Mark These School Opening Dates and Parent Nights

Most Niles schools are opening this week, with excited--or apprehensive--students packing their new notebooks into their backpacks and meeting this year's teacher.

Take note of each school's Parent Night, since they always seem to sneak up on you. This is a key time to meet the teacher, principal and staff, find out what opportunities your child has, volunteer or sign up for the PTO or other parent organizations.

District 63 has new starting and ending times for the school day, which vary by school. Please take note of them.

East Maine School District 63

• School starts this today, Tuesday, with morning kindergarten orientation from 10 to 11 a.m. and afternoon kindergarten orientation from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. For grades 1 to 6, school will be held from 12:55 to 3:40 p.m. All students will gather around the flagpole at 2:15 p.m. to formally kick off the school year. New school hours: 9:10 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Open House is Thursday, Sept. 1, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• : School starts today, Tuesday. Morning kindergarten is from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Afternoon kindergarten is from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and grades 1 to 6 attend from 12:15 to 3 p.m. Open House is Thursday, Aug. 25 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• : School starts today, Tuesday. 11:30 a.m.: Students can enter the building. 11:40 a.m.: Classes start. 2:28 p.m.: Classes are dismissed. New school hours: 7:40 a.m. to 2:28 p.m. Open House is Sept. 22 at 6 p.m.

Park Ridge-Niles Elementary District 64

School started Monday, and Parent Nights are coming up. Superintendent Philip Bender said in a statement: “Parents will have an opportunity to preview the curriculum with teachers, and learn about expectations for homework and other classroom routines.”

The district will also give parents receive a Learner Objective booklet for the new grade level that details the educational program, along with other school announcements. 

• Carpenter School – September 1 from 6:00 to 8:15 p.m.
• Field School – grades K, 1 and 5 on August 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. and grades 2-4 on August 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
• Franklin School – August 30 at p.m.
• Roosevelt School – at 6 p.m., grades K-2 on September 13 and grades 3-5 on September 15
• Washington School – September 8 at 6:30 p.m.
• – August 31 at 6:30 p.m. grade 6 and 7 p.m. grades 7-8
• Lincoln Middle School – September 1 at 7 p.m.
• - Aug. 25 at 1 p.m.

Niles Elementary School District 71 

• . Kindergarten orientation, today at 5:30 p.m. School for grades 1-8 starts Wednesday, 8:25 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, first full day for grades 1-8. Friday, first full day for kindergarten students, and welcome back barbecue, 5 p.m. Curriculum night, Thursday Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. 

St. John Brebeuf

• First day of classes, Wednesday until noon. Kindergarten open house, Wednesday 8:20 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.