Registration
Welcome to Band and Color Guard Registration!
STEP 1 (New Students ONLY): Register with CHARMS
New students can register by clicking the button above:
Please be certain to register your student as their CURRENT school grade, not their INCOMING grade (despite the instructions from CHARMS). Students will be "Graduated" to their incoming grade once the CHARMS system is rolled over to the new school year in May.
Please include a phone number and email address where the parents can be reached.
Please be sure to enter your student's Conroe ISD number correctly, as this will be your password for Step 2.
Once registration in Band/Color Guard is confirmed by the Directors, all families who have completed Self Registration as described above will be contacted with permission to login to CHARMS (Step 2, below).
MANDATORY: CHARMS is the district provided student management system and registration is required to ensure proper communication re: band placement, band events, volunteerism, finances and more.
STEP 2: Update Your CHARMS Account Information
For more information on how to navigate the log-in page, please see this Help Article.
School Code is GOHSBand
Your PASSWORD is unique to the student, not to the person logging in; the student and family members must all know and use the SAME password to enter CHARMS successfully.
NEW STUDENTS ONLY can use their Student ID (entered during Step 1) as the password, you will be promted for change the password to one for use by all family members upon login.
RETURNING STUDENTS ONLY can reset a forgotten password by emailing charms@grandoaksband.org and requesting a password reset link. See the FAQs re: CHARMS for more information on setting and resetting CHARMS passwords.
Update all Student and Parent contact information, feel free to add instrument information, sizing information, a student picture, etc.
MANDATORY: CHARMS is the district provided student management system and registration is required to ensure proper communication re: band placement, band events, volunteerism, finances and more.
STEP 3: Make a Fairshare Payment
Click the Button Above For Information on Fairshare Fees, Due Dates and Payment Options
MANDATORY: As mentioned above, all students will be required to pay a minimum Fairshare Down Payment by May 31st 2024 in order to secure their overlay/competition uniform, their Color Guard performance uniform and/or their New Student Gear Bundles. Please visit THIS PAGE for more information.
Students who do not make this payment on time risk forfeiting their spot on the marching field as they will not have the full required uniform. All students must make this payment regardless of Fairshare waivers made in past years.
STEP 4: Order Any Additional Marching Gear
New BAND students will receive a New Student Bundle as a part of their Fairshare Down Payment including the following items:
"SHOES" - Marching Shoes - 1 pair
"BLUES" - Blue Band Shirt - 2
Gloves - 2 pairs (Percussion members don't need gloves and will get 3 Blues instead)
Want an extra set of gloves or shirt? Did your feet grow a size over the summer? Both New and Returning BAND students can order additional desired gear via our Webstore (only available now through May 20th). All pre-season sales via this site will close on May 15th to ensure order delivery in time for our July Band Camp delivery dates.
Color Guard members will need to order either the required Returning Student Uniform Package or the New Student Uniform Package, in addition to ordering a flag bag, performance shoes and gloves. All will be available for purchase HERE.
STEP 5: Purchase Additional REQUIRED Items Needed Before our First Game (BAND, Color Guard, confirm additional items needed with Director)
BAND REQUIRED
Black Calf Length Socks - Suggested 2-3 pairs
Black compression shorts to wear at game day practice and under Bibbers (overall pants, school provided) - Suggested 2-3 pairs
Large insulate water bottle for practices and games
Hair ties, bobby pins and hairspray for students with longer hair (males and females) - THIS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR COMPETITIONS
Concert Season Uniform - CLICK HERE for ordering information.
STEP 6: Complete All Forms in CHARMS
MANDATORY: All Students and Parents must sign the UIL 8 Hour Rule acknowledgement and the Student Expectation form located in the Documents section of your student's CHARMS account. Use the buttons below to access login pages, handbooks or instructions for how to complete that step.
Read all required forms. Once updated versions are available, they will be provided via buttons, below.
Login to CHARMS
Create a CHARMS e-signature for both the Student and the Parent using the instructions provided by the button below
Click "Forms Collected"
Scroll to "Forms Not Turned In"
Click on each form listed and use your e-signature to sign it
Alternately, you can print, sign, take a picture of (in case the signed copy gets lost) and return these two forms to the Directors via your Student.
STEP 7: Complete the Nurse/Medication/Field Trip Form (2024-2025 form coming soon)
MANDATORY: This year, the Directors are asking that you complete the Medication/Field Trip Form for the Nurse's office at the beginning of the year. This cannot be done via CHARMS or RankOne, so please follow the directions below:
Download the form using the button below.
Print and fill out the form, leaving trip specific information (dates, locations, etcetera) blank.
Save a copy of the completed form.
Email the form to the directors or have your student deliver a paper copy to their office.
If your child's medications change in any way, please update and resubmit the paperwork to the directors before any trips.
STEP 8: Upload Physical and Complete District Forms via Rank One Sport
MANDATORY: All participants must complete the UIL required pre-participation physical for each school year. You must also complete all online paperwork through Rank One (opens 4/1/24). This is a CISD process and separate from any forms you complete in Charms. Your student will not be allowed to march in July until this process is complete.
Visit the GOHS Sports Medicine page for information about the process required for the 2024-2025 school year. Physical forms are available for download on that site or the buttons below if you want to have your student's physical done with a private physician. Physicals are also offered by Houston Methodist for $25 (payable via School Cash Online) and will take place on 4/4/24 at GOHS and 4/9/24 at York. You must bring a copy of the Physical Consent form to have your student's physical done at school, click the button below to download and print a copy.
STEP 9: Download the Required Communication App
Directors are currently determining which app they will use next year, check back for more information.
MANDATORY: This app is how the Directors will communicate with both Students and Parents. Want to know about last minute date changes? What time the bus will be at the school? Competition updates? This is the place.
Download the App from your phone's App Store. You will need the Team codes to join.
You can find the codes that will allow you to join the Band Student, Band Parent and Guard Student/Parent SportsYou "Teams" in CHARMS under Handouts and Files, look for the PDF file entitled "SportsYouCodes2023" If you cannot get into CHARMS, please request assistance with gaining access by contacting charms@grandoaksband.org.
STEP 10: Purchase a Meal Plan
Due Date: TBD
The Boosters coordinate a meal plan throughout the Marching Season, providing enrolled students with meals before games and before or during most competitions. Enrollment is voluntary and is NOT included in Fairshare. If you wish us to feed your child (past offerings have included Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane's & MOD Pizza), please order and pay for your student's Meal Plan in the following way:
Complete this form to order your student's Meal Plan (coming soon)
2. Pay for your student's Meal Plan via:
Check payable to GOHSBBA, with your child's name on the memo line, dropped in the safe in the Band Hall
Zelle to finance@grandoaksband.org
Via QuickBooks Link Coming Soon
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