Sports Physicals:  Any 7th or 8th grader planning on playing a sport next school year will need a new physical.  Sports physicals that have been completed after April 15, 2019, will count for the next school year.  Schedule your sports physical now and avoid the rush next fall!  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.  

Just a reminder that ND requires seventh and eighth graders to have received the meningococcal and Tdap vaccines. Students who are not up to date by October 1st will be excluded from school and will count as an unexcused absence. Please make sure to take care of this over the summer!

Simle's Open House will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from 1:30-3:00 pm.  Students should bring their schedule with them to see where their rooms are located. Teachers will be available to answer any questions or concerns you may have as we start a new year.  You can also add money to lunch accounts or pay activity fees, buy phy ed t-shirts, and drop off updated immunization forms.

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. 

Teacher work day is August 16.