CONTENTS
Cost, Payment, and Forms
Volunteer Opportunities
Roommate Assignments
Medical Information
​Preparing for Band Camp
Finding Your Way Around
QUICK LINKS
Schedule Information
Online Registration (link no longer live)
Online Payment (link no longer live)
​Medication Form (self-provided OTC)
​Medication Form (school-provided OTC)
​Medication Form (all prescription)
Band Camp Rules
Band Camp Packing List
Instrument Transportation Policy​

INTRODUCTION AND CONTACT INFO

Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Pride of the Bobcats, the GHHS Marching Band - PRE-CAMP REHEARSALS begin July 14!

GHHS Marching Band Camp 2025 will be at Otterbein University, from July 20-25, 2025. This is a "sleepaway" camp with students housed in dorms, eating in the dining hall, and rehearsing on campus in classrooms and on the athletic field. Returning students already know that Band Camp is an invaluable way for the students to bond, learn from each other, and have a lot of fun while also preparing for the long and fast-paced football season. For incoming GHHS students and first-time Band members, it’s also a great way to form new friendships with your peers and upperclass students before the school year starts - your student can head into high school on day one with a ready-made band (see what we did there?) of friends in place to support them through this transition. Please contact Mrs. Olis directly to discuss any unavoidable scheduling conflicts or other concerns related to your student’s attendance at Band Camp.

Full details about the schedule are available by clicking here. We hope that EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BAND CAMP appears here or in the other linked pages and documents. However, if you have any questions or concerns you can't find the answers to, please contact any of the following: 
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Jennifer Olis, GHHS Director of Bands
Katie & Nate Russell, Eloise Jones, & Julie Rutter,
GHBOB Band Camp Committee

COST, PAYMENT, AND FORMS

Each year, the total cost for Band Camp is well over $300 per student. The Band & Orchestra Boosters work all year to raise funds to help subsidize this cost.

This year’s cost to families is $275 per student, $250 for an additional student from the same family, with a $550 cap for families with three students or more.

Confidential financial assistance is available if needed, please contact Mrs. Olis for details. The GHBOB is 100% committed to ensuring that all students may participate in Band Camp, regardless of their financial situation. 

​Here’s how to register your student for camp, submit payment, and prepare for their medication needs while away:
  1. Band Camp registration forms may be submitted online by clicking here. This form is required for all students, even if not attending Band Camp, because it is also used to order your student's 2025 row shirt. Please submit a separate form for each individual student  from your family who will be part of the GHHS Marching Band for 2025. DUE JUNE 9, 2025.
  2. Online payment may be submitted by clicking here.  This is required for all students attending Band Camp unless other arrangements are made. Submit only one payment form per family - you can pay for all your students at the same time. If you need to pay by check or arrange a payment plan, please email us at [email protected]. For confidential financial assistance please contact Mrs. Olis. Also DUE JUNE 9, 2025.​
  3. The forms for taking any medication to Band Camp may be found on our Documents page by clicking here. There are three different forms - you may submit all some, or none according to your student's needs. Click here for the form that will authorize your student to possess and self-administer non-prescription medications. Click here for the form to permit your student to take certain non-prescription medications stocked and provided by the school district. And click here for the form necessary for your student to bring any prescription medication to camp (NOTE that this form requires both parent AND phsysician signature). Bring completed forms and medication in original packaging with you to Band Camp check-in on JULY 20, 2025.​

Volunteer opportunities

CLICK HERE for the 2025 Band Camp signupgenius!
​It takes quite a few adult family members and LOTS of volunteer hours to make Band Camp a success each year. Volunteers will assist with check-in, luggage searches, and luggage and instrument loading on Sunday, July 20. Volunteers will also assist with unloading instruments and luggage when the students return on Friday, July 25, and drive the equipment truck to and from Band Camp at the beginning and end of the week. And finally, we will need adult volunteers to spend the night in the dorms with the students during each night of Band Camp, as floor chaperones. Please note that you can be a Dad/Stepdad/Male Guardian of a Band Daughter or a Mom/Stepmom/Female Guardian of a Band Son and still help us out!

The signupgenius for Band Camp is available by clicking here. Please consider signing up for one or more volunteer slots ASAP!
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All adult volunteers must have a current background check on file with the District. If you are even considering volunteering at Band Camp (and we really hope that you are!), please click here to check your status and initiate your background check process NOW if necessary. Note that overnight chaperones must have the full FBI/BCI background check, which requires stopping by the Board of Education office to be fingerprinted. 

SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS OF RISING SENIORS: GHHS Marching Band seniors traditionally are permitted to stay up past curfew together on the last night of camp (Thursday, July 24 this year). They spend time with the directors and are also allowed to socialize and bond together as a class. At least one senior parent will be needed as an additional chaperone for this night, to supervise the students and ensure they stay safely in the dorm after the directors retire for the evening.

ROOMMATE ASSIGNMENTS

Each room at Band Camp houses two students. Please ask your student to consult with friends before submitting their roommate requests. Students who each designate each other as their first choice will typically be paired together. Th directors and Band Camp organizers will do their best to match people based on their first, second, and third choices. All roommate assignments are final once made.

MEDICAL INFORMATION

Emergency medical care, if necessary, will be provided at a local hospital. To take any medications while at camp, parents must fill out at least one of the three medication forms discussed above (under "COST, PAYMENT, AND FORMS"), all of which are available on our documents page by clicking here. Note that the prescription medication form requires both a parent and a physician signature.

PREPARING FOR band CAMP

Please click here and take the time to review the Band Camp Rules with your student to ensure that you both understand the behavior expectations while at Band Camp. You can also click here for our suggested Band Camp Packing List to help you and your student prepare for their week away (ED. NOTE: CLICK HERE for the recently selected Band Camp SPIRIT DAYS that your student may want to plan and pack for). Please remember that any medications your student will bring with them will require a completed copy of one or more of the medication forms required by the District (click here for those forms), signed by you and (in some cases) by their doctor.  

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND

If your student would like a "head start" on figuring out campus locations, we have several different options for the 2025 Band Camp map. Click here for a pdf version, and below is a jpeg file. In addition, we have google and apple interactive versions available at the following links: Please share your student's preferred version with them - and of course this works for any adult family members who will be chaperoning as well!