8 Aug = 7th & 8th Grade Registration and Pictures, 9:00am - 3:00pm

10 Aug = 6th Grade Registration and Pictures, 9:00am - 3:00pm

28 Aug = Open House 4:00pm - 6:00pm

30 Aug = FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

19 Sept = Picture retakes (done right away when school starts)

5 Oct, 6 Oct, 10 Oct = Fall parent teacher conferences

• Make sure to go to myschoolbucks to purchase any chromebook insurance, chromebook case, and activity passes (for High School games). Athletics fees can be paid through myschoolbucks as well. This should be done prior to showing up at registration.
• Go to Schroeder website and print out the appropriate papers to hand in at the school during registration. Papers would be: concussion, physical.
  
• The first stop will be in the large gym. This is where your student will pick up their schedule, take their picture, and purchase a gym uniform if needed.
• Drop off filled out papers in the appropriate box outside the office.
• If you purchased athletic passes or chromebook case, please stop by the office to pick them up.
• Enjoy walking around the school with your student and help them find their classes, and locker. We always recommend practicing the locker combination.

School pictures will be taken during Registration, Aug 8 and Aug 10.

Below you will see the Caulfield Studios picture packet (they will have these at registration as well). If your student is not able to attend the date of their grade's registration, they may come to the other registration date. If neither one of these dates work, your student will have to take pictures on the picture retake day.

Picture retake day is Tuesday, Sept. 19th. Retakes will start at the beginning of the school day.

Everything is available to pay online through MYSCHOOLBUCKS: sports, chromebook insurance, chromebook cases, athletic passes, etc. The picture below shows you how to get started if you do not already have an account set up. Just click on the picture below to be directed to the site to start.

*Please pay for what you need prior to coming to registration to help the process go smoothly*

There will be a brief Meet the Coaches meeting immediately following Open House for our Block 1 Athletics including 7th and 8th Grade Girl's Softball, Boy's Soccer and Football

Meet in the Large Gym at the conclusion of Open House at 6:00pm.

PLEASE REVIEW THESE POLICIES WITH YOUR STUDENTS

Cell Phone, Backpack, Food, Personal Appearance, and Medications.

In an effort to decrease distraction and increase student learning and personal connectivity, all Grand Forks Public secondary schools will restrict student cell phone use. This includes add-on devices such as ear buds, smartwatches (notifications must be turned off), and other related devices.

Middle School students who choose to bring their cell phones to school will:

• Leave their cell phones with their advisory teacher at the beginning of each school day.
• Advisory teachers will secure student phones in locked storage containers until the end of the school day when students will be dismissed in time to retrieve their devices.
• No cell phones will be allowed in classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, or locker rooms.
• Each school office will communicate a procedure for students who leave school early for appointments, competitions, family related events, etc.

Each 6-12 student will be issued a Chromebook which will provide educational access to the district’s online resources deeming cell phone access unnecessary. Each school’s office staff will happily get a message to your student during the day if necessary. Students will also be allowed to use the office phone to make important calls during the day.

Middle School Consequences

• First Offense: the phone is taken to the office and released to the student at the end of the day; parent / guardian notification. Expectations reinforced with the student.
• Second Offense: the phone is taken to the office; parent / guardian picks it up in the office. Student serves detention.
• Third Offense: the phone is taken to the office, parent/guardian picks it up. Student serves detention and their phone must be turned in to the office daily at the beginning of the day for the remainder of the semester.

Middle and high school students who do not comply or refuse to turn over their phone may be subject to additional consequences which may include but are not limited to detention, in-school suspension, and/or suspension.

In an effort to promote organization skills and increase safety in the building, students will be required to keep their backpacks in their lockers during the school day. Students will be allowed to access their locker throughout the school day to pick up and put away materials for their classes. Teachers on each team will support students’ efforts to come to each class prepared. After arriving in the morning, students should report to the commons area, library, or small gym and not access their locker until 8:30 AM.

After 8:30 AM, they will need to leave their backpacks in their lockers until the end of the school day.

• Students must wear shoes at all times.

• Hats, caps, hoods, non-religious head coverings, and heavy jackets are not to be worn in school.

• Clothing containing derogatory sayings; depicting hate speech or targeting specific

• Shirts/tops should be long enough and non-transparent so no skin nor undergarments are showing. Students should be covered at the neckline and midriff. Bottoms should be as long as mid-thigh with no undergarments showing.

• Students wearing inappropriate attire will be instructed to change, and parent(s)/ guardian(s) will be contacted.

Please remember that ALL medication that is to be taken at school MUST have a signed doctor's medication form before it can be administered at school.

Please fill out the form and bring it , along with your student's medication to the school office. The form and policy are linked off our website. We must also have over the counter meds such as ibuprofen or aspirin provided from home, along with a signed medication form.

The medication MUST be in the ORIGINAL container and meds must be transported by parent/gaurdians, NOT the student

Students should never keep any kind of medication in their locker.

Please be sure your child has proper immunizations prior to the first day of school. Also, please be sure to contact our school nurse if you student has any health and medical needs including allergies, seizures, medications taken at school, asthma, etc. to insure we have proper information & response plans on file.

Students and their families should become familiar with the information in this student handbook.

Some important sections for you to look over include:

- The full attendance policy and list of excused absences
- Use of school lockers
- Our behavioral expectations
- Athletic eligibility
- Our daily schedule, intramural and athletics info, our character education/Every1Matters school-wide positive behaviors information and MORE!

Please read the FERPA Form very carefully as we have had parents/guardians check something they did not actually want to.

Option A is the big one to read because if you mark this then your student will not be able to be in the yearbook.

**REMINDER** 7th & 8th graders MUST have current concussion and physical forms before a student can participate.

7th & 8th Grade Offerings:

Boys Soccer Aug 21-Oct 6- 7th and 8th combined teams

Football Aug 21-Oct 13- Grade level teams

Girls Softball Aug 21-Oct 13- 7th and 8th mixed teams

Sign up and pay through MySchoolBucks

Game schedules are created after the season starts.

6th Grade Intramural Offerings

All Schroeder intramural sports are co-ed.

Each session has approximately 12 sessions.

When the calendar of sessions is published, registration will open on MySchoolBucks.

No physical is needed, just a signed concussion form.

Fall Soccer and Flag Football

Starts after Labor Day.

Sign up for one or both. Outdoor.

*Athletics Activity Scheduler*

Get the rSchool (activity scheduler) app. Information below. Choose Schroeder as your team. All game schedules will be posted & updated there.