Kids aren’t going to want to talk about this yet, but it’s time to make plans for school registration and orientation. Here is a list submitted by DCPS, OPS, OCS, and private schools:
Daviess County Public Schools
First day of school for DCPS students is Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Elementary Schools
Audubon Elementary School – 852-7150
Kindergarten screening – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29 (at DCPS Learning Center)
Back-to-School Event – 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Burns Elementary School – 852-7170
Kindergarten screening – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 29
Kindergarten screening – 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 3
Preschool orientation – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 4
Open registration for grades 1-5 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Kindergarten orientation – 6 p.m. Aug. 6
Country Heights Elementary School – 852-7250
Kindergarten screening – Last names A-M – 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 3
Kindergarten screening – Last names N-Z – 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 3
Preschool Orientation – noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 4
Kindergarten visits – 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 5
Open House (all grades) – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Deer Park Elementary School – 852-7270
Kindergarten parent night – 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 29
Preschool orientation – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 29
Grades 1-5 Open House – 5:30 to 7 p.m. Aug. 10
East View Elementary School – 852-7350
“Fun with the Suns” home visits – Aug. 5
Preschool orientation – 4 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Open house/ classroom tours – 5 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Introduction of staff members – 5:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6
Kindergarten orientation – 6 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Back-to-school picnic with free supper – 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6 (Information about transportation, After-School Program, Family Resource Center, Watch DOGS program, PTO membership; fee payments; and homeroom visits.)
Highland Elementary School – 852-7370
Kindergarten screening – 4 to 6 p.m. July 28
Fifth-grade back-to-school picnic – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at Yellow Creek Park
Kindergarten parent orientation and student JumpStart – 8 to 9 a.m. Aug. 4
Preschool orientation – 5 p.m. Aug. 5
Back-to-School Bash – 4:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6
Meadow Lands Elementary School – 852-7450
“Meet in the Meadows” home visits – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4
Kindergarten jumpstart – 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 5
Kindergarten orientation – 5 p.m. Aug. 6 Back-to-School Night – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Sorgho Elementary School – 852-7470
Preschool orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4
Back-to-School Bash (complete paperwork, pay fees, set up lunch account, confirm bus routes, meet teachers) – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Kindergarten orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 17
P1 orientation – 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17
P2 orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 20
P3 orientation – 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20
Grade 4 orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 24
Grade 5 orientation – 6:30 p.m. Aug. 24
Southern Oaks Elementary School – 852-7570
Kindergarten screening and orientation – 5:30 to 7 p.m. Aug. 3
Back-to-School Bash – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6
Tamarack Elementary School – 852-7550
Preschool parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 3
Kindergarten student and parent orientation – 6 p.m. Aug. 6
Home visit blitz – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 7
Preschool and grades 1-5 Open House – 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 10
West Louisville Elementary School – 852-7650
Kindergarten screening – noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 3
Kindergarten screening – 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 4
Preschool orientation – 5 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4
Kindergarten orientation – 5:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 4
Back-to-School Picnic – 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4
Whitesville Elementary School – 852-7670
Golden Ticket delivery/home visits – 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 21 and July 23
Kinder-Camp – 8:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 7
Kindergarten parent orientation – 4:30 p.m. Aug. 10
Back-to-School Picnic – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10
Grade 1 parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 17
Grade 2 parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 18
Grade 3 parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 20
Grade 4 parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 24
Grade 5 parent orientation – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25
Middle Schools
Burns Middle School – 852-7400
Jumpstart for Grade 6 – 8 to 11 a.m. Aug. 10
Open House for Grades 7-8 – 3 to 7 p.m. Aug. 10
College View Middle School – 852-7500
New student registration – begins July 27
Grade 6 orientation – 8:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 6
Grades 7-8 schedule pickup and fee payment – 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 6; 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 7
Daviess County Middle School – 852-7600
New student registration – 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 3
Grade 8 schedule pickup – 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 5
Grade 7 schedule pickup – 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 5
Grade 6 schedule pickup – 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 5
Grade 6 Plan for Success Day – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 6
Grade 6 Back-to-School Picnic – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 18
Grades 7-8 Back-to-School Picnic – 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25
High Schools
Apollo High School – 852-7100
Fee payment and schedule pickup (grades 10-11-12) – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 5-6
Fee payment and schedule pickup (grade 9) – 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 5-6
Freshman orientation – 8:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 7
Alternative High School – 852-7200
Credit Recovery Camp – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 27-31 (incoming 10th graders may call the school to enroll)
Back-to-School picnic – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5
Daviess County High School – 852-7300
Schedule pickup and fee payment (grades 9-12) – 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 4-7
Schedule pickup and fee payment (grades 9-12) – 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6
Senior parking tags and locker assignments – 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 4
Junior parking tags and locker assignments – 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 5
Sophomore locker assignments – 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 6
Freshman orientation – 8 to 9 a.m. for parents; 8 a.m. to noon for students Aug. 7
Owensboro Public Schools
First Day of School for Students will be Wednesday, August 5. Children new to the district who have not registered will need to show a certified birth certificate, a social security card, a physical exam and an up-to-date immunization certificate on the required Kentucky forms. All students age 6 and under must have an eye exam and dental exam/screening reported on the required Kentucky forms no later than January of their first year in public school.
