Lessons are small groups of students in the same grade playing the same instrument and are vital for student growth on their instruments. These pull out lessons that happen during the school day are only 20 minutes in length. Depending on the quarter and the director's availability, students may receive 1 - 2 lessons per quarter. Students are notified at the beginning of each quarter when their lessons will be and are given hall passes for those lessons. They also know it is their responsibility to notify the teacher of the class they will be briefly pulled from, ahead of time.

All students will receive full credit for simply attending their assigned lesson on time. The lesson date that appears in the Powerschool does not necessarily reflect the actual date of the lesson given (as this date cannot be changed for every student), rather it is typically the start of the lesson cycle. If students do not attend their lesson for whatever reason, they will receive an NHI (Not Handed In) which is a 0 in the gradebook, until their lesson is made up. Once it is made up, the lesson grade will reflect full credit.

If students do not attend their lesson for whatever reason, they will receive an NHI (Not Handed In) which is a 0 in the gradebook, until their lesson is made up. Students who miss a lesson will need to fill out a missed lesson form and turn in to one of the band directors. A make-up lesson time will be scheduled for them. If the make-up lesson is attended, full credit will be received for the lesson. Please be advised that due to time constraints, we cannot offer additional make-up lessons for missed make-up lessons, therefore the NHI will remain.