by Cori Hilsgen
news@thenewsleaders.com
Area schools are busy preparing for the 2016-17 school year with many back-to-school conferences, open houses, meetings and more.
Kennedy Community School will host goal-setting conferences from 4-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, and from 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, instead of a traditional open house. The conferences were designed to give parents a chance to get to know their children’s teachers and set academic, behavior and social goals together. Families should have received a letter with the child’s homeroom teacher and an assigned conference time the week of Aug. 15. Students start school Sept. 7. For more information, call 320-363-7791.
All Saints Academy held their packet picnic Aug. 25 at Millstream Park. Students start school Tuesday, Aug. 30. For more information, call 320-363-7505, ext. 150.
Apollo High School will hold an open house from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. Students will start school Sept. 6. For more information, call 320-253-1600.
Cathedral High School students had a back-to-school picnic Aug. 25. New students start school Monday, Aug. 29, and all other students start Tuesday, Aug. 30. For more information, call 320-251-3421.
St. John’s Prep School orientation began Aug. 19, and the first day of school was Aug. 24. For more information, call 320-363-3315.
