CHORAL

CONTACT
colbyh@vacavilleusd.org
SYLLABUS RESOURCES
Choral calendar is on my teacher website:
wcw.schoolloop.com/colbyhawkins
WCWHS:  707-453-6900 DIRECTOR:
VPMS:  707-453-6270
MR. COLBY HAWKINS See your google classroom for class materials:
Office hours: email me, happy to meet! sheet music, practice tracks, & assignments.

WCW Tintinnabulist Handbell Choir

COURSE OBJECTIVES WCW Elite Dance Team
COURSE MATERIALS
WCW Women's Choir
The CA State Standards for Ensembles are Cheap, generic pair of earbuds
stated here: http://bit.ly/choirstatestandards WCW Sylvan Singers
WCW Sylvan Choir 3-Ring black binder
Music Theory. Performance. Composition. Music History.
Vaca Pena Singers
Evaluating Music. Careers in Music.  Healthy Pop,
WCW Mixed Choir Pencil
Classical, and Musical Theater Vocal Technique.
WCW Morris Men
Concert uniform:
http://bit.ly/performanceattire

Assume the best in others.

BE SEATED SIT-UP/ STAND Being unkind or bullying
will not be tolerated. Have
PRIOR TO CONFIDENTLY fun together!
TARDY BELL WHILE Participate w/ your
SINGING ensemble in one
concert per quarter.
Use respectful
language. Please do
CLASS NORMS not use profanity.

READ SHEET CLEAN-UP

MUSIC WHILE AFTER
REHEARSING REHEARSAL Keep a pencil in
your choir binder &
take care of your Read & use your sheet music unless
sheet music. specifically asked to sing from
memory. Read dynamics, accents,
phrasing, harmonies, articulations,
rhythms, & pitches.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A TYPICAL CLASS?

Bell ringer - connect Vocal technique Rehearse, listen to, analyze, Review
prior knowledge w/ instruction or compose music
today's lesson

REQUIRED CONCERTS NO HOMEWORK! GRADING

We, as a team, work hard each rehearsal to Other than acquiring
prepare to showcase your talents & group efforts in your concert uniform &
a public performance once per quarter per CA
State Course Requirements (see above). doing your best at
required performances I
All students participate in a combined Fall, Winter, strive not to assign you
Spring, and Pops/Senior Showcase concert. work outside of class.
You have so much on
Dates & times are on the choir calendar here: your plates already. In
Please reference the standards here:
fact, if you need help w/
wcw.schoolloop.com/colbyhawkins http://bit.ly/choirstatestandards
other class work I'm
Please refer to the VUSD document 'AR 5121(a)' for more
happy to do it w/you.
detailed information.  https://goo.gl/kwysRn
"I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO KNOW YOU WERE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY LEFT THEM." ANDY BERNARD

Choir Room Procedures

AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1.) WHAT IS THE POTTY POLICY?

Oh crap! I have to use the restroom during choir class. What do I do?

If it's urgent, please write a pass on a sticky note or scratch paper w/ your full name, the date, the time, & a spot for me to sign. Then,

in between songs/activities politely ask me to sign your pass & off you go.

If it's an emergency, please write a pass but don't wait for me to be done teaching a song or activity before asking me to sign.

When possible, please use the restroom before or after class.

2.) WHY DOES A STUDENT THROW PIE AT MR. HAWKINS'? 

Maybe it was a student who fundraised the most? Maybe it was a student who auditioned for honor choir? Maybe it

was a student who went out of their way to lead by example or kindly help others every rehearsal?

During the last week of school students who earn raffle tickets throughout the year for being caught doing good
or going outside their comfort zones to make a positive impact have the chance to win the Pie Hawkins in the Face

Contest!

3.) ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MORE INVOLVED OR TO

SERVE IN CLASSROOM LEADERSHIP?
Yes!  We need a classroom-printer copy-expert, iPad cleaner/plugger-inner-er, student morale officer (makes

class b-day cards for students w/upcoming b-days), student team-building/party-games comer-up-with-er,

attendance-aid, passer-out-er-er, music tutors, a class timekeeper-er, and other fun, leadership jobs we

come up with together!

4.) WHAT DO I DO IF MISS REHEARSAL?

Choose a class buddy right now who you can ask what you missed if you're absent. Ask me before or

after class, if your buddy is gone, what you missed.

It's your responsibility & duty to your choir team to practice what we learned if you were gone.

5.) WHAT DO I DO IF I DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME BUT I NEED IT TO CATCH UP ON EM?

Do EarMaster in the school library,  before or after school, during flex time, during lunch on a borrowed mobile device, go to a
public library after school, use the internet at a friend/family member's home with parent permission, find free wi-fi (e.g. Burger
King) nearby, or contribute to the installation of internet at home by mowing lawns, doing odd jobs, etc. Lower income housing

internet plans are as low as $5/month! Visit https://goo.gl/owUeyf for more info.

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I promise to treat you with respect.
If behavior is an issue I'll strive to address it
privately, not embarrass you in front of the class.
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I promise to listen to you. I promise to be consistent.
If you are being bullied, teased, made fun of, or School norms, policies, & procedures will
be followed & enforced in my classroom
subjected to anything keeping you from enjoying
per the school student handbook.
school, please know that it SHOULD NOT continue.

My sense of humor is a bit dry so please listen when School is all about your success!

I tell you know that I have great love and concern
for each of you.
I will treat you with the respect I want my children's
teachers to use with them.
Tell me or an administrator if you do not feel safe
and we will help without making it worse. I want you
to enjoy this course and also your time at this
school. STOP SUFFERING IN SILENCE. Talk with me
or an adult you trust today.
Rules provide a structure for us to create
a fun, safe environment which, students
admit, is much more enjoyable than
being in a class in which students talk out
of turn, are off task, or disruptive.