Katahdin Elementary and Middle/High school and Southern Aroostook Community School will open the new school year on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016.
This opening day will include students in grades K-7 and grade 9 at the Katahdin schools and students in grades 1-9 at Southern Aroostook School, plus 12th grade students attending Region II vocational classes.
Students attending Region II vocational classes, should call their high school office with schedule questions or concerns.
For additional information, please call 365-4218 or 757-8206 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The first student day for grades 8, 10, 11, 12 will be on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Katahdin and for grades 10-12 at Southern Aroostook. The Katahdin Elementary developmental kindergarten students will have a visitation day on Sept. 12 at 9 a.m. and begin on Sept. 13; pre-K students will have visitation on Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. and begin on Sept. 13.
Kindergarten students at Southern Aroostook School will be starting on Wednesday, Sept. 7, and pre-K students Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Parents of pre-K students in Southern Aroostook will be receiving a telephone call regarding date and time for Link Up Day activities.
Faculty and staff will return on Wednesday, Aug. 31 (teachers and ed. techs. will attend a special presentation in Houlton) and Thursday, Sept. 1 for two in-service workshop days.
Teaching staff new to the RSU will also meet at Southern Aroostook School for an in-service day on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
There will be registration for new students on Aug. 23 and Aug. 24 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Katahdin Schools and at Southern Aroostook Community School. If you wish to schedule an appointment, please call 365-4218 or 757-8206.
Bus pick-up times will be approximately the same as last year. Parents are asked to have their children ready a few minutes early the first few days, between 6:50 a.m. and 7 a.m., and plan to have them board the bus that stops at their house (not necessarily the bus they rode last year).
Student dismissal will be at 2:20 p.m. for all schools in Regional School Unit 50.
The RSU 50 food service program will offer breakfast and lunch with the following prices: Full price lunches will be $2.05 for students in K-5, $2.15 for students in grades 6-8 and $2.30 for students in grades 9-12.
Full price for school breakfast: pre-K-6 is $0.50 and grades 7-12 is $1.
Lunches will include a choice of milk and extra milk is priced at 30 cents each. Adult meal prices are breakfast, $1.25; and lunch, $4.75.
Also, applications are made available for families to determine their eligibility for free and/or reduced meals.
The RSU 50 schools have again received a federal grant to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for elementary students outside of the usual breakfast and lunch programs.
These items will be offered at varying times on a rotating schedule.
