2025-2026 Back to School Calendar
School Orientation / Open House / Registration Support Schedule
Aberdeen Academy
Grades 6-8 Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Grades PK-5 Open House
Wednesday, August 14 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Registration Support
Tuesday & Wednesday, August 5-6 from 9:00-11:30 am
Alger Middle School
Grade 6 Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Grades 7-8 Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Blandford School
Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Brookside Elementary
Orientation | Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 6:30-8:00 pm
Registration Support
Tuesday, August 12 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Buchanan Elementary
Orientation | Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Registration Support
Wednesday, August 13 from 9:00-10:00 am
Burton Elementary
Kindergarten & New Family Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:30-6:00 pm
Open House
Wednesday, August 13 from 6:00-7:00 pm
Registration Support
August 5, 6, 11 & 12 from 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-3:00 pm
Burton Middle
Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 4:45-5:15 pm
Open House
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:30-6:30 pm
Registration Support
August 5, 6, 12 & 13 from 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-3:00 pm
CA Frost Elementary
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm
CA Frost Middle High
Grade 6 & New to Frost Orientation
Monday, August 4 from 4:00-5:00 pm
Grades 7 & 8 Orientation
Tuesday, August 5 from 4:00-5:00 pm
High School Orientation
Wednesday, August 6 from 4:00-5:00 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm
Campus Elementary
Center for Economicology
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 2:30-3:30 pm
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm
Registration Support
August 6-7 from 9:00 am-2:00 pm
City High Middle School
Jumpstart for New Families
Thursday, August 7 from 10:00 am-2:30 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-7:00 pm
Coit Creative Arts Academy
Orientation | Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Registration Support
August 5-6 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Congress Elementary
Open House
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Dickinson Academy
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm
Registration Support
August 6-7 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm and 1:00-3:30 pm
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:00 pm
Grand Rapids Learning Center
Orientation | Registration Support
Tuesday, August 5 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm and 5:00-6:00 pm
Thursday, August 7 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm and 5:00-6:00 pm
Tuesday, August 12 from 5:00-6:00 pm
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-6:00 pm
Grand Rapids Montessori Academy
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Grand Rapids Montessori Middle High
Orientation
Wednesday, August 6 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle School
New Family Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Grand Rapids Public Museum High School
New Family Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy
Grades 6 & 7 Orientation
Monday, August 4 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Grades 8 & 9 Orientation
Tuesday, August 5 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Grades 9 & 10 Orientation
Wednesday, August 6 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Grades 6-10 Make-Up Orientation
Thursday, August 7 from 1:00-2:30 pm
Grades 11 & 12 Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Open House
Thursday, October 2 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Harrison Park Academy
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Kindergarten Registration & Popsicles
Thursday, August 7 from 1:00-2:00 pm
Innovation Central High School
Grade 9 Orientation
Tuesday, August 12 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Grades 10 & 11 Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Senior Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Make-Up Orientation
Friday, August 15 from 1:00-2:30 pm
Fall Open House
Wednesday, September 24 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary | Sherwood Park Global Studies (at Sherwood Park)
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Registration Support
August 6-7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm
August 11-15 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Kent Hills Elementary
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:00 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Registration Support
August 5 & 6 from 9:00 am-2:00 pm
August 7 from 12:00-5:00 pm
Mulick Park Elementary
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Registration Support
August 5-7 from 9:00-11:00 am and 12:30-4:00 pm
North Park Montessori
Grade 4 Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 5:30-6:00 pm
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:00 pm
Ottawa Hills High School
Orientation
Thursday, August 7 from 4:00-7:00 pm
Monday, August 11 from 4:00-7:00 pm
Friday, August 15 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm (make-up orientation date)
Palmer Elementary
Open House
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:30-6:30 pm
Registration Support
August 6 from 1:00-3:00 pm
August 11 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Ridgemoor Park Montessori
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm
Registration Support
August 6 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
August 7 from 12:00-3:00 pm
August 11 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Riverside Middle School
Orientation | Open House
Wednesday, August 13 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Shawmut Hills Academy
Orientation | Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy | Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary (at Sherwood Park)
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 4:30-6:00 pm
Registration Support
August 6-7 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm
August 11-15 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Sibley Elementary
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 3:30-6:00 pm
Registration Support
August 6 from 9:00-11:00 am
Southeast Career Pathways
Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm
Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue
Open House
Thursday, August 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm
Registration Support
August 4-7 from 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Southwest Middle High Academia Bilingue
Grades 7 & 8 Orientation
Tuesday, August 5 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Grades 9 & 10 Orientation
Tuesday, August 12 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Grades 11 & 12 Orientation
Wednesday, August 13 from 5:00-6:30 pm
Open House
Monday, August 4 from 3:00-5:00 pm
Registration Support
August 4-7 & 11 from 9:30-11:30 am and 1:30-4:00 pm
Union High School
Registration | Orientation
Tuesday, August 5 from 7:00-10:00 am
Thursday, August 7 from 2:00-5:00 pm
Westwood Middle School
Orientation
Thursday, August 14 from 1:00-3:00 pm
Open House
Tuesday, September 16 from 4:00-6:00 pm
Zoo School
Open House
Tuesday, August 12 from 6:00-7:00 pm