East Mills: Book fair and music fundraisers

 

Mindy Docker is the K–12 vocal music teacher. Here is what she outlined for the next several weeks:

 

• Scholastic Book Fair — Teachers preview Friday the 16th. Public hours: Monday, October 19, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Tuesday–Wednesday, October 20–21, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday, October 22 (parent-teacher conference day), 8:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Family event with snacks and activities on Thursday only. Enter through the west/main entrance and check in at the office. Cash, cards (new machine this year), and Scholastic eWallet accepted. Teacher wish lists will be posted outside the library. Share the Fair donations help students who might not otherwise take a book home (link coming to the district Facebook page and website).

• Corner Conference Junior High Honor Choir — Tuesday, October 20, at Fremont Middle School. Concert at 5:00 p.m., $5 admission. All conference junior high choirs sing together; each school can also perform on its own. About 200 students.

• Dirty Soda fundraiser — Saturday, October 17, at the Wilson Performing Arts Center during “Pump Boys and the Dinettes.” $3 sodas (Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite, and diet options; flavors include cherry, vanilla, blue raspberry, peach, and others). Proceeds support the music trip.

• Denver music trip sponsorships — Trip is April 1–4 (every four years). Playing opportunity, Broadway show, restaurants, museums, and the zoo. Approximate cost $900; boosters have already covered $250 per student. Sponsorship levels: $1,000, $500, $200, $100, or any amount. Benefits include concert-program advertising, shout-outs, Spring Dinner & Festival of Trees recognition, and a “Flat Stanley”-style photo. Contact Mindy Docker or band director Sarah Hotchkiss or call the school.

• Craft show — Saturday, November 7, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. in the West Gym (new gym). Bake sale plus concessions, including Chick-fil-A sandwiches and dirty sodas until they sell out. First 100 people through the door receive two tickets for a drawing of five or more vendor baskets. More than 30 vendors (stained glass, 3D prints, candles, quilts, cookies, shirts, “blind date with a book,” woodwork, and more).

• Fall Fest carnival — Sunday, November 15, 1:00–4:00 p.m. in the East Gym. $10 stamp for unlimited games (mini golf, ring toss, giant Jenga, duck pond, and more). Hayride is an additional $3. All proceeds go to the Denver trip.

• All-State Chorus tryouts — October 24 in Atlantic.