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Summer President's Message - July 1, 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Hopefully by this point, those of us teaching in public schools have finished for the summer. It’s been a longer than usual year for many of us with the December ice storm, snow days, and flu epidemics.

If you’ve checked our Exec. Board directory recently, you’ve noticed a change in our Executive Director. We appreciate all the work put in by Jill Deleault, and now welcome Eric Kobb from The Cooperative Middle School in Stratham. Many of us know Eric from his recent role as Middle School Festival Chair, and look forward to his capable work as Executive Director.

Tim Russell and I recently returned from an exciting week in Washington, DC at the MENC National Assembly and Music Education Week. We were able to network with state officers from around the country and MENC staff, hear some outstanding concerts, and Tim visited Capitol Hill.

The focus of this year’s session was advocacy: a most appropriate topic in the current economic climate. Tim and I will be bringing you information from the MENC National Executive Board as we move through the coming year. The NEB is aware that many of our communities are being stretched in their music programs and staffing. If you haven’t visited www.menc.org lately, there are links to lesson plans, all sorts of teaching and performing resources, and even some wonderful recorded PSAs that you can download and use at concerts and other public events to promote music education.

If advocacy is something for which you have a passion, we have another way you can serve: as NHMEA’s Music Coalition Chairman. By the start of school in September, we would like to have someone in place to serve as the contact person between MENC and our state association. This person would receive frequent information on advocacy and resources, and keep our Exec. Board and members informed and equipped. Please contact me if you might be interested, and I’ll share a more specific job description. This would be a perfect position for a retired member who enjoys communicating or a younger teacher who would like to be more involved with the state and national organization.

Enjoy your summer and take some much-deserved time to recharge over the next two months!

Sincerely,
Maryanne Irish, President

Current News:

NH Arts Education Access Document-- Use this for help with the Arts Survey!
The NHMEA Executive Board is pleased to recognize Dr. John Loynd of Kennett High School as our 2009 Administrator of the Year and Mr. Ken Dugal of Merrimack High School as our 2009 Music Educator of the year.

Quarter Notes is available on our web site! Click the cover below to download the May '09 issue, and don't forget to click the button on the left to see past issues.

Is your membership current? Click here to apply for (or renew) NHMEA/MENC membership.
Re-activate your school's Tri-M chapter by clicking here.

"The newly adopted Minimum Standards for Public School Approval, Ed 306, have undergone major changes. These changes to the school rules have the potential to impact every arts program in every school and affect each student and his or her ability to access an arts education."
Follow the link above to read about the changes and how they will impact you and your students.

In order to view and print the forms, you'll need to download the free Acrobat Reader.
If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your PC, click on the icon below to download a copy.

To report errors, please e-mail Josh Desrochers, Webmaster.
Updated: June 15, 2009


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