Transitioning from middle to high school

The transition from middle school to high school, from 8^th to 9^th grade, is rough for everyone, switching schools, more people, harder classes, not knowing people, getting separated from longtime friends, everyone knows how this goes. For band kids it’s a little different.

Yeah we are still all starting at a new school with new people and not knowing many people or where our classes are. But band kids start the second week of August with band camp so if you don’t know anyone at that point you will meet new people which helps at the start of the school year.

If you meet upper class men and stick with them they will help you so much, from helping with homework, to showing you where your class is if you forget where it is and get lost. Many times if band kids see another band kid lost and not able to find a class we help them try to find it because that’s what “family” does.

Even band is a lot different, it’s a lot stricter than middle school and you get a lot more work done in a less amount of time. There's really nothing to worry about, as long as you know how to play your instrument and you are willing to get better and put work in you will be perfectly fine.