Yuma High sets band registration for July 14 on campus

Yuma High School will hold band registration on campus Tuesday, July 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., opening the door for students who want to join before the school year gets fully underway.

The sign-up is open to all students, and no experience is necessary. That makes the event a starting point for students who have never played in a school band as well as those who already know their way around an instrument. Families who want a specific instrument will need to move quickly, because availability will be first-come, first-served. Questions can be sent to jramos@yumaunion.org.

The registration also fits into a broader student activities push across Yuma Union High School District, which includes sports, band, choir, spirit squad and other extracurriculars. Yuma High is also home to the Mastery of the Arts Program, open to students across YUHSD, giving the campus a larger role in the district’s arts pipeline.

That arts tradition has deep roots at the school. Yuma Union High School District was organized on July 1, 1909, and Yuma High School opened the same year. More recently, the school renamed its auditorium in August 2024 in honor of former choral director Taylor Dean McBride, underscoring the campus’s visible performing-arts history.

The band event also arrives before the district’s main 2026-27 registration period for grades 12 through 9, which runs July 23 through July 28. For families trying to sort out schedules, instruments and commitments early, the July 14 band registration gives Yuma High students a chance to secure a place in the program before the broader back-to-school rush begins.