William Winters

Music Educator: Blackhawk MS Grades 7 & 8 Band, BSD2 Fine Arts Coordinator. Tweets and opinions are my own, and not those of my district.

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Some clips from the ILMEA D1 jr band rehearsal and concert.

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Congrats on a great ILMEA D1 festival. #BMS_now #bsd2bands #ILMEAd1

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We are doing a Fall Band fundraiser for my students. Proceeds will go to help with uniform costs and to help make our program successful.
Use the link below to order items. Also, if you don’t want any items, you can simply donate in the link as well.

https://t.co/CS4HQjQq9A

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@MrsWintersMusic As I stated in the presentation, I am glad this is a photo, and not a video, because you don’t want to hear a percussionist playing trombone. 😬😂

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For anyone going to IMEC this week, I am presenting as part of a panel called “SEL and Music Education: Stories from Teachers Implementing SEL Musically”. I would love to see you join us on Thursday at 9 am in the Four Points Sheraton Ballroom. Come see us tell our stories.

[Elizabeth, NOT Liz @MsNystedtMusic]

I'm mad that I have to wear a mask while teaching this fall and who knows how long. But I'm not mad because my school district is making me (in fact, they're not). I'm mad because people haven't taken the steps to make all this go away and it's still here and getting worse again.

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We wanted to carry on the tradition of our “staff band” for our end of year talent show. Please enjoy our version of “Rain” by The Beatles. #bms_now #bsd2bands #quarantunes

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We didn’t have time to edit the students performing, so we did the next best thing. Enjoy! #BMS_now #bsd2bands

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Part 2 - How do you get 7th and 8th graders to dance at 7 am?? Bring in an African percussion Trio, of course! #JSCGrant #bsd2bands #bms_now

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Part 1 - How do you get 7th and 8th graders to dance at 7 am?? Bring in an African percussion Trio, of course! #JSCGrant #bsd2bands #bms_now

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Had a great day at the district 1 ILMEA festival at Joliet Central High School. Congrats to our student who represented Blackhawk in the district 1 band. #ILMEA #district1 #bms_now #bsd2bands

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Had a great Fall Band Concert tonight, featuring a commissioned piece by Blackhawk Alumni Dr. Christopher Teichler. Thanks for sharing your talents with our students! @BSD2Band #bsd2bands #bms_now

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Had an awesome day on Friday! We had Scott Edgar out to work with our fine arts staff on SEL in the arts, then Band Night @ Fenton High School with @AndrewSpeiden @BSD2Band @bands_fenton , & hanging out w/the cast, crew and pit for the Addams Family at Wheaton Drama @mrmorong

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Enjoying the sessions at the ILASCD SEL summit! #SELSUMMIT19

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Congrats to both the 6th grade band and the 7th & 8th grade band for receiving a rating of 1 at IGSMA today. Great work!! #bms_now #bsd2bands @BSD2Band

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The 6th and combined 7th & 8th grade bands are heading to IGSMA festival today at Northlake Middle School! Wish us luck!! @BSD2Band #bms_now #bsd2bands

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End of the day. Great job to everyone! IGSMA results overall: 11 division 1’s, 2 division 2’s. @lentmusic @BSD2Band #bms_now

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After lunch IGSMA participants. @BSD2Band @lentmusic #bms_now