Welcome to a new school year of fantastic music, wonderful new friendships, visually spectacular field shows, moving concerts, growth in your child's performing skills, and a deep, deep appreciation of the community around us all. We could go on and on about our music departments because we truly love these programs.

Join us for a magical year of volunteering, of being included in something larger than the sum of its parts, of discovering the notes that hit your heart and your soul. We believe this program touches so many things that are good in life, and we invite everyone to participate and come together.

We'd also like to thank all those volunteers that we did not give credit to in our last newsletter. There are hundreds of you - there were hundreds of smiling faces caught in the excitement of working together, of chairing committees, of preparing foods, of sewing uniforms, of carrying dough, of decorating events, of spreading the word about our great programs. So we want to start this year with a big THANK YOU!