by Dave DeMars
news@thenewsleaders.com
The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District is getting organized for another school year with a variety of meetings to welcome students and parents back to school.
Open houses will be held in all schools on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Schools have different times, and some activities and some registrations were held earlier. If you missed those dates, call the school for additional information. More details can also be found at the district’s website at www.isd47.org.
Mississippi Heights Elementary School will hold an open house from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 to meet teachers, see classrooms and bring in school supplies to put away. (New family orientation was held Aug. 24. Kindergarten bus orientation was held Aug. 11.) Phone: 320-252-0122
Pleasantview Elementary School will hold an open house from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 to meet teachers, see classrooms and bring in school supplies to put away. (New family orientation was held Aug. 24. Kindergarten bus orientation was held Aug. 11.) Phone: 320-253-0506
Rice Elementary School will hold an open house for students from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Kindergarten bus orientation was held Aug. 11.) Phone: 320-393-2177
Sauk Rapids Rice Middle School will hold an open house from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, and parents/guardians and students are invited to attend. (A parent technology meeting with information regarding 1:1 technology, sixth-grade students, and new students in grades 7 and 8, and parents meeting was held Aug. 23. Call if you missed this meeting, would like a middle school tour and/or want to learn more about the coming year or the locker combinations.) Phone: 320-654-9073
Sauk Rapids Rice High School will hold an open house from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. LifeTouch will be set up in the auxiliary gym to take pictures of high school students for their ID and inclusion in the yearbook from 4:30-8 p.m. (A new student orientation was held on Aug. 23 for 9th- through 12th-grade students. Students learned about school policies and activities, toured the school and registered for classes.) If you are new to the Sauk Rapids-Rice District and missed the Aug. 23 registration, go to www.isd47.org/register, and complete the on-line enrollment and registration form. Phone: 320-253-4700
