When I think back to marching band at Sobrato, I remember it being vigorous and physically demanding. Marching is as physically demanding as running a mile. Playing an instrument in motion requires as much focus to breath as swimming, a similar cardio activity because breath is limited. However, I also remember my schedule not having enough room for me to take PE unless it was at the expense of another AP class. Schedules are not designed to accommodate both PE and marching band within the same year, with the exception of freshman year. This needs to change. The music programs in Morgan Hill need tour support. They need you to instill a sense of pride outside of the prode the students are able to instill within themselves. They need you to believe in their athletic ability and to promote this lifelong commitment to healthy living.
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Helen Witter
8 years ago
To me this is a no-brainer. Marching band students work HARD (mentally, physically, creatively and cooperatively).
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Cindy Jensen
8 years ago
What a shame this would be.
Music is so important in our life's.
These good teachers deserve to keep their jobs.
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Chantz perez
8 years ago
Yee yuh
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Andrea martinez
8 years ago
I support this
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Cherie bourlard
8 years ago
Definitely
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Glenn Austin
8 years ago
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Former marching band member here. I remember the football players joking with us -- until they tried to keep up with just a high mark-time drill. They couldn't cut it after 5 minutes, and we had already been doing the drill for 20 minutes before they started.
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Candice Konopacky
8 years ago
Marching band is more strenuous than most PE classes.
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Kathy Locsin
8 years ago
About time!
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Hylary Locsin
8 years ago
This was something I wished for back when I was in the LOER in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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Noreen Miles
8 years ago
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My daughter was in color guard 1995-1998. These members along with the band spent more time doing physical activity daily, including weekends, than an average day in PE. Plus if they participated in Winterguard, that extended into the next semester. This is LONG overdue.
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Alan Bicho
8 years ago
This effort should also include cheerleaders
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James moses
8 years ago
Band should be allowed
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hayden Byers
8 years ago
I feel like marching band AND other sports being played like football or soccer should be taken into consideration also.
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HELENEA HUFFMAN
8 years ago
Many schools include band, Sports, and even theater if it's a musical production in their PE course fulfillment. I earnestly request that marching band is allowed as a PE course option in order to allow our musicians the ability to participate in their musical passion. If you have participated in marching band, you know that you exert as much physical activity and quite honestly more than participating in a PE class. Marching band encompasses hours and hours of summer practices, competitions over weekends, after-school practices, and it is very physical. The practices are frequently many hours long where students are developing increased lung capacity by playing their instruments, increased coordination and the students are physically walking/marching for hours. The activity exceeds requirements for a standard PE class.
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Arabella
8 years ago
live JOKE
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Jessica Ozuna
8 years ago
Marching band is extremely demanding. It should be implemented as aLE credit.
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Brianna Rentfrow
8 years ago
Marching Band definitely made me more fit than any PE class.
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Alyssa gonzales
8 years ago
I strongly support this
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Raeanne Passantino
8 years ago
I marched for 4 years at Live Oak and can attest that all of the hours of practice endured during that time deserve to be counted as PE credits.
When I think back to marching band at Sobrato, I remember it being vigorous and physically demanding. Marching is as physically demanding as running a mile. Playing an instrument in motion requires as much focus to breath as swimming, a similar cardio activity because breath is limited. However, I also remember my schedule not having enough room for me to take PE unless it was at the expense of another AP class. Schedules are not designed to accommodate both PE and marching band within the same year, with the exception of freshman year. This needs to change. The music programs in Morgan Hill need tour support. They need you to instill a sense of pride outside of the prode the students are able to instill within themselves. They need you to believe in their athletic ability and to promote this lifelong commitment to healthy living.
To me this is a no-brainer. Marching band students work HARD (mentally, physically, creatively and cooperatively).
What a shame this would be. Music is so important in our life's. These good teachers deserve to keep their jobs.
Yee yuh
I support this
Definitely
Former marching band member here. I remember the football players joking with us -- until they tried to keep up with just a high mark-time drill. They couldn't cut it after 5 minutes, and we had already been doing the drill for 20 minutes before they started.
Marching band is more strenuous than most PE classes.
About time!
This was something I wished for back when I was in the LOER in the late 90s and early 2000s.
My daughter was in color guard 1995-1998. These members along with the band spent more time doing physical activity daily, including weekends, than an average day in PE. Plus if they participated in Winterguard, that extended into the next semester. This is LONG overdue.
This effort should also include cheerleaders
Band should be allowed
I feel like marching band AND other sports being played like football or soccer should be taken into consideration also.
Many schools include band, Sports, and even theater if it's a musical production in their PE course fulfillment. I earnestly request that marching band is allowed as a PE course option in order to allow our musicians the ability to participate in their musical passion. If you have participated in marching band, you know that you exert as much physical activity and quite honestly more than participating in a PE class. Marching band encompasses hours and hours of summer practices, competitions over weekends, after-school practices, and it is very physical. The practices are frequently many hours long where students are developing increased lung capacity by playing their instruments, increased coordination and the students are physically walking/marching for hours. The activity exceeds requirements for a standard PE class.
live JOKE
Marching band is extremely demanding. It should be implemented as aLE credit.
Marching Band definitely made me more fit than any PE class.
I strongly support this
I marched for 4 years at Live Oak and can attest that all of the hours of practice endured during that time deserve to be counted as PE credits.