The First Day Of School Band leads a group of students walking to Longfellow Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Students from Longfellow Elementary School follow the band to the school on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Members of the First Day Of School Band play music down Wesley Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Students, parents and the First Day Of School Band walk to Longfellow Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Students from Longfellow Elementary School walk down Wesley Avenue for the first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Members of the First Day Of School Band play music for students headed to their first day of school at Longfellow Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
The band performs for students on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Kids head towards to Longfellow Elementary School for their first day on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
The First Day Of School Band performs on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Photos from the first day of school parade for Longfellow Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, on Jackson Boulevard in Oak Park.
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer