Traffic may be moving a little slower than usual on Thursday as the doors open to the Lacey schools.
As Lacey students enjoyed their summer at camps or on the beach, the district worked to prepare the schools and staff for the upcoming school year.
Read “” and “” to learn more about some of the school district’s efforts this summer.
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Below are the school schedules, the school district calendar for September and more.
School
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Regular Hours
Early Dismissal Hours
Emergency Closings
Delayed Openings
High School
6:55 a.m. - 1:35 p.m.
6:55 a.m. - 11 a.m.
6:55 a.m. - 11 a.m.
8:55 a.m. - 1:35 p.m.
Middle School
7:32 a.m. - 2 p.m.
7:32 a.m. - 11:32 a.m.
7:32 a.m. - 11:32 a.m.
9:32 - 2 p.m.
Mill Pond
8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lanoka Harbor
8:25 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.
8:25 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
8:25 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
10:25 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Cedar Creek
8:50 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
8:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
8:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
10:50 a.m. - 3;20 p.m.
Forked River
9:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
9:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
9:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
11:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Regular School Hours
School
Kindergarten A.M.
Kindergarten P.M.
Pre-School A.M.
Pre-School P.M.
Lanoka Harbor
8:25 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
12:10 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
8:25 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
12:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Cedar Creek
8:50 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
8:50 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
12:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Forked River
9:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.
1 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
9:15 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Early Dismissal Hours
School
Kindergarten A.M.
Kindergarten P.M.
Pre-School A.M.
Pre-School P.M.
Lanoka Harbor
8:25 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
9:55 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
8:25 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
Cedar Creek
8:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
10:20 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
8:50 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
11:25 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Forked River
9:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
9:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
11:50 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Emergency Closings
School
Kindergarten A.M.
Pre-School A.M.
Lanoka Harbor
11:10 a.m.
9:50 a.m.
Cedar Creek
11:35 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
Forked River
12 p.m.
10:40 a.m.
September School District Calendar:
- Sept. 5- Ninth grade student orientation at Lacey Township High School
- Sept. 6- First day of school
- Sept. 12- Cedar Creek School’s Back to School Night from 6 to 8 p.m.; Mill Pond School’s Rita’s Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Sept. 13- Forked River School’s Back to School Night; Lanoka Harbor School’s Parent Teach Organization Meet and Greet at 6 p.m., followed by a regular meeting; Mill Pond School’s Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 p.m.
- Sept. 14- Forked River School’s School Picture Day
- Sept. 17- School Board meeting in the high school’s Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 18- Mill Pond’s Back to School Night
- Sept. 19- Lacey Middle School’s Back to School Night at 6:30 p.m.; Middle School’s Parent Teacher Committee Meeting at 7 p.m.; Cedar Creek’s Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 20- Lanoka Harbor School’s Back to School Night
- Sept. 25- Cedar Creek’s Instrumental Music Fourth Grade Music Night at 7 p.m.
- Sept. 26- Mill Pond’s School Picture Day
- Sept. 27- High School’s Back to School Night at 6:30 p.m.; Cedar Creek’s School Picture Day
- Sept. 28- Middle School’s School Picture Day
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