CBHS Volunteer of the Year!

Congratulations to Mrs. Claudia Davis for being selected as Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School's Volunteer of the Year !!

Claudia Davis

Mrs. Davis has been a volunteer for the band program for the last four years here at Cocoa Beach. She has volunteered countless hours yearly through heading up concession committees, volunteer committees, dances, concert dress, uniform fittings, community parades, chaperoning, etc. and is currently heading up the Band Boosters blog spot on the internet and maintaining the band boosters website. She was also voted by the band parents as the Band Treasurer for the band and over sees thousands of dollars annually in fundraising and student fees for the program coordinating with Mr. Brooker and the schools bookkeeper. She is the mother of Chuck Morris a Baritone saxophonist in the marching band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz band.

She is representing all of the band volunteers who put in so many hours in support of the band and our school. This is the third straight year that a band parent has been the volunteer of the year. Band parents put in more volunteer hours than any other group.

Chuck Brooker

Director of Instrumental Music

National Board Certified Teacher

Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School

www.cocoabeachband.com

Great Video Clip of Band after CBHS won Football game

Cocoa Beach High band parades off the field after the winning game by Cocoa Beach Minutemen. Videography by Roger Scruggs, WWW.TVPHOTOG.COM. Space Coast sports fans in Brevard County love their football.

Click Here: Cocoa Beach High, Band Parade1 min 29 sec - Oct 25, 2007

High School All County Band Results

Congratulations to the Cocoa Beach - High School - Wind Ensemble students Samantha Mosher on Clarinet, Matt Sczcpanski on Bass Clarinet, Chelsea Heywood on Contra Bass Clarinet, Matt Henson on Baritone and Antony Stabile - 1st Chair Trumpet !!!!!!! have been selected for the 2008 Brevard County High School All County Band. Hundreds of students from around Brevard County had to prepare scales, play a prepared piece of music and complete sight-reading of music they have never seen before. They had to perform the audition in front of two judges to be selected. Congratulations to these students, they will represent us well.

Chuck Brooker
Director of Instrumental Music
National Board Certified Teacher
Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School
www.cocoabeachband.com

Middle School All County Band Results

Congratulations to the Cocoa Beach - Middle School - Concert Band Students Ethan Caravella on Trombone, Will Henderson on Trumpet and Joel Marquardt on Percussion have been selected for the 2008 Brevard County Middle School All County Band. Hundreds of students from around Brevard County had to prepare scales, play a prepared piece of music and complete sight-reading of music they have never seen before. They had to perform the audition in front of two judges to be selected. Congratulations to these students, they will represent us well.



Chuck Brooker
Director of Instrumental Music
National Board Certified Teacher
Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School
www.cocoabeachband.com

CBHS Band Parent News - Week of Nov 4, 2007

By Claudia Davis, Band Parent Volunteer / Band Booster Treasurer, Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School

Hello Band Families!

Last Week’s Events:
Pep Rally Thurs Nov 1.
Photo: Matt showing his team spirit!!

Satellite / Home Coming Game Nov. 2
Cocoa Beach Football team Reclaims The Surf Board - Congratulations! With a spectacular overtime win, Cocoa Beach reclaimed the Surf Board Trophy by beating Satellite High, 21-20, in the annual Beach Bowl Rivalry game.

Prom - Saturday Night - I hear a good time was had by all.

Photo: Chuck Morris and friend heading out to pick up their dates.

Wanted - Prom photos! Please email me your prom photos. I will post them to share. claudiacdavis@aol.com

"THANK YOU's"

"Thank You" to our hard working parents who helped support the band at our home football game with Satellite! You are awesome!

A very Special "Thank you" to band parent Sandy Vicos for contributing her artistic skills to our Color Guard Flags! For flag photo and details see this link to our Blog: http://cocoabeachbandboosters.blogspot.com/2007/10/color-winter-guard-announcements.html

Also, A very Special "Thank you" To Adrienne Roth, Brevard Business News for her generous band donation! She is a band parent and the owner of Brevard Business News http://www.BrevardBusinessNews.com/ .

Donations are very much appreciated to support our Band program and Band needs!

Helpful information & Current Events: Includes extracts from school "MeMail"

REPORT CARDS Went home last week!

If you have not seen it already, be sure to ask your student so you can take a look. Report cards provide a quality time for you to be able to praise and encourage your students about their studies.

PROJECT GRADUATION HOSTING A DELICIOUS FUNDRAISER – TONIGHT!!

