Order your 2019-2020 yearbooks at http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A06115650.

Any student in grades 6, 7, or 8 planning to participate in athletics next fall must have a physical on file before they will be allowed to practice. A physical completed after April 15 is valid for the 2019 – 2020 school. rSchool registration doesn’t open until July 1, but please get your physical completed before the first practice this fall.

Mark Hager

Dean of Students – Century High School

Athletic Director – Horizon Middle School

Sports physicals  Any 7th or 8th grader planning on playing a sport next school year remember you will need a new physical.  Any sports physical completed after April 15, 2019, will count for next year.  Plan ahead beat the rush next fall.  For current 6th graders getting their sports physical be sure to get your immunizations updated at this time.  

Immunizations  Just a reminder that ND requires ALL 7th & 8th graders to have received the meningococcal and Tdap vaccines to be in school.  Students who are not up to date by October 1, will be excluded from school and will this will count as an unexcused absence.  As soon as you get your updated vaccines please bring in a copy to student services.  

6th-grade orientation 8/13/19 from 9:30-3:00

-pick up schedule/lockers

-school pictures will be taken by D'Joyce

-bring updated immunization forms

7th & 8th-grade orientation 8/14/19 from 9:30-3:00

-pick up schedule/lockers

-school pictures will be taken by D'Joyce

-bring updated immunization forms

       7th and new 8th graders 2 new vaccines are required to be in school 

              -Meningococcal

              -Tdap

School Hours 8:10-3:20

Upload ALL activity (sports) paperwork and fees, including physicals through the following website.  We are unable take any hard copy or fees in the office or Student Services. The following site breaks everything down for Horizon and Century. https://century-ar.rschooltoday.com/ 

Lunch payments should be done online through MyPaymentsPlus on the Horizon website or at https://www2.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome.

Please refer to the Resources tab on our website and click on Handbook for more information on:
Attendance, Dress Code and other useful information. 

Bismarck Public Schools offers a FREE summer lunch program for local kids ages 18 and under through Friday, July 26. 

11-11:30: Wachter Middle School

12-1 pm: Bismarck High, Century High, Grimsrud Elementary School playground, Hillside Park, Jaycee Park, Sons of Norway Park, Wachter Wave Pool, and Will-Moore Elementary School playground.

Band/Orchestra Camp 2019 (For BPS Students Entering 6th Grade - Band or Entering 4th Grade - Orchestra)

Dates:  August 5 - 15, 2019 (Week 1 - Monday thru Friday; Week 2 - Monday thru Thursday) - students attend both weeks.

Location: Simle Middle School - 1218 Simle Drive, Bismarck ND  58501

Concert(s):  Thursday August 15th - Simle Middle School - 7:00pm (Band) - 5:30pm (Orchestra)

Morning Session: 9:00am - 11:30am
Afternoon Session: 12:30pm - 3:00pm

2019 Band Camp Handbook

2019 ONLINE Band Camp Registration 

2019 Orchestra Camp ONLINE Registration

Power announcement reminder will be sent to parents/guardians 7-10 days before start of camp - with session and student name

For more information/questions, please contact Shawn Oban @ 323-4201.

Elementary (K-5)

Horizon
Simle
Wachter

The high schools don't have school supply lists. On the first day, students should bring notebooks, pens, and pencils. Each teacher will tell the students if they need something specific for that class.

Middle School Orientations 
Horizon 
-6th grade: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 9:30 am-3 pm 
-7th & 8th grade: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 9:30 am-3 pm 
Simle, Thursday, Aug. 8
Previous elementary: 
-Miller, Pioneer & Sunrise, 8:30-9:30 am.
-Murphy, Apple Creek & new BPS 7th & 8th grade students, 10:30-11:30 am. 
Wachter, Monday, Aug. 12
-6th graders with last name M-Z & new BPS 7th & 8th grade students, 8-10 am.
-6th graders with last name A-L, 1-3 pm.

Incoming Freshman Orientations
Bismarck High: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 5:30 pm, BHS.
Century: Monday, Aug. 12, 7-8:30 pm, CHS.
Legacy: Monday, Aug. 12, 6-7 pm, LHS Auditorium.

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

Mark your calendars for Fill the Bus on Thurs., Aug. 15, 6 am-6 pm, at Red Carpet Car Washes by Century High or Washington Street & Expressway. Drop off new school supplies or donations to buy supplies for kids in need! 

For the elementary school supply list, click here. For middle school lists, go to the school's homepage, click the Resources tab, then School Supply List.

Parents who are in need of school supplies for their children should contact their children’s schools in mid-August with the grade levels of each child and when they can pick up the materials, which will typically be on the first day of school.