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Jun 3 2025

Dear Comet Students, Parents, and Guardians:

We’re excited to welcome you back for the 2025-2026 school year. This message contains important information for you to reference while we're gone for summer break, as well as for the first days and beyond. Always check our school website for any information you might need.

Online Check In: All new and returning families need to complete Online Check In from July 14th-August 7th. The district will send more information about this. Your student will not have early access to their schedule unless a guardian within the primary household completes this important process.

Schedules: If you have received approval on your Online Check In application, student schedules will be available to view and print through the Infinite Campus (IC) Portal on Friday, August 1st. (Prior to the first day of school, you will have to access the schedule as follows: LOGIN TO IC PARENT PORTAL > Click MORE > Click ADAMS 12 TOOLS > Click IC STUDENT SCHEDULE)

First Day of School:

6^th graders: Monday, August 11th 8:40-11:50- Use the blacktop entrance (by the basketball hoops)
7^th graders: Tuesday, August 12th- Use the library entrance (near the bus loop)
8^th graders: Tuesday, August 12th- Use the main entrance

*All students in grades 6-8 will begin attending on August 12th. Students should bring everything they need for classes, including Chromebooks, as we will begin learning right away.

Back-to-School Night Open House Monday, August 11th 4:00-6:30-
This will be an open-house format, so feel free to come when convenient for your family. You’ll have the opportunity to walk around the school, attend club rush and access lockers, making it a great time to put school supplies in them. This event is open to all students and their families; however, please refrain from bringing pets unless they are service animals. Please note, parking is limited so consider coming early. Walking if possible is also a great option!

Sports: Registration for 6/7/8 coed cross country and 7/8 girls soccer will be starting right away in the fall so schedule your child's physical over the summer.

Other Important Information:

School Pictures: August 15th in the morning.
Parent-Teachers Conferences: Monday, September 29th 4:00-7:30 PM and Tuesday, September 30th from 4:30-7:30 PM.
Bell Schedule: Doors open at 8:32 a.m., and students are dismissed at 3:50 p.m. Please make sure your student is on time every day!
Supply Lists & Chromebooks: Students should bring their charged district issued device and charger every day. Students new to the district will receive a Chromebook. This link will take you to our supply list.
Dress Code Highlights: Hats are permitted, but students cannot wear hoodies with the hood up. Inappropriately sheer, tight, short, or low-cut clothing that bares or exposes traditionally private parts of the body, including but not limited to, the stomach, buttocks, upper thigh, back and breasts is prohibited.
IDs: Students will be issued an ID that will also be used as their bus pass if they qualify for transportation. We ask that students have their ID on them every day.
Cell phones: are not allowed in classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, or locker rooms and must be stored silenced and out of sight (preferably in a locker). Cell phones may only be used before and after school (not during lunch). Students can use a school phone to make emergency calls. Parents/guardians needing to contact their student during the school day should NOT text them and instead call the office to have a message delivered.
Lockers & Backpacks: Students will be issued a hallway locker with a built-in lock. Students enrolled in PE will be issued a locker and lock..Backpacks are not allowed in classrooms or the lunchroom.
Grading: All Adams 12 middle schools are continuing A-F grading this year.
Traffic: The loop furthest south is for parent/guardian pick up/drop off and parking. The northernmost loop is for buses only and the parking lot by the flagpole is for staff only (you could be trapped by the buses if you park here)! Please do not drop off students before 8:20 for breakfast. Students must leave campus by 4:05 p.m.unless they are participating in a school-sponsored activity. Here is a map of our parking lot. Here is a helpful video of our drop off lane.Please do not park in any marked handicapped space or across the street in the apartments. We also ask, for the safety of our students, that you do not pick/drop off students in the driving lanes of Lafayette St.
Meals: Free breakfast (at 8:20) and lunch are available daily. It is important for families who qualify to apply for Free and Reduced Benefits to make sure that additional benefits can be accessed (here is the link).
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