Let’s Go! The 2007-08 school year begins on Monday, August 13, and Memphis City Schools is ready to welcome students and parents to another exciting, success-filled year. Memphis City Schools is making it easy for parents. Early registration for the 2007-08 school year will take place on Thursday, August 2. Regular registration is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7.

The first day of school, Monday, August 13, will be a full day for students in grades 1-12. Kindergartners will attend school on a staggered schedule between August 13 and 17, and their first full day will be Monday, August 20. The Pre-K school year will begin with staggered entry August 24-25. The first full day of Pre-K classes will be Tuesday, August 28. Parents with students at the Pre-K level will enjoy expanded opportunities to strengthen their children’s educational foundation with the addition of 45 new Pre-K classrooms in the district this year.

Good health is an important element to academic performance, and the district has provided parents with a complete checklist for immunizations and a thorough listing of local clinics where students can be taken to receive the necessary immunizations for registration.

Parents will benefit from new additions to the district’s EDULOG transportation Web service. The service provided by the MCS Transportation Department will be available by August 1st. It will allow parents to easily find out what their child’s assigned school is, if they qualify for regular bus transportation and, for those who qualify, where the bus will pick them up.

Memphis City Schools will continue to require students to follow its uniform policy this year, and, just in time for back-to-school shopping, parents can take advantage of State Tax Holiday August 3-5, which will apply to uniforms, shoes and other school supplies.

The district is celebrating the opening of its new Health Career Academy this school year. Located on the South Side campus, this new small high school has a health sciences focus and offer students the unique opportunity to gain professional certification of one of a wide variety of health-related fields while earning a high school diploma.

The safety and well-being of students and school environments is a top priority for Memphis City Schools. The district's Student Code of Conduct is designed with positive behavior intervention and support strategies that help ensure all schools and students are safe for the important work of learning.

Excitement for the new school year is peaking, and everyone at Memphis City Schools is looking forward to an outstanding year filled with stories of success and achievement on all levels.

For complete details about all of the above items and more, click on the links listed in the blue menu box at the left of the page. For further information, contact the Memphis City Schools Office of Communications, Marketing and Development at 416-5628.

Need more information? Click the links on the left to learn all about the 2007-2008 school year. Visit the websites of individual schools for school supply lists, search our site, or visit our site index.