Saratoga Music Boosters (SMB) Overview
Our Board
List of Board members, and Committee Chairs and their titles: SMB Board
Our Purpose
Saratoga Music Boosters works with Saratoga Union School District (SUSD) and Saratoga High School (SHS) to provide music programs for students in grades 3 through 12. The goal of these programs is to encourage a love of music and to provide opportunities for students in all grade levels to develop their musical skills.
Saratoga Music Boosters is made up of volunteers that advocate and raise funds for SUSD and SHS Music Programs. See the June 2008 Allocations for a list of items that SMB provided this past school year. We were able to meet almost all of the items on each Director’s wish list.
Meetings are regularly held on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Saratoga High School Lounge, 20300 Herriman Ave. All meetings are open. Board members are expected to attend monthly meetings to report current affairs and to be available for input. FAQs about SMB
Support Us
Saratoga Music Boosters is a 501(c)(3) organization. We raise funds through an annual membership drive, product sales, and events. The product sales also enable students in grades 6-12 to earn money for travel programs. The annual Pancake Breakfast, held on the first Sunday in May, provides an opportunity to hear all of the SMB-supported music groups perform.
There are additional ways to support Saratoga Music. Most of our events allow families to sponsor or underwrite the event. We also accept Stock Donations. Please contact us at SMB Stock Donations for more information.
Our Goals for 2008-2009
1. To arouse and promote community interest in the music programs
1. To arouse and promote community interest in the music programs
*Develop publicity around Jazz Cabaret, Pancake Breakfast and other major events
*Board support for outreach into the community
2. To assist and support the music directors so that they can maintain a music program that will be educational, enjoyable and rewarding for the students and families.
3. Develop a sustainable process for SMB board and parents so that they can actively support the music program
*Maintain up-to-date Website
*Written Job Descriptions – analyze so that no job is overwhelming
*Develop plan to maximize volunteer participation and minimize burnout
*Work with directors on defining liaison positions
*Study having volunteer coordinators within each program
*Outreach to bring more parents in as volunteers.
4. Work with directors to develop a plan for elementary and middle school orchestra, with concrete steps to bring orchestra into the school day at middle school level.
*Inform parents of SMB plans
*Organize parents to work toward this goal with the superintendents and the SUSD School Board.
5. To lend all possible financial support to the SMB sponsored music programs.
*Maintain balanced budget
*Effectively distribute financial tasks for improved transparency as well as equalization of effort
6. To work towards adequate staffing for both SUSD and SHS music programs.
Annual Report 2007-2008
Last year's annual report coming soon...
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