August 5, 2018
Dear Honors Choir Families:
Welcome to the Columbia Public Schools 5th Grade Honors Choir! My name is Lindsey
Tevebaugh and I am the elementary general music specialist at West Boulevard Elementary
School. I am going into my ninth year teaching, and I will be in charge of corresponding with
families of the students in the Honors Choir for the second year in a row. Please let this serve as
a test email so I know this address works and is currently in use.
We are excited about getting started with your 5th grade singer! This ensemble provides valuable
performance opportunities and choir experience for all involved. Please carefully read the
information below, as some is new or different than years past.
Regular weekly rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:15pm in the West
Middle School Choir Room : 401 Clinkscales Rd. (at the southwest corner of the school,
closest to the ARC and the athletic fields).
Students should be dropped off at WMS no earlier than 3:45pm and picked up no later
than 5:20pm.
Our first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, September 4th.
Following the first rehearsal on September 4th, there will be a family meeting from 5:15-
5:30pm. Each singer must have a parent or guardian present to receive more information
and fundraising materials. This meeting will last 15-20 minutes, and you will receive an
HC handbook. The meeting will be in the WMS Band Room next door to the choir room
where singers enter.
The Honors Choir schedule and handbook will be posted on the blog at:
http://cps5honorschoir.blogspot.com/
If your child’s school changes between now and the beginning of the school year (within
Columbia Public Schools or to outside the district), or if your family decides that your
singer will not be participating in the CPS 5th Grade Honors Choir, please notify me as
soon as possible so I can keep up with the new information.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly: ltevebaugh@cpsk12.org
We will see you all on September 4th! There will be music teachers directing singers into the
choir room for the first rehearsal.
Sincerely,
Lindsey Tevebaugh, Business Director
Christine Nichols, Honors Choir Director
Elizabeth Tummons, Honors Choir Assistant Director
James Melton, Director of Fine Arts
