School Starts Wednesday in Tewksbury

School starts this week in Tewksbury with the first day of school starting on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

There is no school on Friday, Sept. 4 or on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7.

Below is all the information you need as schools starts including bus route information and important dates as the school year gets underway:

Bus Routes

The Tewksbury Public Schools plans and schedules rides (bus, van, parent or walker) for every student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10. Juniors and seniors are welcome to use bus service if it is needed).

All students are assigned a bus based on their home address, unless parents have made alternative arrangements known to the transportation department (i.e daycare, drop off or pick up at a relatives house, etc.) This information is then posted in the student’s records, which teachers may use to assist in getting students to their bus at the end of the day.

Anyone wanting to make alternate transportation arrangements for a their student must email David Libby at dlibby@tewksbury.k12.ma.us.

Some notes on this year’s bus routes:

• PM Take Home Routes: PM take home routes are NOT published for the Wynn or the High School. We allow Bus Drivers to assess the actual ridership and create the most efficient take home routes possible.

• Times Listed Are Approximated: The program we use has no way of estimating traffic conditions, time spent at traffic lights, student loading variables, etc. The times are given only as a guideline. A pattern of consistent pick up and drop off times will undoubtedly arise.

• Buses Will Be Late the First Few Days: Schools are very careful when loading students for take home at the end of the day, particularly at the lower elementary levels, so the time spent at the school can be particularly long at the beginning of the year, resulting in late drop offs at most elementary bus stops. This will improve dramatically within the first couple of weeks. If it does not, contact Dave Libby at dlibby@tewksbury.k12.ma.us so we can make some adjustments.

Here are links to the bus routes for the schools in town this year:

• Dewing Elementary and North Street Elementary
• Heath Brook Elementary and Louise Davy Trahan Elementary
• John F. Ryan Elementary
• John W. Wynn Middle School
• Tewksbury Memorial High School

Important 2015-2016 Dates for Students and Parents

• Oct. 1: Professional Development Day - Half Day for Students
• Oct. 12: No School Columbus Day
• Nov. 3: Professional Development Day - No School
• Nov. 11: No School Veterans Day
• Nov. 25: Early Dismissal Half Day
• Nov. 26 and Nov. 27: No School Thanksgiving Holiday
• Dec. 2: Professional Development Day - Half Day for Students
• Dec. 24 through Friday, Jan. 1: No School December Recess
• Jan. 18: No School Martin Luther King Day
• Jan. 28: Professional Development Day - Half Day for Students
• Feb. 12: Half Day Early Dismissal
• Feb. 15 through Feb. 19: No School February Recess

Still planning? Find the full calendar here >>>

Read a welcome back to school message from Superintendent John E. O’Connor, Ed.D. >>>