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Band / Music
Teacher - Ian Hansen
The Band Boosters is very important to the band. They
hold two fundraisers a year, a chocolate sale and a fruit
sale. They help the band buy uniforms and cover costs to
travel to football playoff games and to Appleton for the
Performing Arts Trip. The Band Boosters also supplies
lunch money for students who attend Honors Band or
Solo Ensemble.
Band Boosters Mission Statement: To enhance and
support the students' activities in the Forest Park Music
Programs.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Band
Boosters please contact 906-214-4695 ext 322.
The mission of the Forest Park School District Band
Program is to offer students opportunities to develop and
mature musically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally
by providing a wide range of musically related
experiences in a socially productive setting. Music
students at Forest Park School participate on a
continuum of study which begins in Kindergarten, with
simple songs, and basic musical nomenclature, and
gradually demands greater musical fluency throughout
the Middle School, and High School years. In a typical
13-year period of study, a student will learn how to sing in
a choral setting, learn how to read rhythms fluently on
multiple percussion instruments, and in the latter
elementary years will begin to learn multiple wind
instruments. During these exploratory years they will
eventually acquire a primary instrument which they will
begin to master in grades 6-12. Their increasing
technical facility on these primary instruments is
expressed in the Fall semester through marching band
performance. During the Spring semester the “Marching
Band,” will convert into a symphonic band, and
concentrate on performing music with more demanding
musicality, and depth of study. Students in ALL of the
FPSD Bands will pursue appropriate musical goals, learn
to work well in a group setting, recognize their
individuality and respect that of others, and assume
personal responsibility and accountability for their
actions. Working together with parents, school
community, and the community-at-large, our hope is that
students will pursue their adult lives with an increased
awareness of the musical art form, and as such, be able
to contribute to an ever-changing society.