Call time for Friday football games is usually 6pm for home games (6-10pm) and 4pm for away games (4-11pm). Game starting times are listed below.
Thursday 9 First day of classes Band fees due $350.00 Friday 10 Football @ Crenshaw 7pm (20-21) Saturday 11 AYSO performance 8-10am Tuesday 14 First day of Jazz Band 7am (zero-period) Thursday 16 Unassigned day, no school Friday 17 Taft Spirit Day and bbq Football vs. Carson @ Taft 7pm (35-20) We won! Saturday 18 RECYCLE DAY, 10-10:30am, THS Monday 20 Happy Birthday Mr. Burch! Pierce College Wind Ensemble performs "Lewis & Clark" 7pm Tuesday 21 PSAT sign-up begins Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Parent Meeting, Band room 7pm Thursday 23 Football @ Monroe 7pm (27-8) We won! Saturday 25 Yom Kippur Special practice, 9am-1pm ACT exam Monday 27 After-school sectionals Tuesday 28 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Wednesday 29 After-school practice Thursday 30 After-school practice
Friday 1 Football vs. University @ Taft 7pm (40-6) We won! Saturday 2 Field show competition Kennedy HS (Anaheim) 7am-7pm Monday 4 After-school sectionals Thursday 7 2:05pm dismissal Back-To-School Night: 5:30 Pizza and Bake Sale 5:30 Adv. Studies 6:00 Taft Hall -Principal Sharon Thomas 6:30 Classroom visitation Friday 8 5-week progress report card Football @ Narbonne (Harbor City) 7pm (35-13) We won! Bus leaves THS at 4:30pm Saturday 9 SAT exam Monday 11 After-school practice Tuesday 12 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Wednesday 13 PSAT 7:30am $12.00 After-school sectionals Friday 15 Football vs. El Camino @ Taft 7pm (47-7) We won! Drumline call time 4pm Saturday 16 Ramadan begins Field show competition Simi Valley HS 7am-7pm Band and Color Guard 9:00am rehearsal Lunch break at 11:00am Load the Bus at 11:45am Depart Taft at Noon We perform at 3:00pm Awards Ceremony at 5:15pm Monday 18 After-school sectionals Tuesday 19 Parent meeting 7pm Wednesday 20 After-school sectionals Friday 22 Pep rally 11:42am Homecoming Parade 6pm Homecoming Football vs. Granada Hills @ Taft 7pm (41-17) We won! Saturday 23 ACT exam RECYCLE DAY, 10-10:30am, THS Monday 25 After-school sectionals Tuesday 26 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Wednesday 27 After-school sectionals Thursday 28 After-school practice, Halloween music Friday 29 Football @ Birmingham 7pm (28-21) We won! Saturday 30 Field show competition Wilson HS (Hacienda Heights) 7am-7pm 6am call time 6:15am bus leaves THS 7:30am arrive at Hacienda Heights 9:30am perform 2:45pm return to THS Sunday 31 Daylight Savings Time ends
Monday 1 After-school sectionals Wednesday 3 After-school sectionals Friday 5 Lyrics Contest entries due Football @ Chatsworth 7pm (55-21) We won! 5pm call time in uniform Saturday 6 SAT exam Monday 8 After-school sectionals Wednesday 10 After-school sectionals Thursday 11 Veterans' Day holiday, no school Band and Color Guard practice, 9am-noon Friday 12 10-week report card Football vs. Cleveland @ Taft 7pm (56-10) We won! Middle School Band Night - about 75 students perform with us 5:00pm Band and Color Guard report to Band room 5-6pm Rehearse all groups combined in Taft Hall 6:30pm March out to field for Pre-Game show Saturday 13 Ramadan ends Saturday 13 Field show competitions Oxnard HS, Granada Hills HS BRING A SACK LUNCH 7:15am All Band and Color Guard report to Band room. 7:30am Be on the bus and ready to go 7:45am Bus leaves THS 9:00am Arrive at Oxnard High School 11:00am Perform Field Show noon Bus leaves Oxnard and goes to Granada Hills HS 3:30pm Perform Field Show 4:00pm Awards Ceremony 6:00pm Arrive back at Taft, put away equipment Monday 15 After-school sectionals Tuesday 16 California High School Exit Exam testing, Per 1-6 Taft Hall Wednesday 17 After-school sectionals Thursday 18 Football vs. Jefferson @ Taft playoff game 7pm (40-7) We won! Friday 19 After-school sectionals Saturday 20 Field show competition Moorpark HS 7am-7pm 7:00am call time 7:30am bus leaves 8:30am arrive at Moorpark HS 10:30am perform 11:30am bus leaves