Make plans now to invite your friends and family to enjoy a delicious dinner at Atlantic Ocean Grill at the Cocoa Beach Pier on Monday, November 5^th for a good cause!

Graduating seniors of Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School will act as waiters and waitresses and serve a choice of entrée and beverage for only $10 and 50% of all proceeds go toward Project Graduation, which is a fun, safe, drug/alcohol-free party for seniors on the night of Graduation at the HealthPlex in Merritt Island.

FYI – I now have a Blog for project graduation announcements! I want to be familiar with this project as my son will be a senior next year. http://projectgraduationcocoabeachhighschool.blogspot.com/

PROJECT GRADUATION NEEDS ALL SENIOR PARENTS

All parents of graduating seniors! We need your help with Project Graduation . This is a safe, alcohol/drug-free party that parents give to their graduating seniors on the night of Graduation in May at the HealthFirst HealthPlex in Merritt Island. This happens each year and now we're working to give the Class of 2008 a fantastic party with music, DJ, food, games, dancing and prizes! Join us on Wednesday, November 28th at 6:30pm in the school cafeteria. For more information, contact Sandy Murphy at 783-6278 (murphs5@bellsouth.net ) or Bonnie Sinatro at 783-7392 (bsinatro@aol.com ).

ODYSSEY OF THE MIND ACTIVITY TO BEGIN

Teacher David Hodge will be hosting two informational meetings about Odyssey of the Mind. OM is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students. This competitive program encourages students to be the best that they can be. The meetings will be held in Portable M on Monday, November 5 and Thursday, November 8 at 6:00 PM.

VETERANS TO BE HONORED NOVEMBER 9 AND YOU ARE INVITED

Parents, please plan to join us for a special assembly to honor our community veterans at our annual Veterans' Day Assembly. It will take place Friday, November 9 at 2:00 PM in the school gymnasium. If you are a veteran or have a loved one serving, please plan to join us. Due to time constraints, the assembly will be for grades 8, 10, and 12 only. This is a special assembly to honor those who have served or made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. If you are a veteran or on active duty, your presence will be even more appreciated. Feel free to wear your uniform so that we may recognize your service as well. We hope that you will be able to join us for this special occasion. If you have any questions, please contact the JROTC Senior Army Instructor, LTC Cox at CoxC@brevard.k12.fl.us .

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET

Thanks to the efforts of teachers Diana Van Den Boogaard and Don Blackmon our daily announcements can now be found via the Internet. Just follow the instructions below:

Go to the Cocoa Beach Web Site http://www.cbhs.brevard.k12.fl.us . Click on the link for the “Athletics Page.” Click on the Athletics Graphic. You are there.

Student Picture Retakes

...Are tomorrow during 1-4^th periods. Students need to bring back their original uncut pictures in order to get their pictures at no cost. If they didn’t get their pictures taken the first time there are order forms in the front office and in my classroom (2-114). The location for picture retakes will be Mr. Cool’s office.

STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR SEATS IN THE 2007 ALL COUNTY ORCHESTRA

Congratulations to the following students for their excellent musicianship.
Middle School
Christopher Boyle 8^th Grade
Grace Chen 7^th Grade
Ryan Gardwood 7^th Grade
Clement Li 8^th Grade
Philip Martin 8^th Grade
Alexanna McTammany 8^th Grade
Sarah Tammen 8^th Grade

High School
Megan Rein 12^th Grade

BAND MARCHES TO DISTRICT 10 FESTIVAL

The Minutemen Marching Band has participated in the FBA District 10 Marching Band Festival. They received a Superior rating for the Color Guard , a Superior rating for Marching and Maneuvering , and a Superior rating for General Effect and Drill Coordination . They received an Excellent rating for percussion, music and for the overall rating. Congratulations to all of our hard-working band members.

SWIM TEAMS ACE CAPE COAST CONFERENCE

Congratulations to Fran Siljestrom and Wes Herold and their boys and girls swim teams for their outstanding performance at the Cape Coast Conference meet. Our boys team finished FIRST and our girls team finished SECOND. We are now waiting to hear how the individual swimmers and divers have done at the State Meet which is going on right now.

ACADEMIC TEAM OUTWITS ALL OPPONENTS

The CBHS Academic Team is currently undefeated in all of its matches with other area high schools. Coached by teacher Mike Prince the group has been averaging 325 points per game which is 130 points more than the next closest team. Members of this amazing group include Teng Bao, Tim Barker, Robert Dieu, Adam Field, Derek Hall, Jeff Heyes, Kyla Horn, Ryan Julian, and Nicole Salach.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Brevard Public Schools has 26 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists who will compete in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. Each of these students has an academic record of very high performance, has been endorsed and recommended by their school principal, and has earned an SAT score that confirms the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School is proud to announce that the following students have attained this distinction: Teng Bao, Trevor Del Castillo, Kyla Horn, Ryan Julian, and Megan Rein.

