North Star ready to start new year

Here is the pre-school information for North Star Schools:

School Year 2015-2016

School will begin Tuesday, Aug. 25. The school day runs from 8:05 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Buses will run on their usual routes.

Student registration

Students who have moved into the district can enroll at the office in Rudyard Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 19 and 20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring a copy of the student’s immunization record and birth certificate as well as the name/address/phone number of the previous school attended.

Students who live out of district who desire to attend North Star School need to contact the office at 355-4481 to obtain an out of district consideration form.

Immunizations

Students entering seventh grade must receive a dose of Tdap/Td booster vaccine prior to the start of school.

Effective Oct. 1,  students in grades K-12 need to be vaccinated against varicella disease — chickenpox— documentation from a physician can be accepted in lieu of the vaccine.

Students in grades 7-12 will also be required to have one dose of pertussis — whooping cough — containing vaccine. Talk to your family physician or local health department at 265-5481 if you have questions.

School pictures will be taken Sept. 1 by Helmbrecht Photography beginning at the elementary at 7:30 a.m. and then move to the junior high and high school in Rudyard later that morning

Activity passes

Activity season passes are on sale: Family, $250; adult, $125; and student $25. Students in grades 5-12 who participate in football, volleyball, basketball or track are required to purchase an activity pass.

If a family pass is purchased a separate student pass is not required. This price covers all North Star athletic regular season competitions. It excludes but is not limited to the following: Volleyball Showcase Tournament, all junior high and high school tournament games, and high school football playoff games. Family passes do not include college-age children.

Breakfast and lunch

Student prices: Breakfast, $1.45 per meal; lunch $2.45 per meal; and extra milk 50 cents.

Students must prepay for meals or pay the day of service. The district participates in the free and reduced-price school meals, applications were mailed home.

Sports and sports physicals

Students in grades 5-12 who plan on participating in any sport will need to complete the MHSA physical form and pass the physical prior to beginning practice.

High school practices were set to begin today with football players starting practice at 7 a.m., in Rudyard, and volleyball players starting practice in Gildford at 8 a.m.

Junior high volleyball practice begins at 8 a.m. Monday in Rudyard while junior high football players begin practice Wednesday

High school volleyball play opens Friday, Aug. 28, in Rudyard vs. Sunburst at 6 p.m., while Saturday, Aug. 29, at Chester/Joplin-Inverness beginning at 9 a.m. Junior high football kicks off Friday, Aug. 28, in Big Sandy at 4 p.m.

Bus routes and schedule

The bus departs at 7:30 a.m. from Rudyard for the elementary school in Gildford. The bus departs Sandy Creek at 7 a.m., departs Kremlin at 7:20, departs at 7:35 a.m. from Gildford, and departs at 7:45 a.m. from Hingham for the junior high and high school in Rudyard and the elementary in Gildford. Respective north and south bus routes run to meet up with buses in Rudyard, Hingham and Gildford.

Bad weather or

school emergencies:

During bad weather or other school emergencies, school closure or delays will be announced on the Havre radio stations — 610 KOJM-AM and KPQX-FM 92.5.