In Marion County , with new students and new schedules this year, officials say parents may wish to visit their child’s school during orientation sessions.
These events give parents and students the opportunity to become accustomed to their new or returning school outside normal class hours. They also offer advance notice of class schedules, bus routes and stop times, extra-curricular activities, and other school-related opportunities.
Here’s a listing of orientation dates and times by school. New students, especially kindergarten-aged children, may register for school now.
ELEMENTARY
Anthony Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Belleview Aug. 17 11:30AM-1PM
Belleview-Santos Aug. 17 8:30AM-10AM
College Park PreK & K Aug. 15 6PM-7PM
Grades 1-5 Aug. 16 6PM-7PM
Dr. N. H. Jones Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Dunnellon Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
East Marion Aug. 17 8:30AM-10AM
Eighth Street Aug. 17 10:30AM-Noon
Emerald Shores
Kindergarten Aug. 17 10AM
Grades 1-5 Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Evergreen Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Fessenden Aug. 17 10AM-Noon
Greenway Kindergarten Aug. 17 11AM-12:30PM
Grades 1-5 Aug. 17 11:30AM-12:30PM
Hammett Bowen Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Harbour View Aug. 17 12PM-1PM
Madison Street Academy Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Maplewood Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Marion Charter Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Marion Oaks Aug. 17 2PM-3PM
McIntosh Area School Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Oakcrest PK-K Aug. 14 5:30PM-7PM
Grades 1-5 Aug. 16 8AM-10AM
Ocala Springs Aug. 17 1PM-2:45PM
Reddick-Collier Aug. 17 1PM-3PM
Romeo Aug. 17 10AM-Noon
Saddlewood Aug. 17 1PM-3PM
Shady Hill New students Aug. 17 10:30AM-11AM
Others Aug. 17 11AM-1PM
South Ocala Aug. 17 11AM-1PM
@ Howard Acad. Aug. 17 11AM-1PM
Sparr Aug. 17 10:30AM-11:30AM
Stanton-Weirsdale Aug. 17 9:30AM-11AM
Sunrise Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Ward Highlands Aug. 17 1PM
Wyomina Park Aug. 17 8AM-9:30AM
COMBINATION
Fort McCoy Aug. 17 9:30-11:00AM
Hillcrest School
New students Aug. 17 1PM
Others Aug. 17 2:30PM
Horizon Academy at Marion Oaks
Aug. 17 10AM-Noon & 2PM-4:30PM
MIDDLE
Belleview 6th graders Aug. 17 10AM-11:30AM
Dunnellon Aug. 16 5PM-7PM
Fort King Aug. 17 2PM
Howard Aug. 17 11AM-1PM
Lake Weir Aug. 16 4PM-6PM
Liberty Aug. 17 Noon-1:30PM
North Marion Aug. 17 1PM-2:30PM
Osceola 6th graders Aug. 17 9AM-10:30AM
New 7th & 8th graders Aug. 17 9:15AM
HIGH
Belleview
10th – 12th graders Aug. 15 6PM
9th graders Aug. 16 6PM
Dunnellon Aug. 16 5PM-7PM
Forest Aug. 16 3PM-5PM
Lake Weir Aug. 16 10AM-11:30AM
MTI Aug. 16 5:30PM
North Marion Aug. 16 3PM-4PM
Vanguard new students
& 9th graders Aug. 16 5PM
West Port new students Aug. 18 9:30AM-11AM
9th grade preview Aug. 9 8:30AM-2:30PM
(call 291-4000 to sign up)
Schools also hold open houses in the weeks following the first day of school. For more information, contact each school directly. (Information in this story is from a Marion County schools news release.)