Frost M.S. Music
August 29th, 2024
Hello everyone!
I can't believe that we are already back to school! I hope that everyone had a great summer. My summer went by too fast. I am looking forward to getting to know all of our new 7th grade students and to see our returning 8th grade students. I am going to attach a number of handouts in PDF format, links and other information in this email.
The Frost M.S. instrumental music program is a national award winning program that takes pride in fostering students musical development. Our motto is "Music Education in the Real World". We want to provide our students with many performance opportunities inside and outside of the classroom to show our students the possibilities of playing music beyond high school. Your student is joining something that is bigger than them and everyone plays a part to make our program what it is. Our program is successful not just because of the music teachers, but also our students, parents, families, Livonia Public Schools and our community.
Music is a full year elective:
Our music classes are a full year commitment. Our goal is for our students to continue on through High School. Our music students do not need to take PE in middle school as long as they are enrolled in music class. They may take other electives too while taking a music class.
Weekly E-Mails:
I send out weekly emails through Mi-Star to student emails and parent email addresses that are listed on student registration. These email links will also be in Google Classroom.
Facebook Group:
We have a Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/frostmsmusic/
Please join!
Follow on Twitter:
Frost MS Music: https://x.com/frostmsmusic
Mr. Rais Music: https://x.com/mraisbass
Know any students who should join our band or orchestra?
If you have any friends that want to join our band or orchestra, there is still time this week to join. Students can still join the Frost Band and Orchestra classes and still take electives. Tell your friends to join! See your counselor or Mr. Rais for more info!
Chicago Tour 2025!!!
We are planning our Chicago Tour, which will be scheduled for Friday, May 9. This is open to our band, orchestra and guitar students. We are also looking for parent chaperones as well. We are getting the final costs worked out and we will have this information sent out soon!
Frost Music Wear!
Our music wear store will be opening soon! We will have hoodies, t-shirts, concert music shirts, pj pants, shorts, drawstring bags, and more! Link coming soon!
Michael Rais
Michael Rais is a Livonia Public Schools graduate that started learning bass when he was six years old (34 years+ playing bass). He is starting his 18th year of teaching for Livonia Public Schools at Frost Middle School. He graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelors of Music Education and a Minor in Performance, and earned his Masters of Music Education from VanderCook College of Music.
Aside from teaching at Frost Middle School, he is an award winning professional bassist performing all over the United States with many different artists from all kinds of genres. He is very passionate about music and wants his students to be the best musicians as possible.
Outside from teaching, he is married to Jessica Mills-Rais, the director of bands for Romulus M.S./H.S. and has two daughters Amelia (11) and Ani (13). Mr. Rais loves collecting watches, bowling, riding ATV's, spending time with his family, traveling, reading comic books, golfing, skateboarding/rollerblading, coffee, and his favorite candy is Pez. Mr. Rais also loves sports, he is a San Jose Sharks fan, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions Fan.
