All 8th-grade band students in Princeton ISD from Clark, Southard and Mattei middle schools met and rehearsed with some of the high school band students to play a concert.
The high school students rehearsed, answered questions about the transition to high school and performed with the 8th-graders after school. This was meant to give the band students a taste of the program at the high school level.
With more than 200 students in attendance, the concert was so large it wouldn't fit in the auditorium and had to be held in the main competition gym at PHS.
"It was very exciting to see all the 8th-graders together and to watch our high school students lead them and work with them,” Jason R. Smith, director of bands, said. “The bonding and sharing that happened is the first step to building the great relationships needed to help the 8th-graders make the transition to high school.”
- Clark
- Mattei
- PHS
- Southard