This newsletter includes:
- Upcoming Dates
- Band Parent Meeting tonight!
- All hands on deck for Concessions
- Spirit wear arrives this week
- Volunteer needs
Repeated info:
- New CutTime options
- RaiseRight update
- Payment #4 is past due
- Rank 1 Physicals past due
- Tuxes for sale
- Meet the Band Booster Board
- Meet the Band Committee members
- Marching Season Google calendar link
- RaiseRight + deadlines
- Band App Information
Dates to remember:
Mon (8/19)
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (2:30-4pm)
- Band Parent Meeting (7:30pm)
Tues (8/20)
- Guard practice begins at 4:30pm
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (5:30-8pm)
Thurs (8/22)
- Guard practice begins at 4:30pm
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (5:30-8pm)
- JV vs Collins Hill (5-8:30pm) Concessions opportunity!
Fri (8/23)
- Students report to NHS for Mill Creek game at 6:00pm
- Home Football game vs Mill Creek HS (8:00pm)
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Mon (8/26)
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (2:30-4pm)
Tues (8/27)
- Guard practice begins at 4:30pm
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (5:30-8pm)
Thurs (8/29)
- Guard practice begins at 4:30pm
- Marching Band/Guard rehearsal (5:30-8pm)
- JV vs North Gwinnett (5-8:30pm) Concessions opportunity!
Fri (8/30)
- No game
New CutTime options! (texts vs emails)
We heard back from CutTime and for those of you who would prefer email notifications for the weekly newsletter, you can change your preferences! CutTime uses SMS texts as the primary mode of communication, but if a member or guardian has both a cell phone AND an email, they can reply "STOP" to CutTime's phone number(s) to opt out of receiving text messages and designate email as their preferred communication method.
Note: An individual's preferred communication method currently cannot be designated in CutTime - they must reply STOP or START to toggle their preference. Hope this change is helpful to some of you!
New Way to Earn Money for Your Student Account!
RaiseRight has introduced a new way to shop and earn money for your student account! Visit the website or update your app and you will see a new option to “Shop Online.” When you select this option, you’ll see a list of online stores and the rebate that you will earn when you visit one of these online stores through your RaiseRight account. This is a great option for those of you who prefer not to pay the credit card transaction fee or connect your checking account to your RaiseRight account. Once you click through to your choice of store or brand, your online experience should be the same as when you go directly to the store site – but when you make your purchase, a percentage of your purchase will be added to your student account. No need to purchase a gift card before shopping! You can read the terms and conditions on the RaiseRight site – there is a good FAQ with additional information.
If you are spreading out your child's 2024-2025 Marching Band fees, payment #4 is due today, Aug. 5, 2024. Payments can be made online via your CutTime account, dropped off in the blue box in the Band Room, or mailed to:
Norcross High Band
PO Box 922264
Norcross, GA 30092
(Payment 2 was due June 3)
(Payment 3 was due July 8)
(Payment 4 was due August 5)
Payment 5 is due Sept 2
Thank you!
Rank 1 Physicals are past due!
Student physicals were supposed to be uploaded to Rank One before Band Camp so if you haven't done this yet, please do so ASAP! If you have any questions about this, email Mrs. Hesketh at Maria.Hesketh@gcpsk12.org.
Upload student physicals to Rank One here:
https://gwinnettcountyschools.rankone.com/New/NewInstructionsPage.aspx
2024 Marching Season Google calendar:
RaiseRight Gift Card Program Update
RaiseRight is a gift card program that you can use to help fund your student’s band account. When you create your RaiseRight account and link it to the NHS band program, the rewards you earn will be credited to your student’s band account to help offset band fees. Anyone can join, so you can also invite grandparents or other family members to set up their own accounts and help fund band activities.
Here’s how it works:
RaiseRight offers electronic and physical gift cards for a wide variety of restaurants and stores. When you purchase a gift card, a percentage of that purchase goes to your student’s account. Each vendor decides on their percentage, and percentages can change - think of it like a sale. So one month, you may purchase a gift card for Home Depot for $100 that offers 2% — that means that $2 goes to your student’s account. The following month, you purchase a $100 Home Depot gift card that offers 3% — and your student account gains $3. Percentages can vary widely - recently,
L.L. Bean offered a 19% reward! Consider downloading the app so that you can easily check on current percentages for your favorite vendors.
These numbers may seem small, but they can add up quickly — and all you are doing is using gift cards to make purchases that you were already going to make. RaiseRight is a great way to fundraise for your student throughout the year, without having to ask for donations.
Ecards and Physical Cards
The program is flexible and allows you to buy electronic cards that you can store on your phone, or physical cards that you can keep or gift. If you choose to buy an electronic gift card, you can use it right away. That means you don’t have to plan ahead, or buy cards that you think you might use in the future.
If you decide to order physical cards, they will be mailed to our RaiseRight coordinator, Mary Gibson. We will provide a deadline for ordering physical cards to be included in our monthly shipment, tied to band booster meetings whenever possible. At each band booster meeting, Mary will be present distributing the pre-purchased gift cards that are part of that month’s shipment. You can pay online when you order these cards, or you can bring cash or check to the booster meeting. The band also pre-purchases physical Publix gift cards and these will be available to purchase from Mary at these meetings.
To learn more about which stores and restaurants accept RaiseRight cards, go to https://www.raiseright.com/brands.
To set up your account, go to www.raiseright.com and follow the instructions to create your account. Be sure to use this enrollment code to link your account to the NHS band: AD2EE1C314469.
If you have questions or need help, contact Mary Gibson at marytgibson@gmail.com.
For those of you using RaiseRight, please be aware that RaiseRight has updated its fee structure:
- RaiseRight has increased the convenience fee for gift card purchases using credit cards, effective on February 1. The current fee of 2.6% will increase to 3% when a credit card is used to make a gift card purchase on RaiseRight.com, and on the mobile app.
- This increase does not apply to debit card purchases (1% per transaction) or to linked bank account purchases ($0.29 per transaction).
Do you have the BAND app yet?
To join the Marching Band group please click https://band.us/n/aea379c4RbW7t .
To join the Concert Bands group click https://band.us/n/a1a29c2dP8r1f
On the app, you can see posts from Directors and parents, ask questions, and share info and pictures. This will be where notifications will be posted for parents (I.E. When are the kids getting home from an away game? Volunteer opportunities? How do I access CutTime?). Photos from Band Camp have been posted here as well. It's a great resource for you to be able to access our band community. Come band with us!
Norcross Bands
Email: norcrosshighband@gmail.com
Website: www.norcrosshighband.org
Location: 5300 Spalding Drive, Norcross, GA, USA
Phone: (770) 326-8066
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorcrossHighSchoolBand