We enjoyed thanking our Veterans with a family breakfast afterward, and were honored to have our shop teacher Mr. Jaminski our keynote speaker! In addition to talking about his time in the service, he set up a ceremonial POW/MIA for students to reflect on throughout the day.

Congrats to our awesome students on a great fall concert last night, and thanks to all our supportive family members who came out to support them! Solid performances all around by our Concert, Symphonic, and Gold Jazz Bands 👏👏👏 hfbandparents

Catch-up post: our 6th-8th grade BCO students had a blast watching a special performance from the HF High School music department this week! Lots of fun songs, and always great to see the amazing things our Panther alumni are doing in high school😁 #BandFamily #WeAreHF

Needless to say the band students were excited 🥳

6th Grade Band enjoying a donut party and booklet to celebrate a successful first concert!🎷🎺🍩😁 #BandFamily #Successisdelicious

Had a blast finishing off my day working with the saxes from the HF High School Viking Jazz Ensemble🎷🎷🎷 Ms. Whitlock has these hardworking kids sounding great- can't wait to hear them in Peoria in a couple months! hfbandparents

Got to catch a preview of the James Hart School production of Moana Jr today: lots of amazing singing, choreography, lighting, and scenery- you've gotta see this show Thursday or Friday at 7pm! Congrats to all these awesome students and HLO on putting together a great show 👏👏

Our Jazz musicians were invited to perform for school boards, superintendents and chief school business officials at the annual statewide conference in Chicago!

A great concert & day for music education: congrats to the 120-strong Illinois Music Education Association District 1 Honor Band on an outstanding performance today, and a special congrats to our 4 amazing James Hart School Symphonic Band students! You made your school & community proud today😁 hfbandparents

Congrats to our James Hart School 7th Grade Girls Basketball team on winning sectionals and advancing to state! Our Symphonic Band percussionists had a blast cheering you on at today's sendoff parade😁🥁 #GoPanthers #153Strong hfbandparents

Picture Day this week at James Hart School!

More picture day highlights from our awesome (and definitely never silly🥳) band students😁

December in the band room means holiday sweaters and swag, but it also means chamber ensembles! Each year all of our 7th/8th graders work together to prepare 1-2 songs in small groups for our recital in February. It's the ultimate group project! #thesekidsareawesome #BandFamily

A few more of our 16 different chamber ensembles this year! hfbandparents

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is playing jazz for all to hear! 🎷🎺🥁🎄 Great job by our Maroon and Gold Jazz Bands this morning to get everyone in the holiday spirit! hfbandparents

Kicked off 2025 w/ our annual college alumni day! We have *EIGHT* former James Hart School Panthers playing in college ensembles & were honored to welcome some back yesterday to play for our students+talk about college life & their experience. hfbandparents Marching Illini Cyclone Marching Band

We had a great day reconnecting with these former Panthers & HF High School Vikings who are doing great things in college! Fun to see these awesome young people inspiring the next generation😁 #BandFamily

Symphonic Band had some fun this afternoon with an incentive party for our kids who are up to date on assignments! Snacks, card and board games in the band room, and an open gym made for a great day 😁 #BandFamily #Hardworkpaysoff

Our Churchill School Bulldog Band is looking and sounding great! Can't wait to hear these kids make their concert debut tomorrow night😁 #Thesekidsareawesome hfbandparents

HF is excited to send our talented musicians to the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC)! The Vikings will be joined by Grammy Award Winning Saxophonist (and HF Alum!) Christopher McBride. Help send them off on January 29th at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium! #GoVikings