attend.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Three local families enjoyed concerts as winners of a fundraising raffle.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Farmington area residents Jackie Mulvihill, Rhonda Anderson and Al and Colleen Pace enjoyed their very own half-time shows Saturday, courtesy of the Farmington High School (FHS) Marching Band. The 70-piece, award-winning competitive marching band presented selections from their 2012 halftime program, "KA - Cirque Du Soliel" at the homes of the three winners. Additonal selections included the “Falcon Fight Song” and “Let’s Go Blue”. The fundraising event was sponsored by the Farmington High School Music Patrons, to help with marching band expenses for this season. Winners were selected via a drawing, and the band, dressed in full uniform, traveled from house to house to enterain the winners and their neighboors. Students raised over $1,…
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Music patrons are sponsoring the sale of tickets for a chance at a personal concert.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
On Saturday, Sept. 8, you could enjoy a halftime show right on your front lawn courtesy of the Farmington High School Falcon Marching Band. The 70-piece, award-winning competing marching band will present their entire halftime program, KA - Cirque Du Soliel to three lucky Farmington or Farmington Hills residents. The fundraising event is sponsored by the Farmington High School Music Patrons to help with marching band expenses this season. Tickets are $3, $5 for two and $4 for 10. Marching band students are selling tickets in their neighborhoods and interested residents can contact the parent organizer by email at Tczh4@netzero.net to purchase tickets. Winners will be chosen in a drawing and must be residents of Farmington or Farmington …
Sue Burstein
6:47 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Terry, I think your math is correct. Now they will add more kids over the next two years...reaching between 400 - 500 students. The otehr night at the board meeting, a student got up and spoke about some problems with IB. One seems to be that the entire high school (Harrison) has to revolve around the IB program whether or not the students are in IB. Another is that it doesn't allow enough time … more ›