Sorry but I had to post this as well. I GOT A JOB!!! I am now the new Pep Band Instructor for the Rigby High School! I had an interview this morning at 9:20 and got to talk to the Principal and the Band teacher, Mr. Weed :] Apparently he and Mr. Newton (my high school band teacher) taught together at BYUI (Ricks to them). So we had a nice conversation about Kuna and Mr. Newton. They asked me lots of questions and at the end asked how old I was. I was so nervous! You don't usually think a 19 year old should teach high school, especially when she only just graduated herself a year ago. But they were completely blown away. They said the answers I gave would "never come out of a 19 year old". That "I hit every answer spot on" and "directly on the head" for what they were looking for. I went with Mr. Weed and he showed me around a bit. He gave me all this information, as if I had already gotten the job. I went to head home and pick Richard up from school when, not an hour after the interview, the Principal called confirming I had the job. I called Mr. Weed relaying I had the job, as he requested, and he asked me to come back. He gave me a key to the band room and access to anything I wanted. He said it was my Pep Band and he would support me and stand off to the side. The Rigby band has only gotten second place once, everything else was first! This isn't for marching band though :/ (They don't have one). He said you can put any music in front of the band and they should be able to play it. I told him about my musical background and how I am more of an Orcha Dork than a Band Geek but love any thing that deals with music. He was disappointed to say that their Orchestra program has dropped increasingly because they don't know how to play. He explained that he had multiple students asking him how to play a two octave G Major scale. :'[ I wanted to CRY!!! The middle school teacher is really pumped about Orchestra but doesn't know how to teach them. I think I'm going to go in and help the orchestra out a bit and see if I can get it growing. I am so excited and I can't wait until school starts! I hope I do well. I don't want to be the one that makes this band go crash and ka boom! Wish me luck!! :]
Jessica you will do great. I am sure the kids will relate to you better than some of the other instructors, so maybe you can get a orchesta going as well. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThanks grandma! I hope we will all get along and I can help as much as I can. :]
DeleteThat is awesome! Congratulations!
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