to return to THS 12:30pm arrive at THS put all equipment away, go home. 4:00pm Awards Ceremony at Moorpark Band officers (and others who want to go) will attend. Private transportation will need to be arranged by these students to go back to Moorpark HS. Monday 22 After-school sectionals Wednesday 24 After-school sectionals, tentative Football vs. Birmingham @ Taft quarter-final playoff game 7pm (19-41) Thursday 25 Thanksgiving holiday, no school Friday 26 no school Monday 29 After-school sectionals Tuesday 30 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 1 After-school sectionals 3:30pm Thursday 2 Serrania Elementary School performance 1st-2nd periods, red band shirt Friday 3 After-school rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm Saturday 4 2004 SCSBOA Field Show Championships Mira Mesa High School 10510 Reagan Rd, San Diego 92126 858-566-2262 distance: 138.5 miles driving time: 2 hours, 7 minutes Bring lunch money. 5:30am arrive at Taft. Bring your pillow. 6:00am bus leaves for San Diego 10:30am performance (approximate time) 12:00pm Awards Ceremony 1:15pm bus leaves San Diego 4:00pm bus arrives at Taft (approximate time) SAT exam Monday 6 After-school sectionals Parent Meeting for the Band and Color Guard parents, 7pm Tuesday 7 After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm Wednesday 8 After-school sectionals Hanukkah Thursday 9 After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm Friday 10 After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm Saturday 11 RECYCLE DAY, 8am, THS LAUSD competition - 1A white East LA Community College 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park 91754 323-265-8650 distance: 31.8 miles Bring a lunch. 8:00am call time 9:45am load equipment into cars and bus 10:00 bus leaves THS 1:30pm perform 3:00pm (approx.) Awards Ceremony 5:00pm arrive back at THS ACT exam Monday 13 Band meets at 8am Spongberg flyer posting after school Moorpark "B" Jazz Band tryouts, 6:30pm Tuesday 14 RECYCLE DAY, 7am band room Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Wednesday 15 Winter Concert 7pm Taft Hall Tickets are $3.00 for students and $5.00 for adults. Friday 17 $50 deposit due for Spring trip to San Diego 15-week progress report card mailed home Sunday 19 Holiday Party, potluck, Band will play in Candy Cane Lane call time 5pm at Spongberg's house Monday 20 Winter recess begins, through Friday, January 7, 2005 Saturday 25 Christmas
Saturday 1 New Year's Day Monday 3 Moorpark Jazz Band second round of auditions, 6:30pm directions on www.moorparkcollege.edu Thursday 6 workday at band room, 9-noon, 1-3pm Monday 10 School resumes jazz ensemble, 7am AP Music massive homework packet due Tuesday 11 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Monday 17 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, no school Tuesday 18 Auditions for Hair (actors/singers) Wednesday 19 Juniors' College Night, 6pm Thursday 20 jazz band cancelled today 7am Friday 21 individual saxophones and clarinets play Saturday 22 SAT exam Monday 24 individual saxophones and clarinets, cont. brass and flutes need not come until 8am Tuesday 25 Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal Friday 28 Last day to turn in cleaned uniforms or suffer an Incomplete Monday 31 no jazz band 7am
Tuesday 1 no jazz band 7am
Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 2 no jazz band 7am
FINAL EXAMS for periods 3,5
minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
Thursday 3 no jazz band 7am
FINAL EXAMS for periods 1,6
minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
Friday 4 no jazz band 7am
FINAL EXAMS for periods 2,4
2nd installment San Diego trip due $150
minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
End of fall Semester
See also: Taft High School Calendar
Taft Band Home Page
Go to William Howard Taft High School site:
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Taft_HS
5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2548
05Feb2005
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