KSD Hosting Back-to-School Events
/Kearney School District’s 2021-2022 academic year starts on Tuesday, Aug. 24. KSD is hosting a series of events in the next month to help students and families hit the ground running when classes begin.
KEARNEY EARLY EDUCATION CENTER
Puppy Pound Open House – 2 to 3:30 p.m., Aug. 13
Forest Friends Open House – 4 to 6 p.m., Aug. 19
Acorn Patch Open House – 4 to 6 p.m., Aug. 26
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (Dogwood Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary, Kearney Elementary, LENS and Southview Elementary)
Kindergarten Orientation – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Aug. 5
Open Houses – 5 to 6:30 p.m., Aug. 19
KEARNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
6th Grade Transition and Schedule Pickup – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 10
7th Grade Schedule Pickup – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 11
Open House – 6 to 7:30 p.m., Aug. 19
KEARNEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
8th Grade Transition – 8 to 11 a.m., Aug. 12
9th Grade Schedule Pickup – 12 to 3 p.m., Aug. 12
Open House – 6 to 7:30 p.m., Aug. 19
KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL
12th Grade Schedule Pickup – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 9
11th Grade Schedule Pickup – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 10
10th Grade Orientation/Schedule Pickup – 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Aug. 11
Orientation/Schedule Pickup Make-Up Date – 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 11
Open House – 6:30 to 8 p.m., Aug. 19
These dates and other important back-to-school information and resources are available and being updated online at www.ksdr1.net/back-to-school. Those resources include information about KSD’s annual Back-to-School Resource Fair, Kindergarten Orientation events and supply lists.
To learn more about how to enroll a child in KSD, visit the Enrollment Center webpage at www.ksdr1.net/departments/enrollment-center, call District Registrar Carmen Berry at (816) 628-3187 or email her atberryc@ksdr1.net. The center is in the KSD Administrative Office, which is located at 150 W. State Route 92 in Kearney, Mo.
KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story