About Sachem BEAT
Sachem BEAT exists so that no student misses out on a performance, a festival, or a trip because of what it costs.
We are parents, guardians, and community members supporting performing arts across the Sachem Central School District. Band, chorus, orchestra, and theater, from elementary through high school, in every building.
What we fund
The board sets priorities each year with input from the district's performing arts directors. What the club can support depends on what it raises, so none of this is a guarantee. In a good year it includes:
- Competition and festival entry fees, and the travel to get there
- Instruments and equipment
- NYSSMA and SCMEA fees for participating students
- Building-level requests that come up during the school year
If cost is a barrier for your family, talk to your student's director. Where funds allow, the club may be able to help, and those conversations stay between you and the director. We would much rather someone asked than had a student sit out.
How the club works
Membership is $25 for the school year, and it covers a whole family rather than each student, so a family with three students in the programs pays once. Beyond that there is no minimum commitment.
Board meetings are open to any parent or guardian of a Sachem performing arts student. Meeting dates go on the events page as soon as the schedule is set.
Most of the work is a few people doing small, specific jobs: running a concession stand, driving a trailer, counting a cash box, sending an email. If you have an hour, there is something useful you can do with it.
Our relationship to the district
Sachem BEAT is an independent booster club. We are not affiliated with or operated by the Sachem Central School District, we do not speak for the district, and we have no role in curriculum, staffing, casting, or chair placement.
We work alongside the district's performing arts directors, who tell us what their students need. Questions about a program, a grade, or a placement belong with the building, not with us.
Nonprofit status
Pending. Nonprofit status and EIN will be published here once confirmed. Until then this site makes no claim that donations are tax deductible.
Board
Roles are filled by volunteers and rotate as students move through the district.
President
To be announced
Vice President
To be announced
Treasurer
To be announced
Secretary
To be announced
Fundraising Chair
To be announced
Volunteer Coordinator
To be announced