Families Advancing Music Education - Get Involved!

Get Involved

FAME's meetings are only 30 minutes a month. Can't make the meetings? You can still volunteer, you still join in the discussion on our blog or on Facebook, and you can still be on our e-mail list to stay informed.

School board elections are coming up this year. Primary is Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Please talk to anyone and everyone about the importance of music, art, and drama in the lives of our students. Let school board members, the district administration, neighbors, your children, and your parents, as well as state legislators; State Representative Toepel and State Senator Mensch, and the governor, hear your voice advocating for arts education. Talk about it at parties, over the washline, at the grocery store, on the sidelines of the lacrosse game, etc, etc.

State Rep. Marcy Toepel : e-mail: mtoepel@pahousegop.com

District Office
80 Gravel Pike, Unit A
Red Hill, PA 18076
(215) 679-3082

State Senator Bob Mensch : e-mail: bmensch@pasen.gov

Montgomery/Bucks County Office
404 Main Street
Suite A
Pennsburg, PA 18073
Phone (215) 541-2388

Governor Tom Corbett

Governor's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500
E-mail the Governor's Office


Volunteer Opportunities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

meetings

FAME meets from 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Upper Perkiomen Valley High School, in the Band Room; we meet 4 times a year - next meeting is on December 16, 2014.

Band Boosters, Chorale Fund Society, and Alumni Band join the FAME meeting and share information on their activities. Following the FAME meeting, at 7 p.m. Band Boosters and Choir/Orchestra Boosters hold their individual meetings.

 

Connections

Join us on Facebook, sign up for our e-mail list, share ideas and speak up at our blog, and/or come to FAME meetings; we meet 4 times a year - next meeting is in December.

 

volunteer

ALUMNI BAND needs volunteers this summer to staff an information table at community events. Check out their page for details.

Staff our info table at concerts, school open houses, and on Community Day and let people know about the importance and value of music education in our schools.

Volunteer for FAME in publicity or outreach.

Volunteer for special events, helping other organizations support the music and arts programs in our public schools (e.g. selling tickets, ushering, handing out programs, setting up chairs, distributing posters, supplying props for stage shows... ).

Volunteer with Band Boosters and the Choral Fund Society.

Please e-mail us if you are interested in volunteering.

 

Resources

Upper Perkiomen School District - school board meeting dates and minutes, school curriculum and faculty information, school calendar, and more.

Support Music - how to build a case for local music programs and create a plan of action

Music Friends - music education advocacy site provides links to resources for parents and teachers. A part of the National Association for Music Education.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

To ensure the highest quality musical education for our children (K-12) so that the program may be continually improving, allowing each student to maximize their individual potential. Our objectives will be to address critical needs, promoting a close relationship among parents, staff, administration, the community, and the students at all grade levels.

FAME also seeks to serve as an umbrella organization and information clearinghouse for all the music groups and band and choral supporters in the Upper Perkiomen elementary, middle and high school.