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Optional Music Activity Donation
We are grateful to Arlington Public Schools for their support of Arts Education. But such funding doesn’t cover the total cost of our many activities, programs, and experiences we support as a Music department. Your financial contribution helps to offset the additional costs associated with our music classrooms, activities and events.
Donations collected will support the costs for classroom supplies, sheet music, instrument supplies, guest artists & musicians, software & technology, snacks & pizza, professional dues & travel associated with student participation in music activities, senior roses, student awards and most of all, funds to support students with financial needs to fully participate in our music activities.
To cover these costs, we ask that each student enrolled in a music ensemble to contribute a Music Activity Donation of $35 or more, if you choose. Of course this is a public school, so we cannot require the fee, but know that it is essential to the successful operation of our department, and we thank you for your generosity. We ask for one fee per student, so if there are two music students in one family, that would mean two Activity Fees. However if a student is enrolled in more than one music class, he or she is only asked to pay one activity fee.
Paying for the Music Activity Fee can be completed by making a check payable to ‘H-B Woodlawn’ and giving it to a music teacher, or by credit card on SchoolCash Online.
Thank you very much for your support of our department and its many activities. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel welcomed to contact a music teacher.
Fundraisers
Throughout the school year, music students may incur fees for the activities they participate in or items purchased, including concert uniforms, trip fees, or honor ensemble participation. To offset these costs and to raise funds for students with financial need, the Music Department offers several fundraising opportunities.
The Citrus Sale and Gifts N’ Things are optional fundraisers for individual students to raise money for their own music student account. The Spaghetti Dinner, Silent Auction, Cabarets and HBW Music Meals are community efforts to help raise money for our Scholarship Fund.
– Citrus Fruit Sale to support Individual Students
The Citrus Sale is the most lucrative fundraiser for students. Students will receive a packet, which includes a catalog of the many items for sale. Students may sell these to family, friends and familiar folks in-person and online. Orders will be delivered to H-B Woodlawn in early December, at which point students will pick-up their orders and deliver to those who ordered. Students will receive about 40% of the sales price as profit on their account.
For those that live out of town, or perhaps as a Holiday Gift, students may order select products to be shipped directly to the customer. These items are only available online and earn slightly less profit than the Traditional Sale.
In addition to fundraising, this is also a great opportunity give back to our community. Instead of purchasing fruit for themselves, customers may purchase a small or large box of juice oranges that are donated to the Arlington Food Assistance Program (AFAC). Please visit the Citrus Sale Page for more information.
– “HBW Music Meals” to support the Scholarship Fund & Music Dept.
Rather than staying in, grab dinner out with the families of the HBW Music Dept. Once each quarter we will host a night at a local restaurant where the profits earned will go to the HBW Music Dept. & Scholarship Fund. Join us for an evening of food and friends to support our cause.
– Fall Cabaret & Spaghetti Dinner to support the Scholarship Fund & Music Dept.
Just like family dinner, come gather around the table and enjoy a delicious meal of spaghetti, salad and desserts, while being entertained by the music of the jazz band and other music ensembles. The money raised during this evening supports our HBW Music Dept. & Scholarship Fund. It’s a worthy cause and a great way to build community!
– Silent Auction to support the Scholarship Fund & Music Dept.
Thank you for your support of our 2023 Auction, which was a tremendous success! Our biannual Silent Auction is our biggest and most lucrative fundraiser to support our Scholarship Fund. We ask our community to donate items, services, experiences, etc. Held in tandem with our Spaghetti Dinner, items are auctioned off during one of our largest and most fun events of the year. Our next auction will be in Fall 2024, but we look forward to planning for its success this school year.
– Gifts N Things Winter Fundraiser to support Individual Students
For students who still need to raise funds for the cost of their Spring Trip, and especially for students who enrolled in a music class during the 2nd semester, this is our second fundraising opportunity for students. At the start of the 2nd semester, students will be given a Gifts N Things Catalog featuring a wide variety of items. Most items sold yield a 40% profit to your student account. Items are delivered to HBW for students to deliver to their supporters.