PMEA District 1
Serving Allegheny, Fayette, Greene,
Washington & Westmoreland Counties

District 1 Calendar-at-a-Glance, 2011-12

First Semester (Fall 2011)
Sunday, August 21 EXCOM Meeting/4:00PM, Panera Bread (Robinson)
Monday, September 12 Honors Strings Auditions/North Allegheny HS
Sunday, September 18 D1 Festival Host Orientation/4:00PM, Comfort Inn (Monroeville)
Monday, September 19 Honors Choir Auditions/Franklin Regional HS
Thursday, September 29 Honors Jazz East Auditions/Norwin HS
Monday, October 3 Honors Band Auditions/Gateway HS
Thursday, October 20 High School Festival Application Deadline
Tuesday, November 1 Citation/Superintendent Award Nomination to M. Rozell
Tuesday, November 1 Junior High Festivals Application Deadline
Fri-Sat, November 4-5 Honors Choir/Seton Hill University
Sat-Sun, November 12-13 Honors String Orchestra/Carson MS (North Allegheny)
Saturdays, November 12,19,26 Honors Band/Trinity HS
Monday, November 14 Honors Jazz West Auditions/Baldwin HS
Monday, November 21 SHS District Chorus Auditions/Bethel Park HS
Tuesday, November 22 Fall C/I Workshop/Carnegie Mellon University
Sunday, November 27 Honors Band Concert/Carnegie Music Hall
Fri-Sat, December 16-17 Honors Jazz East/Norwin HS
   
Second Semester (Winter/Spring 2012)
Fri-Sat, January 6-7 PMEA State Executive Board
Fri-Sat, January 6-7 Honors Jazz West/Baldwin HS
Wed-Fri, January 11-13 JHS District Band East/Penn Trafford HS
Wed-Fri, January 11-13 SHS District Band West/North Allegheny HS
Fri-Sat, January 20-21 JHS District Band East/Greater Latrobe JHS
Wed-Fri, January 25-27 SHS District Chorus/Elizabeth Forward HS
Thur-Sat, February 9-11 SHS District Orchestra/Norwin HS
Wed-Fri, February 22-24 SHS Region State Band/Norwin HS
Fri-Sat, March 2-3 JHS District Band West/Carrick HS
Wed-Fri, March 7-9 SHS Region State Chorus/District 5
Fri-Sat, March 9-10 JHS District Orchestra/Deer Lakes HS
Wed-Fri, March 21-23 Western Region State Orchestra/Mars Area HS
Sunday, April 1 D1 Scholarship Applications to S. Ehrlich
Fri-Sat, April 13-14 JHS District Chorus West/Shaler Area MS
Wednesday, April 18 All State Band, Chorus, & Orchestra Auditions
Thur-Sat, April 19-21 PMEA All-State Conference/Lancaster
Fri-Sat, April 27-28 JHS District Chorus East/Logan MS
Friday, May 4 EL Band Washington/Burgettstown
Fri-Sat, May 4-5 EL Band Allegheny West/Shaler
Fri, April 27 EL Sing West/Carlynton Jr/Sr HS
   
   


For your planning purposes, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has published the following Testing Window dates for 2011-12.

Assessment

Dates

Grade(s)

PSSA Grade 12 Retest in Math,

Reading, Science, and Writing

October 24 - November 4, 2011

12

PSSA Math and Reading

PSSA-M Math and Reading

March 12 - 23, 2012

3 - 8, 11

4 - 8, 11

Math and Reading Make-Ups

March 26 - 30, 2012

As Needed

PSSA Writing

April 16 - 20, 2012

5, 8, 11

PSSA Science

PSSA-M Science

April 23 - 27, 2012

4, 8, 11
8, 11

Writing and Science Make-Ups

April 30 - May 4, 2012

As Needed