FAREWELL

To all my Sapphires,

It was so wonderful watching you dance and grow this past school year. You have shown me that you can follow directions with your heads and hearts and truly become team mates. There is no sadness in this goodbye, but joy in still being able to watch you from the sidelines this school year. With all the policies KISD has gone through this past year, we should count our blessings that they have decided to invest funds into the middle school dance teams. I will continue to support the Sapphires and your new sponsors and look for me at local studios. If you would like to see what I will be up to this year in dance you can go to www.unofdance.org; I am in the USA member section.

Best Wishes,

Ms. Lee

ROUTINES

DANCE CAMP/ SHOW-OFFS

SAPPHIRES,
We made it through dance camp and are starting the new school year on a good note. To have a successful team we must all do our part. You ladies need to continue to work on the routines you learned. I will post the videos following this blog. It is essential that you PRACTICE! A big thank you to family, friends and faculty who made "SHOW OFFS" fun and exciting. A special "thank you" to Sami and Kelsie from ADTS whose patience and talent are remarkable. A heartful "thank you" to Ms. Freeman who has recently joined the Sapphire family and has showed an eagerness to learn what middle school dance team is all about. It is about to shift into high gear ladies, and I cannot wait to show the routines I have been working on!

DANCE CAMP

Ladies, it is dance camp time! I hope you are excited to learn all new routines for the upcoming school year. Remember camp is being held on the 26th- 29th of July, from 9-4pm. We will have "show-offs" on Thursday at 2:30 pm to give our family and friends a glimpse of the routines we learned this week. I hope you are as enthusiatic as I am, and I cannot wait to see you there!

Ms. Lee
Sapphire Director

DANCE CAMP

Sapphires we have our dates for camp. Camp will be held at Charles E. Patterson Middle School July 26-30 from 9-4pm. Remember, camp is mandatory and you need to report on campus no later than 8:45am in the gym. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please call the campus at 254-336-7100 and leave me message.

COSTUMES

Sapphire Parents,

Our costume samples have arrived and we need to get the girls fitted asap! We will have our fitting on Wednesday, June 2nd at 5pm. It is MANDATORY for parents to be at the fitting. It reduces issues with costume sizing and appearance. The orders for costumes will go in on Thursday, June 3rd. If your dancer has a remaining balance you will need to pay on or before Wednesday, June 2nd or your dancer will not get a costume.

Thank you for all your help; we are off to a great start!

parent mtg

Parents,

Thank you all for attending last night's meeting. We are off to a wonderful head start for the upcoming school year. All dancers and parents are expected to know all rules and regulations as outlined in the Sapphire's try-out package. Remember your first costume payment is due on Friday, May 14th and your last payment is due on June 1st. Make all check and/or money orders payments out to Patterson Middle School, and put your child's name and the word dance in the subject line. Please have your child give me their payments by 2pm on Friday.

Parent meeting/ Athletic banquet

Just a friendly reminder, we have a MANDATORY parent meeting scheduled this Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 from 5:00-5:30pm. Please be there the meeting will start on time. Also, the athletic banquet is scheduled for May 20th from 6-8pm. Family and friends are welcomed.

Athletic banquet

Ladies,

The athletic banquet is scheduled for May 20th, all current Sapphires are expected to attend. The time is TBA. The official time will be posted as soon as I receive it. Ladies come get recognized for all the hard work you put into the Sapphires dance team this . I look forward to seeing you and your parents.

Congratulations 2010-2011 Sapphires!!!

Ladies,

I am so proud of you. You all wowed the judges and me as well. With the title of "Sapphires" comes great responsibility you are viewed as a leader and a role model. You are a direct representation of Charles E. Patterson Middle School and as a team we will strive hard to exemplify the school's motto of "Achieving Excellence Together". I look forward to working with you all. Enjoy the rest of your school year.

Ms. Renee D. Lee

Amari Alexander
Bailey Barrett Arabia Sabree
Destiny Buford Shai Stelly
Trinity Carter
Denali Diaz
Alexandra Guerra
Leeila Hanson
Aahlia Harris
Taylor Jett
Dea'Lexius Jones
Trianna Jones
Jada Kieschnick
Lakisha Knighten
Soinke Morant
Julie Newton
Na'Kisha Nixon
Breanna Owens
Ashtyn Parker

2010-2011 Sapphire try-outs

Girls, don't forget try-outs start this Wednesday, April 21st from 3:45-5:00pm. We will have a quick meeting so you will know how try-outs are conducted, what to wear and find out what the judges will be looking for. Please remember to bring and turn in your COMPLETED dance packet. No exceptions will be allowed for an incomplete packet. If you have any questions regarding your packet or try-outs please do not hesitate to ask. Good Luck!

Black History Program

Hey ladies, please remember to bring your black dancewear up to the school no later than 5 pm tomorrow. The Black History program will start promptly at 6 pm. Our pep rally has been moved to next Friday, February 26th. I will let you know what we will be wearing. Remind your parents to check our blog and school website for information on the Sapphires.

February practice schedule

Hey guys, we are back up and running. Sorry for the issues with the blog it has finally been fixed. We are now on our final countdown for the Sapphires 2009-2010 dance year. With that being said we only have three weeks of dance team practice and performances left for this school year. Remember practices are every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:45-4:45pm (Except Feb 4/ 18 early release) our last Saturday practice is on February 13th from 9:00-11:00 am. That's only 7 practices left!!! Please make sure you are in attendance for these last practices to make our final performances.