Ozark County schools set registration dates, share first-day information

The start of the 2021-22 school year is just around the corner, and Ozark County school districts have announced their registration and start-of-school activities and schedules.

Bakersfield

New student registration is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Aug. 10-12. New students may come at anytime, but they can also call the school to make an appointment for a specific time. New students will be contacted by bus drivers after Aug. 17 with their pickup and drop-off times.

Bakersfield’s open house “will be a bit modified this year,” said superintendent Dr. Amy Britt. All new students may come between 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. In addition, all kindergarteners and sixth graders may also attend open house because they are new to the building they will be attending, Britt said. Returning sixth through 12th grade students may pick up their schedules in the front of the high school office between 3 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19.

School starts Tuesday, Aug. 24, with a full day of classes, 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Bakersfield’s school supply lists for students in preschool through eighth grade are posted in the live feed comments on the district’s website: https://www.bakersfield.k12.mo.us.

Dora

New student registration is from 8 am. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 16-17. This is for new students to the district only. 

Open house will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. This event is open to all students and their parents. At open house, they can meet their teachers, get information about bus routes, get their schedules & lockers (middle & high school). 

School starts Monday, Aug. 23, with a full day of classes, from 7:50 a.m. until 3:16 p.m. 

All school supplies will be provided for Dora students. Free clothing, shoes, backpacks, hygiene kits, haircuts and more will be offered at the annual Dora Back to School Fair to be held from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, Aug. 7, in the Dora School cafeteria. 

For more information, parents and guardians may call the school at 417-261-2337. The school calendar and other information are available on the district’s website, Dora.org, and its Facebook page (search for Dora R-III School District).

Gainesville

Registration for returning middle and high school students will be Tuesday, Aug. 10, according to this schedule: seventh and eighth grades from 8 until 10 a.m.; ninth and 10th grades from 10 a.m. until noon; and 11th and 12th grades from noon until 3 p.m.

Registration for new students to the district will be from 9 a.m. until noon Wednesday, Aug. 11. 

Student information can be updated, and schedules will be available at registration. Siblings are encouraged to attend together. 

Returning elementary students will be sent home with paperwork to update information on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 23.

Open house will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19.

School supplies will be provided for all Gainesville students this year, thanks to donations from “individuals, the health department and area churches,” the district’s Facebook page announced. Parents are asked to provide backpacks and water bottles. Students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten will also need rest mats.

For more information, call the high school and junior high at 417-679-4200, or the elementary school at 417-679-4416.

Lutie

Registration for all students will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, and from noon until 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Students in any grades may register at any time.

All school supplies will be furnished to Lutie students.

The first day of school will be Tuesday, Aug. 24. All buses will run, and the school day will start at 7:50 a.m. and end at 3:40 p.m. 

For information, call the school at 417-273-4274.

Thornfield

New student registration is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9. To register, new students need to bring a birth certificate, Social Security number, immunization record and proof of residency. 

Open house will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. Parents will be notified of bus route times by that day also. 

School starts Monday, Aug. 23, with a full day of classes.

Students only need to bring PE shoes, a water bottle and a backpack for school. All other supplies will be provided by the school. 

For more information, call administrator Melissa Campbell at 417-265-3212 or 417-543-0479. The school office was closed Monday-Wednesday this week so the hallways could be waxed.