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Last week on Tuesday, October 18 the bands held their first concert. All of our middle school bands performed to a pretty full house. It was a great evening with wonderful music. Here is one piece from each bands’ performance for your enjoyment. It is difficult to express beautiful music with words, so you can experience some of it for yourself.

Then next band concert is scheduled for Tuesday December 6. The fall musical “Elf Jr.” will have 4 performances starting on Thursday, December 8 through Saturday December, 10. The first choir concert will be on Thursday, December 15. The North Albany Jazz Festival is on January 21, 2017.  Hopefully you will be able to join us for a performance or two.

Enjoy the following pieces.

This is the Beginning Band playing “Ode to Joy”.

The Cadet Band playing “Imperium”.

The Varsity Band playing “Shackelford Banks”.

The Jazz Band playing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B”.

This week, band students at North Albany Middle School performed the first of many concerts this year. The event showcased beginning and advanced student musicians.

North Albany Middle School band programs are directed by Andy Nelson. Upcoming performances at NAMS are listed on the school calendar on the website. For a list of upcoming performances at other GAPS schools, check the school websites.

Photos submitted by Andy Nelson.

If you did not pick up your student’s PIV information at “Back to School Night”, they will be distributed to students on Friday October 7.

The PIV gives real time access to your student’s performance.

Be sure to ask your student for this information.

If you have questions please contact the school.

The School Board continues to review facility needs for a possible bond proposal for next spring. The District will host a series of community meetings in October to gather input about community priorities, which will help the Board develop a final bond proposal for next May

A proposal could include:

• Projects to upgrade existing schools for instructional programs
  Safety and security projects
• Maintenance projects to protect the community’s investments in school buildings
• New elementary schools to relieve overcrowding and manage growth
• Reconstruction of buildings that need large-scale repair and renovation

Please join us and share your input. All meetings are planned for 6-7:30 p.m.

• Oct. 5: Timber Ridge
• Oct. 12: Oak Grove Elementary
• Oct. 20: West Albany High School
• Oct. 26: South Albany High School

GAPS submitted water samples for lead testing at all schools and facilities this summer. The labs are returning results as fast as possible but have high demand from school districts around the state.

We are repairing and then retesting all fixtures with elevated lead levels. Any fixture with tests showing elevated lead levels will be kept out of service until tests show that they no longer exceed allowable lead levels set by the EPA.

Read the latest update about water tests for each school.