Registration is open from May 2025 through August 20th. Please sign up for band before the first lesson.
Since we will be choosing instruments during our first weeks of band, you should not get an instrument until the final decision is made. That date will be around mid-September.
Once that decision is made, parents will obtain the instrument, music book, and supplies. The school does not supply these things unless you apply and are accepted for the Instrument Scholarship Program. Please contact your school's administrative assistant for more information about the Instrument Scholarship Program.
Quinlan and Fabish is a local music store where you can rent online or at their store in Arlington Heights. Their store works closely with our band directors and you can get everything you need for band from them.
Instruments for students can be secured at any music store of your choosing, however, we recommend that parents stay with a reliable music store and pick a quality instrument. Reliable music stores typically offer a variety of brand name instruments in addition to a repair department and loaner instruments. Low quality instrument are cheap, but more difficult to play well. We suggest that parents chose name brand instruments, and purchase from stores that specialize in band instruments.
On this website are names of other companies you can lease an instrument from, and we suggest that you take the time to make some comparisons. Please keep in mind that price is not the only consideration. Ask any company the following before renting: do they provide free loaners during repairs, do they carry recommended instrument brands, does your lease payment apply toward purchase. Whichever company you choose to lease an instrument from, remember that any contractual responsibilities are between you and the company. You are not renting an instrument from School District 96.
The first Beginning Band group lessons with instruments will be in mid September. Information will be emailed home around that time regarding how to get an instrument, book and supplies