Parent Survival Guide – Band Boosters
Calling all Charger Band parents! Our booster club is STILL registering members for this school year and if you haven’t already joined, we want YOU! We are so excited to be off to such a great start for the year, and our Charger Band Booster Club is on the hunt for more parents who want to support our band!! If you join on or before Open House on September 5th, you will be entered into a drawing for a Charger Band Prize Pack!
Were you aware that our Charger Band Booster Club is intended to support ALL the students and all our programs? We believe that with everyone’s support we will be a stronger organization! If even one parent of each student joined who has not joined thus far this year (even at the first level) we would raise over $2500 for our band program! This might just eliminate the need for some of our fundraisers or allow us to add some much needed scholarships for students who have the need…but only with your support!
Please note that your membership in the booster club is not a commitment to volunteer. However as a program with a LARGE number of events and the largest group of students at CSHS, all hands on deck are certainly encouraged and definitely appreciated. Click here to read about just some of the committees that parents like you are helping to make successful endeavors this year.
Will you please consider joining our booster club by clicking this link? You can even sign up online through the Booster Club Store! Once you sign up, our membership committee will be in touch with you to make certain all the perks promised to you at the level you select are delivered!
Booster Club Information
Membership
All band families are encouraged to become members of the booster club. Membership allows you to have a voice at booster meetings through making motions, participating in discussions, and voting for or against certain measures.
You can sign up for memberships at any time. Membership applications are available at cshschargerband.org. Payments can be submitted by check (made out to CSHS Band Boosters) or PayPal.
Financial Support
Charger Band Boosters provides financial support in the areas of adjunct instruction, program design, contest fees, transportation costs, and various equipment items to name a few. Frequently, this support matches or exceeds those funds provided by the district to the band department. In a typical year, well over $100,000 passes through the booster club and band school accounts. Financial updates on the booster club are provided at each booster club meeting.
Volunteers
Without parent volunteers, many services provided to the students would not be there. In summer band, we have parents volunteer to deal with students who have trouble acclimating themselves to the heat. At football games, parents hand out plumes, snacks, refill water bottles, and assist moving equipment at halftime. All parents are encouraged to volunteer for at least one activity per year. Click here to read about what opportunities await you this year!
Per CCISD regulations and State Law, every volunteer must register and go through a background check before they can chaperone or volunteer at an event. Registration can be found at ccisd.net. You can read more about how to do this in our article titled IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION.
Booster Club Executive Board
An Executive Board is elected in May of each year. These executive members serve to facilitate the organizing of all band activities. There are no positions of power as all decisions regarding the band are made at the sole discretion of the directors. Should the directors choose to do so, and it happens quite often, the directors rely on the Executive Board to be an advisory council and seek their input on appropriate matters.
A nominating committee is formed in the spring. Interested members should contact Mr. Williams or the chair of the nominating committee to express their interest in serving on the board in the future.
Booster Club Meetings
Meetings are posted on the band calendar and are held in the band hall. These meetings are for booster club business only. They are not information sessions from the band directors and they are not opportunities to visit with the directors about someone’s progress in band. It is important that members attend these meetings so they can have a say in booster club business.
2018-2019 Executive Board
- Tina Foy – President
- India Allen – First Vice President, Communications
- Alicia McConnell – Second Vice President, Fundraising
- Margaret Gibb – Secretary
- Brad Horst – Treasurer
- Alicia McConnell – President Elect
To contact the Executive Board, please click here or use the Contact Us link at the top of the page.
2018-2019 Booster Club Meeting Schedule
- 9/11/18 – General Meeting @ 7:30 pm
- 10/09/18 – General Meeting @ 7:30 pm
- 12/4/18 – General Meeting @ 7:30 pm
- 4/9/19 – General Meeting @ 7:30pm
- 5/7/19 – General Meeting @ 7:30pm
Our Parent Survival Guide was written by the directors in collaboration with the Charger Band Boosters with the parent perspective in mind. There is a lot of information in the handbook and we recommend referring to it when you have questions about the band program. We will be periodically posting articles here hi-lighting sections from the Parent Survival Guide. The Guide will also remain posted on CHARMS in the Handouts/Files section throughout the year.