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Posted August 20, 2024

Skinner Families –  We’re so excited for the upcoming school year! 

If you have any wonderings about the upcoming school year, please review our 24-25 New Family Orientation Slide-deck. 

Please make sure your children arrive at school following Dress Code and Technology Expectations (no bluetooth earbuds allowed).

Wednesday, August 22 at 8:20 am– First Day of School for all students

  • All students will enter/exit at their grade-level entrances:
    • 6th – King Street between 40th and 41st Street
    • 7th – Science Wing by 40th Street/Julian 
    • 8th – Main Entrance 40th Street
  • Schedules will be passed out in front of 7th and 8th grade Entrances –  thank you to our parent volunteers! 
  • 7th/8th grade students will go directly to Period 1 class to get their locker assignments 

*Pick-up/Drop-off: 

  • Supervision will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and will end at 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon.  Breakfast will be available at 8:00 in the cafeteria, with grade-level entrances opening at 8:10 a.m. 
  • Please be aware that traffic can be challenging to navigate – please be patient and keep safety and kindness at the forefront.  

Class Schedules:

*Schedules can be viewed in Student and Portal Portal.  In addition, hard copies of new schedules will be handed out on the first day of school. Students will not be able to get a schedule or attend classes if the registration process is not completed by the first official day of school. Students will be sent to the Main Office and phone calls will be made home in order to get the registration steps completed. 

24-25 Registration – please review Skinner Registration page on Website. 

Schedule Changes: We understand that many students may want or need a schedule change. With close to 700 students, we ask that all schedule changes use this process so that we can ensure effective communication for our Skinner teams.

Next Steps: 

Step 1:  Review the Valid and Invalid reasons to request a schedule change for a student 

Step 2:  Complete Skinner Schedule Change Request Form  – Families wishing to request a change in their students’ schedule need to submit this form by Tuesday, August 27th at 3:20pm for Semester 1. 

Step 3:  Expect an email from a scheduler at Skinner to let you know the status of your request within 3-5 business days. While we try our best to accommodate requests, please note that due to the large number of implications that some changes have, we are not able accommodate every request.

Skinner Fall Athletics

If your child is interested in participating in coed cross country, boys soccer and girls softball for grades 6-8, there will be a mandatory student/parent informational meeting next Monday, August 26 from 3:30-3:50 PM in the school auditorium to meet the coaches, try-out dates, practice days and required equipment in preparation for the season ahead. Try-outs will be scheduled by the coaches, and start on September 3rd. ALL paperwork must be submitted online to Arbitersports no later than 3:00 PM, Friday, August 30th. 

Heat Mitigation

With extreme heat and lack of air conditioning at Skinner, we may experience increased temperatures within the building.  Although we have heat mitigation plans in place, early release due to heat may be a possibility. In the event that we do need to declare an early release Heat Day, we will communicate the decision by 5 p.m. the day prior to the early release through School Messenger email and text communications. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Please review this document for more detailed information. 

CSC: Collaborative School Committee – first Wednesday of every month 4:00-5:30

  • Meets with parents, admin, staff to discuss issues, impacts, and solutions for the school
  • Will need 2 new Parent representatives – please submit interest by filling out this survey by September 13th. 

PTO: Parent/Teacher Organization – first Wednesday of every month 5:30-6:30

  • Fundraising, teacher appreciation, parent volunteers. 
  • Check out Skinner Website PTO for more information. 
  • *First PTO Meeting: Sept 4 5:30-6:30 at Skinner Library