Kayti Hayes and her daughter Payten go over Payten’s schedule for the upcoming school year with Mrs. Shauna Farmer. Registration for the 2022-23 school year began Monday, August 15.

Amber Graham works on paperwork for the elementary registration for her daughter and son, Ella and Greyson Sperber.
The 2022-23 school year will begin next week for students in Atchison County.
FAIRFAX R-3
The Back-To-School Night and Title 1 Meeting will be Tuesday, August 23.
Classes will begin Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 8:05 a.m. School will dismiss that day at 12:18 p.m. (breakfast will be served from 7:40 to 8:05 a.m. and the students will also be served lunch). School will also dismiss early Thursday and Friday, August 25 and 26.
TARKIO R-I
Open house for all students will be held Monday, August 22. Incoming kindergarten and new elementary students will take part in an open house at 5:30 p.m. The open house for returning elementary students and all high school students will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Students will return to school Tuesday, August 23. Tuesday and Wednesday, August 24, will be half days, with classes from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Breakfast will be served from 7:40-7:55 a.m. and lunch will also be served). School days the rest of the week will be full days from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ROCK PORT R-II
“Meet Your Teacher Night” at Rock Port will be Monday, August 22. Elementary students may meet their teachers and leave school supplies in their classroom from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The Rock Port Rotary Club will host its welcome back-to-school picnic in the cafeteria from 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
There will be an athletics parent meeting for grades 6-8 parents from 5:45 to 6:15 p.m. Monday, August 22.
Seventh grade orientation and orientation for new students in grades 7-12 will be Monday, August 22, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the south gym.
The new school year begins Tuesday, August 23, 2022, with a regular day. Schedules for regular school days (Tuesday through Friday) this year will be as follows:
• High school, 7:50 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Elementary, 8:00 a.m. – 3:40 p.m.
When there is an early dismissal, those times will be as follows:
• High school: 7:50 a.m.-12:12 p.m.
• Elementary, 8:00 a.m. – 12:22 p.m.













