With students and parents in our area preparing for school to start tomorrow, there have been several questions raised about this year’s bell schedule at Tyrone.
Information was mailed out earlier this year, but with school right around the corner, district officials want to remind parents and students of the changes this year.
Scheduling at the elementary, middle and high school has been rearranged, and while not drastic, it does add an additional 15 minutes onto the instructional day and incorporate clubs and organizations into the official school day.
At the high school, the first bell will sound at 8:02 a.m., at which time students will be required to report to first period. This is one of the major changes at the high school. The 50 minute combined homeroom and first period, from 8:10 to 9 a.m., will save time as students will immediately being first period following any important “homeroom” issues.
Second period will be held from 9:03 to 9:49 a.m. and third period from 9:52 to 10:38 a.m.
There will be three lunch schedules at the school this year with students eating “A Lunch” from 10:41 to 11:11 a.m. followed by period 4 from 11:14 a.m. to noon and period 5 from 12:03 to 12:49 p.m. Those eating “B Lunch” will go to fourth period from 10:41 to 11:27 a.m., followed by lunch from 11:30 a.m. to noon and fifth period from 12:03 to 12:49 p.m. Finally, those eating “C Lunch” will attend fourth period from 10:41 to 11:27 a.m., fifth period from 11:30 a.m. to 12:16 p.m. and eat lunch from 12:19 to 12:49 p.m.
Everyone will attend sixth period from 12:52 to 1:38 p.m. and seventh period from 1:41 to 2:27 p.m.
The other major change at the high school level this year is the addition of a 35 minute advisory period at the end of the day, from 2:30 to 3:05 p.m.
This period will be used for students involved in school organizations and clubs.
The bus bell will be at 3:05 p.m. with all other bells at 3:10 p.m.
With fifth through eighth grade now at the new middle school, there will also be some changes with this year’s middle school schedule.
The middle school warning bell will sound at 8:05 a.m. with students reporting to homeroom and first period from 8:10 to 9 a.m.
The middle school will follow a similar schedule as the high school, with homeroom/first period, second, third and seventh periods all the same. Times will differ when it comes to the cafeteria schedules. Each grade will eat separately, at a designated time. Fourth, fifth and sixth period will then revolve around the lunch schedule.
Fifth grade will eat during “A Lunch” from 10:41 to 11:11 a.m. Seventh grade will eat “B Lunch” from 11:30 a.m. to noon and eighth grade will eat “C Lunch” from 12:19 to 12:49 p.m. Sixth grade students will be divided with the black team eating “A Lunch” and the orange team eating “B Lunch”.
The middle school will also have two separate dismissal times. Fifth and sixth graders will attend eighth period beginning at 2:30 p.m. with dismissal at 2:55 p.m.
Seventh and eighth graders will remain in eighth period until 3 p.m. when bus students will be dismissed and finally, all others at 3:05 p.m.
At the elementary school, students are required to be present before the tardy bell at 8:10 a.m. Breakfast in the cafeteria will be served each morning from 7:45 to 8 a.m. and Grab-n-Go breakfast will be available from 8 to 8:10 a.m.
Students will eat lunch at a designated time between 10:55 a.m. and 1:05 p.m.
The dismissal bell will ring at 3 p.m. and students will be dismissed from 3 to 3:25 p.m.
K-4 a.m. session dismissal will be at 11:30 a.m. and p.m. arrived is scheduled for noon.
Parents transporting their children to school are reminded that they should not arrive prior to 7:50 a.m.
All changes and updates to the school district’s schedule were approved earlier this year at the March board meeting.