COLLIN MCALILEY KEEPS ON WINNING!

Collin has won the “Planet Green” Prize from the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, allowing him to go on a multi-day field trip to ecologically important lands and waters with The Nature Conservancy. To see his bio on the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge website, visit http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/finalists/profiles/mcaliley_collin2.html

COCOA BEACH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Your "official" Alumni connection ... now and in the future. Visit www.cbhsalumni.org ... see what's going on with past graduates. Upcoming Reunions: 1967's 40th Reunion Cruise, 1977's 30th Reunion and 1987's 20th Reunion ... complete info on your Alumni web site.

This Week’s Events and Volunteer Needs:
Please email ClaudiaCDavis@aol.com or call 960-2577 with any questions or to volunteer for any events listed below:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

The following event information can also be seen with graphics on the Band Boosters Calendar: Also check calendar to see who has signed up already. http://cocoabeachbandboosters.com/0708/Calendar/Calendar.html

MON 5

SOCCER CONCESSION HELP NEEDED OUTSIDE

5:30PM Girls Junior Varsity Soccer VS. Bayside School
7:00PM Girls Varsity Soccer VS. Bayside High School

TUE 6

School Event
School Picture
Retakes

SOCCER

5:30PM Boys Junior Varsity Soccer VS. Palm Bay High School

7:00PM Boys Varsity Soccer VS. Palm Bay High School

WED 7

Board Meeting and Parent Meeting – Discuss Marching Band Bonfire Details

7:00 pm Coconut's Restaurant

Meeting begins at 7:30 pm

Thurs 10 - no games

FRI 9

2:00PM at school - School Event JROTC: Veteran`s Assembly in CB Gym

SOCCER -- CONCESSION HELP NEEDED OUTSIDE

Please email ClaudiaCDavis@aol.com or call 960-2577 with any questions or to volunteer.

5:30 PM Girls Junior Varsity Soccer VS. Eau Gallie High School
7:00 PM Girls Varsity Soccer VS. Eau Gallie High School

SAT 10 - 6 pm to 10 pm

Marching Band BONFIRE at Cocoa Beach

Set up 4 pm to 6 pm - help needed with digging and unloading firewood & supplies

Details will be sent in a separate email.

OTHER NEWS:

Blog “Comment” feature!

Please note that each blogged item on our Cocoa Beach Band Boosters Blog has a “comment link”. We want to hear from you! Feedback, questions, comments, compliments, suggestions, requests, etc. You can sign your name or you can use “anonymous”. Please share your comments!

Updated Volunteer Calendar with Graphics and Color - lot's of eye appeal!
Please check it out and while you are there, please pick a date(s) that you can volunteer!!

Click here to view calendar: http://cocoabeachbandboosters.com/0708/Calendar/Calendar.html

IMPORTANT LINKS·

BAND BOOSTERS CALENDAR - http://cocoabeachbandboosters.com/0708/Calendar/Calendar.html

Cocoa Beach Band Boosters website –News, Photos and Videos: http://cocoabeachbandboosters.com/

Band Booster Blog (Band News and photos) http://cocoabeachbandboosters.blogspot.com/

CHARMS - http://charmsmusic.com/. Our access code is “beachband”. Then enter your child’s school ID# (this can be found on student Report Card).

Have a nice Week!
Claudia Davis, Band Booster Parent Volunteer

CBHS Wind Ensemble Spring Trip to Virginia

The Cocoa Beach High School Wind Ensemble Spring Trip to Virginia - Registration forms were due today in class. There were quite a few that said they forgot their forms. If your student is planning on attending, please send in the form on Tuesday so that we can be sure of the number of students attending the trip. We can accept the deposit later or through Charms. We need at least 45 to make the trip affordable for all. We need to begin making the reservations for hotels and transportation now before they are all booked up.

Once you register for the Spring trip all payments can be made through the Charms online program or by sending in checks.

Chuck Brooker

Director of Instrumental Music

National Board Certified Teacher

Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School

www.cocoabeachband.com

CBHS Jazz Band

The Cocoa Beach - High School Jazz Band will begin rehearsals on Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45pm beginning November 7 in the band room.

Any interested students should see Mr. Brooker to sign up. Space is limited and an audition may be necessary.