Kjos Band News Welcomes You Back to School!

By the time you receive this volume of Kjos Band News, the new school year will have already begun for you and your students. We, at Kjos, hope that the beginning of this school year started smoothly and that you and your students have settled into an efficient and productive routine.
     Every new school year brings hope, dreams, and challenges. It is filled with energy and enthusiasm, and is a wonderful time of the year. As the year progresses, however, that enthusiasm sometimes wanes. How can we, as music educators, keep that enthusiasm alive and vibrant in our students for the duration of the year? Let’s remember that students and ensembles are a mirror of their director or teacher. That means that we must retain our energy and enthusiasm. But how is that possible when we must deal with lesson plans, faculty meetings, performance pressures, etc.?
     We must first take care of ourselves. We must be emotionally, spiritually, and physically healthy if we are to maintain our enthusiasm. That means that our lives must be balanced. Because we, as teachers, are giving of ourselves all the time, we must nourish our body, soul, and spirit. When our lives are well balanced and in order, we will be able to maintain enthusiasm for one of the noblest professions in the world, that of being a music educator.

Kjos Band News
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
P.O. Box 178270
San Diego, CA 92177-8270
email@kjos.com
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