Send Richmond High Music Students to Camp

Hey everyone, my name is Mr. Wilke and I am the director of the Richmond High School Music Dept. After a long school year of music making it is summer again and we are working to send 10 of our RHS musicians to La Honda Music Camp. At camp to continue their musical growth through the summer and prepare to help lead and teach their fellow musicians in the coming year. This will be my sixth year sending students to La Honda and it has truly proven to be a key point of transformation for our program and for the students. At summer camp they are surround by other young musicians from all over the state who are also passionate about make music.

The camp is in the Santa Cruz mountains and the staff is made up of professionals, collegiate music professors, and veteran school music teachers. Not only do our students benefit from learning from this amazing staff, but they are taken out of our area for a week where they make connections with students from many different places and backgrounds. This teachers our students to be more confident outside of our community as they prepare to go off to college or to work outside of Richmond in a few years.

Camp is truly a magical experience and has benefits that go far beyond the music classroom and the individual. Sending one student to camp motivates them and inspires them to reach new heights. The students we send come back to RHS in the Fall bringing that energy and focus to all of our music classes. This has led them to compete in competitions, march at Disneyland, the SF Chinese New Year Parade, and many other community events.

I know many of you have supported us for years and I will never be able to express my gratitude, but I would like to thank you again for supporting our young musicians at Richmond High School.