Unless your child goes to a balanced calendar school, public school children in East Central Illinois have about a month until before the first bell of the new school rings (between Aug. 16-Aug. 22). Don’t remember when that is? Check out our guide! This is the second installment of our back-to-school guide for 2012-13
Here’s something to know about first days this year. Many school districts (including Champaign) will have full days of school on the first day, shirking past tradition of children attending for only a couple of hours. In fact, earlier this month Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill that requires the first and last days of school to be no shorter than five hours. It will be implemented on the close of the 2012-13 school year, but some districts already have made the change for this year.
It won't be long now until the first day of school. Photo by dprevite on flickr
If your children who are ready for preschool, don’t forget to check out our 2012 Champaign-Urbana area preschool guide as some may still have room for the fall.
SCHOOL START DATES:
Champaign Unit 4 Schools (balanced calendar, Kenwood and Barkstall Elementaries):
Tuesday, July 24; first full day for grades 1-5. Kindergarten: Half of the class will attend Wednesday, July 25; the other half will attend Thursday, July 26.
Champaign Unit 4 Schools (regular calendar):
Wednesday, Aug. 22: Grades 1-12 first full day. Kindergarten: Half of the class will attend Thursday, Aug. 23; the other half will attend Friday, Aug. 24. Parents will be informed which date their child will attend at registration Aug. 9.
Fisher CUSD 1
The first day of school for Fisher Grade, Junior High and High School students is Aug. 16, from 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. From Aug. 17 to 24, school hours TBD, with regular school hours of 8:15 a.m. to 3:03 p.m. beginning Monday, Aug. 27.
Heritage CUSD 8
Students will attend for one hour on Aug. 22, beginning at 8:10 a.m. at the elementary and junior high schools and 8:15 a.m. at the high school. The first full day of class will be Aug. 23.
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD #3
Friday, Aug. 17: half day for all students; Monday, Aug. 20: first full day. Here is a calendar for back-to-school nights and open houses.
Monticello
Tuesday, Aug. 21: first day for all K-12 students. Dismissal on this day will be as follows: White Heath- 11:00 a.m.; Washington/Monticello High School - 11:10 a.m.; Lincoln, 11:15 a.m., and Monticello Middle School, 11:20 a.m.
The first day of student attendance is Aug. 20. Dismissals: Elem – 2:20 p.m.; high school – 2:25 p.m.; junior high – 2:30 p.m.
The first day of classes is Friday, Aug. 17.
Tuesday, Aug. 21, is the first day of class and will be a full day.
Rantoul Township High School 193
Tuesday, Aug. 21, is the first day of class and will be a full day.
St. Joseph CCSD 169
School starts Friday, Aug. 17, with a partial day. Grade school students will attend from 8:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.; middle school students from 8:05 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. Aug. 20 is the first full day of school. Grade school students will attend from 8:15 a.m.to 3:05 p.m. and middle school students from 8:05 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.
St. Joseph-Ogden High School 305
Friday, Aug. 17 is the first day for students, with an early dismissal at 10 a.m.
Thomasboro Grade School
July 24 is the student’s first day of school.
Unit 7 Schools
The first day of student attendance is Wednesday, Aug. 22.
Urbana School District 116
Monday, Aug. 20 is the first day of student attendance for grades 1-9. Tuesday, Aug. 21 is the first day for grades 10-12 and Washington Early Childhood. Kindergarten: Half of the class will attend Monday, Aug. 20 the other half will attend Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Villa Grove
Thursday, Aug. 16 is the first day of school for all students except early childhood; early dismissal at 10:30 a.m. All in attendance on Aug. 17.
Wow–this was the first place I had heard about the full day of school on the first day. Thanks for the tip!
Actually, the new law doesn’t go into effect until 6/30/13, so it looks like Unit 4, at least, may still finish with a short day at the end of the school year, even if they’re doing a full-length first day.
Yes, I noted that above that the law doesn’t start until 2013. According to the Champaign Unit 4 calendar, it will have regular days on the first and last day this (2012-2013) school year.