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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)