Ari is currently in 7th grade (2024-2025).
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He plays violin in orchestra, mallets/percussion in intermediate band, and xylophone in jazz band.

He likes ciphers and knows the band website secret. But you have to do some workarounds.

Here are some hints:

Decoding directions
Viginere: The code word will be Chaminade

Bacon cipher: letter 1: a letter 2: b

Morse code: explanatory

A1Z26: Where it does some switching stuff.

Caesar cipher: -3

Use https://cryptii.com/

Voe emprhx kzn'f euaw mv zequf. Iw'w qu ttm srrrv wasm. (Viginere)

Qebob fp pljbtebob lk ebob qexq tfii ibxa vlr ql x zljmrqbo. Cfka qeb mxpptloa xka cfka qeb pbzobq xka dbq obtxoap. (Ceasar)

15 14 7 18 1 20 19 25 15 21 19 15 12 22 5 4 20 8 5 19 5 3 18 5 20 20 8 9 19 9 19 15 14 5 15 6 20 8 5 19 5 3 18 5 20 19 15 6 20 8 5 2 1 14 4 19 23 5 2 19 9 20 5 20 8 5 13 1 9 14 19 5 3 18 5 20 9 19 20 8 1 20 20 8 5 16 1 14 5 12 15 14 20 8 5 8 15 13 5 16 1 7 5 23 9 20 8 20 8 5 3 15 14 3 5 18 20 19 1 14 4 9 14 19 20 18 21 13 5 14 20 19 1 14 4 19 20 21 6 6 19 16 5 12 12 19 3 8 1 13 9 14 1 4 5 1 19 25 15 21 7 15 4 15 23 14 10 21 19 20 12 15 15 11 1 20 20 8 5 9 13 1 7 5 8 5 18 5 9 19 1 23 5 2 19 9 20 5 23 9 20 8 1 12 12 20 8 5 16 1 7 5 19 13 1 25 14 15 20 2 5 21 16 4 1 20 5 4 4 9 19 3 15 22 5 18 1 12 12 20 8 5 19 5 3 18 5 20 16 1 7 5 19 1 14 4 12 15 15 11 19 1 20 20 8 5 13 8 20 20 16 19 4 15 3 19 7 15 15 7 12 5 3 15 13 4 15 3 21 13 5 14 20 4 16 20 8 6 24 16 16 12 10 2 11 23 21 1 19 4 9 13 8 15 6 26 20 7 9 8 5 10 13 17 22 4 3 16 19 5 4 9 20 21 19 16 19 8 1 18 9 14 7 13 1 11 5 19 21 18 5 14 15 20 20 15 19 8 1 18 5 20 8 9 19 9 14 6 15 9 20 19 8 1 12 12 18 5 13 1 9 14 16 18 9 22 1 20 5 1 19 1 19 5 3 18 5 20 (A1Z26)