OPS Elementary Schools (grades K-4)
Cravens
Kindergarten registers July 23 from 4 - 6 p.m.;
Grades 1-4 register July 27 from 12 - 5 p.m.
Estes
All grades register July 27 from 12 - 6 p.m.
Foust
Kindergarten registers July 23 from 4 - 6 p.m.;
Grades 1-4 register July 28 from 12 - 6 p.m.
Newton Parrish
All grades register July 28 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sutton
Kindergarten registers July 23 from 4 - 6 p.m.;
Grades 1-4 register July 30 from 12 - 6 p.m.
Owensboro Middle School (grades 5-8)
5th and 6th Graders register July 30 from 2 - 6 p.m.
Jumpstart for 5th Graders will be July 31 from 9 a.m. - noon at 2631 South Griffith (South Campus)
7th and 8th Graders register July 30 from 2 - 6 p.m. at 1300 Booth Avenue (North Campus)
Owensboro High School (grades 9-12)
Students pick up schedules, get locker assignments, parking permits and other information on the following schedule:
Seniors register on July 28 from 8 - 10 a.m.
Juniors register on July 28 from 10 a.m. - noon
Sophomores register on July 28 from 1 - 3 p.m.
Freshmen register on July 28 from 4 - 6:30 p.m.
Freshman parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. in auditorium on July 28
Owensboro Innovation Academy (grade 9)
July 29 - Open House/Registration from 5 - 7 p.m. – at 1010 Allen St.
Gateway Academy
July 29 - Open House/Registration from 5 - 7 p.m. – at 2401 McConnell Ave.
Hager Preschool 1701 W. 7th St. (Located on the campus of Foust Elementary School.)
Hager Preschool will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week throughout the summer from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. for parents to register preschoolers. Developmental Screenings scheduled by appointment on July 22, 23, 28, 29, 2015. Orientation Schedule will be as follows according to CHILD’S LAST NAME that will be enrolled at Hager: A-Hag: August 6, 1 or 6 p.m.; Hai-N: August 11, 1 or 6 p.m.; O-Z: August 12, 1 or 6 p.m. Phase-In Days will be held on August 19 & 20 as assigned by the classroom teacher during Orientation. Preschool students will begin a regular half-day schedule on Monday, August 24.
Owensboro Catholic Schools
OCHS
Back to school Information Day – July 29 2-6PM Pick up students’ schedules, meet with counselors to revise classes, purchase books in bookstore, pay into lunch accounts, update health records with school nurse. Also, some clubs and athletic groups will be having sign-ups/information available.
OCMS
August 5 – 9-11AM 7th Grade Orientation
August 5 – 11-12PM 8th Grade Orientation
OCES 4-6 Campus
August 6 – 5-5:30PM New Family Orientation
August 6 – Meet Your Teacher 5:30-6PM
OCES K-3 Campus
August 5 – Meet Your Teacher 5:30-6:30PM
Heritage Christian School
3585 Thruston Dermont Rd.(270) 685-4002
Enrollment is on-going for PreK-8
First day of school is Aug 12th.
Orientation is Mon, Aug 10th at 6:30pm
Triplett School (High School)
1401 Spring Bank Dr #4 (270) 683-8814
Registration and enrollment are ongoing year-round.
Majesty Academy
*(Changing name to Christ Chapel Academy August 1st)
2600 New Hartford Road (270) 926-9014
Call for orientation date and time
K4-12th grades
Maximilian Montessori Academy
1401 Spring Bank Dr # 4 (270) 689-1402
- PreK-12
- Ongoing enrollment and open registration.
- Orientation Mon Aug 10th. Call for class orientation times.
