Saratoga Music Boosters

Cookie Dough fundraiser

Purchase Deadline: Sunday, October 29, 2023
Pickup Date: Monday, November 13, 2023

The cookie dough fundraiser is one of the major sources of financial support for the music program and color guard in the Saratoga Schools from elementary to high school. Funds coming from this effort support purchases of instruments, teaching material and infrastructure for the music programs in all our schools.

All orders/payments will be made online through the Saratoga Music Boosters Webstore,

The dough is individually pre-portioned and ready to go straight onto a cookie sheet and into the oven!

You cannot order directly from our music students, you can place your order online. If you do not wish make a purchase, you may donate here.

Order pick up will be on November 13 in the SHS Room M101 between 11:30 and 6:00 PM. Orders not picked up will be donated to a local shelter.

Thank you for your support of the SMB!

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Saratoga music boosters 2022-23 update

Saratoga Music Boosters (SMB) works with the Saratoga Union School District (SUSD) and Saratoga High School (SHS) to provide music programs and clinics for students in grades 5 through 12. Over the 2022-23 fiscal year, Saratoga Music Boosters supported music programs at each of the schools.

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Saratoga High School
Music Programs at Saratoga High School include: Band, Jazz Band, Color Guard, Winter Guard, Winter Percussion, Orchestra, and Choir. Students in these music programs participated in several events and reached a level of accomplishment and recognition for which SMB is truly proud to be a booster for SHS’ music education:

All of the strings, bands, choir students performed in their yearly and much loved SHS winter and end of year concerts. Finished with excellent results in the CMEA Festival. As well as participated in a two week Summer Central Europe Music Festival Tour traveling to Austria, Slovenia and Czech Republic.
The Saratoga Foothill Club enjoyed a performance offered by the SHS Jazz Band and now they wish this to repeat. The Jazz band also participated in their SHS end of year concert.
Marching band and color guard performed during football half-time at home games as well as competed in several events throughout the year.
Winter guard and winter percussion also competed in several events and performed for their SHS senior night where winter percussion won first place in their division.

Redwood Middle School
Saratoga Music Boosters is proud to report a slight uptick in music student enrollment at Redwood Middle School (RMS). RMS Music Programs include RMS Bands (Woodwind, Brass, Percussion), RMS Choir, RMS Orchestra, and Percussion Fundamentals (after-school).

All the RMS music programs have had events and performances held throughout the year with achievements to be proud of:

Performed in their Winter and Summer concerts
Benefited from clinicians for sectional work throughout the year such as:
Tracey Hurley (trumpet) and Tennessee O’Hanlon (clarinet)
Having clinicians come does help to offer individual attention to those that need more help.
Redwood sent 4 ensembles to participate in the CMEA festival hosted by SHS. This was the first festival experience for the majority of our students.
Bass students attended the San Francisco 2023 Winter Bass Bash
9 RMS students qualified to participate in CASMEC All-state
RMS came 4th in the ranking overall with the number of kids accepted to participate in all-state and one of the students managed to be concertmaster for one of the orchestras.
A total of 188 students (band, orchestra & choir) traveled to Disney to attend workshops and hold performances

Argonaut, Foothill, and Saratoga Elementary School
5th grade is where the drive for music begins for SUSD students with the 5th Grade Beginning Instrumental Music Exploratory Program.

For band, students learn either the euphonium/baritone, trumpet, clarinet, or flute. For string orchestra, students choose either the violin or viola
Students start the year with instrument trials where they are fitted with one of their top two choices. When they receive their first instrument they are taught how to hold, care and assemble the instrument, as well as make their first sounds
Half way through the year the students switch their instruments between band and orchestra

Volunteer: Get Involved

Volunteers are the core of SMB, SHS Music, and SUSD Music. We need your help! Join our team of amazing parents and community members and support music education today!

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SHS MUSIC DEPARTMENT INFORMANCE ON 8/26

The SHS Music Department Informance was held on Saturday, August 26th in the McAfee (orchestra and choir) and the Sports Plaza (marching band and color guard).

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SMB PRESENTATION AT PTSO MEETING ON 8/18

Saratoga Music Boosters President, Alicia de Fuentes presented at the recent PTSO meeting which comprised of many new & freshman families. The presentation included the charter of SMB, volunteer information, resources and upcoming events!

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SMB BENEFACTOR DONATIONS

SMB and our music programs are grateful for your tax-deductible support and generosity in our 2022-2023 Benefactor Donations Drive. Any donation amount is welcome and appreciated. You can also double your impact with corporate matching!

You can now choose to donate online, or send your check donation with the benefactor donation form to your student's music teacher.

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ONLINE PROGRAM Contributions

Our 2023-2024 school year is here! Parents can now contribute with their credit card for their membership donation and music program contributions using the buttons above. Checks are always welcome, as there is a transaction fee administered by PayPal, our payment gateway.

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Donations are fully tax deductible. SMB is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. EIN#: 51-0187615

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Have questions?

If you would like to join our board, please visit our job description page for details of our board positions. There are still several open positions for 2023-2024 year. Please visit our board members page for details.
For questions regarding donations, program contributions, tax receipts and volunteering, or for general questions about SMB, please contact our booster president.
For website issues and web content, please contact our webmaster.
For questions regarding SHS music programs, classes and calendar of events, please contact the corresponding music directors.
SUSD and Redwood music program information can be found here.
Information about SMB can also be found here.

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