Shelby County Schools are welcoming parents this month to visit optional schools across the county. Open houses are scheduled as follows.
Per Enrollment: The first day to pick up bar-coded applications for optional school enrollment is Monday, January 27. Go to the Shelby County Schools Board of Education (160 S. Hollywood), in the auditorium at the rear of the building. Time: 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. School officials will continue to provide bar-coded applications from January 28th through the 30th, from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. at the SCS Board of Education, Room C106.The first day to submit an in-person application for an Optional School is Friday, January 31. Go to 160 S. Hollywood in the auditorium at the rear of the building from 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Applications will be accepted until school begins in August 2014.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Balmoral Ridgeway Elementary • January 14, 10 a.m.-noon. January 16, 4-6 p.m.
Brownsville Road Elementary • January 21-24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Carnes Elementary • January 21-24, from 9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. January 22, 4:15–6 p.m.
Cordova Elementary • January 9. Tours during the day as needed. Evening session & tour, 6:30-8 p.m.
Delano Elementary • January 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. & 6-7:30 p.m. Double Tree Elementary • January 14, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. & 5:30-7 p.m.
Downtown Elementary • January 22-24, 9:30 a.m.-noon. January 23, & 4:30-6 p.m.
Dr. W. H. Brewster Elementary • January 14-16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. daily. Thursday only: 5–6:30 p.m.
Germantown Elementary • January 16, 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.
Grahamwood Elementary • January 21 & 23, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Idlewild Elementary • January 21-24, 9 a.m.-Noon
Keystone Elementary • January 16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. & 4:30-7 p.m.
Oak Forest Elementary • January 23, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Peabody Elementary • January 9, 8:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Riverwood Elementary • January 21, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Rozelle Elementary • January 16, Open House all day. Mini Programs at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., & 6 p.m.
Sherwood Elementary • January 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Springdale Elementary • January 28, 9-10:30 a.m. & 3:15-4:45 p.m.
Treadwell Elementary • January 13, 9:30 a.m.-noon & 4:30–6 p.m. January 16, 9:30 a.m.-noon.
Vollentine Elementary • January 28, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Whitehaven Elementary • January 16, 10 a.m. & 6 p.m
Willow Oaks Elementary • January 13, 9 .m.-2 p.m. & 3:30-5:30 p.m.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Bellevue Middle • January 28, 6 p.m.
Colonial Middle • January 27, 9:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Cordova Middle • January 21, 6 p.m.
Craigmont Middle • January 9, 6 p.m.
Germantown Middle • January 14, 6 p.m. January 14-16, Tours by appointment
Havenview Middle • January 15, 5:30 p.m.
Ridgeway Middle • January 23, 6 p.m.
NEW: STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) • January 13, 6 p.m. at Christian Brothers University Buckman Hall - Spain Auditorium
White Station Middle • January 16, 6 p.m.
K-8 SCHOOLS
Cummings School (1-8) • January 22, 8-11 A.M. and 5:30 p.m.
Douglass School (K-8) • January 16, 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.
CK: John P. Freeman (1-8) • January 22, 6 p.m. January 23, 9 a.m.-1p.m.,
Snowden School (1-8) • January 14, 1st-8th grade at 6 p.m., January 14-16, Elementary School Tours, 8:30-10:30 a.m. daily
HIGH SCHOOLS
Bolton High • January 14, 6 p.m. Central High • January 23, 6 p.m. Craigmont High • January 16, 6-7 p.m. Douglass High • January 14, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. East High • January 16, 6 p.m. Germantown High • January 16, 6:30 p.m. Kingsbury High • January 30, 6 p.m. Overton High • January 21, 6 p.m. Ridgeway High • January 30, 6:30 p.m. Whitehaven High • January 15, 6 p.m. White Station High • January 9, 6 p.m. Wooddale High • January 14, 6 p.m.