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First day for 2025-26 is Monday, August 18, 2025

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  • New families or new students: Make sure your children are fully enrolled prior to the first day of school.
  • Returning students:  Families must review and update their family Parent Portal prior to the start of the first day of school to ensure that your household and student information is up-to-date and correct. (Instructions available at www.ucityschools.org/Enroll.)
     
  • Immunizations:  All families are to make sure children’s required immunizations are up-to-date. You can find state public school vaccine standards and other information at www.ucityschools.org/Immunizations. If you have any questions, contact Lead Nurse Pat Wilson at pwilson@ucityschools.org.
     
  • School Supplies: Click here to check your child’s school supply list.
     
  • Kindergarten families: Make sure your child attends the Jump Start to Kindergarten orientation program scheduled for July 29 - 31, 2025 at his or her elementary school. The half-day program includes fun activities to acclimate your child to the school setting. More details and registration link are available at www.ucityschools.org/JumpStart.
     
  • Students entering ninth grade:  Make sure to attend your half-day orientation. Meet the principal, school dean, staff and teachers; socialize; get a tour of the building; and more.
     
  • ALL families: Keep an eye out for emails from your principals and Superintendent Sharonica Hardin-Bartley regarding individual special events, especially prior to the start of the first day of school.