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Back to School2019-20 In this issue: 3 2018-19 School Calendar 6 Gulf Shores City Schools 3 School Lunches 8 Homeschooling 4 School Websites and Apps 8 Public School Directory 4 Tax Free Weekend 9 Private School Directory 5 2018 Varsity Football Schedule A specialty publication of Gulf Coast Media Frank Kustura Publisher Design [email protected] Parks Rogers Paige Marmolejo 251.923.8129 [email protected] Advertising Bethany Randall Editor LouAnn Love [email protected] Allison Marlow [email protected] 251.978.0497 [email protected] 251.243.7620 901 N. McKenzie St., Foley AL 35205 • 251.943.2151 • GulfCoastNewsToday.com 2 • Back to School 2019 • Gulf Coast Media • GulfCoastNewsToday.com Gulf Coast Media • GulfCoastNewsToday.com • Back to School 2019 • 3 2019-20 BaldwinSCHOOL County CALENDAR 2019 2020 AUGUST JANUARY 5-9 Principal Discretion / Teacher Workday 1 New Year’s Day 12-13 Principal Discretion / Teacher Workday 2-3 Student/Teacher Holidays 14 First Day of School 6 Teacher Workday 20 MLK Jr. Holiday SEPTEMBER 2 Labor Day FEBRUARY 24-25 Mardi Gras Holidays OCTOBER 10 End 1st Quarter (41 days) MARCH 11 PD for Teachers 12 End of 3rd Quarter (45 days) 14 Fall Break 13 PD for Teachers NOVEMBER APRIL 11 Veteran’s Day 6-10 Spring Break 25-29 Thanksgiving Holidays 10 Good Friday Holiday DECEMBER MAY 20 End 2nd Quarter (43 days) 21 Last Day for Students (44 Days) 20-31 Christmas Holidays 22 Teacher Workday In the lunch line MEAL PRICES FOR Parents can pay for meals and check menu online SCHOOL YEAR 2019-20 The Child Nutrition Program is the breakfast and lunch menu each located at 22835 McAuliffe Dr, Rob- day, but also includes nutritional in- ertsdale, AL 36567. Our main office formation. The menu for today is avail- number is 251-970-4402 and fax is 251- able now through MealViewer, with 970-4404. more menus and nutritional informa- BREAKFAST: The goal of the child nutrition pro- tion being added daily. (FOR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS) gram is to provide healthy, tasty, and Students and parents are encour- affordable meals to students of Bald- aged to create a free account with ALL STUDENTS PRE-K THRU 12: $1.75 win County Schools. MealViewer by browsing to https:// Baldwin County Board of Edu- schools.mealviewer.com or with REDUCED BREAKFAST: $0.30 cation’s Child Nutrition Program the mobile app. The mobile app is excited to announce the launch MealViewer To Go can be found in the ADULT/CHILDREN VISITORS: $2.25 of MealViewer. We hope to provide Google Play Store and in the iTunes BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES: $2 students and parents a closer look at App Store. The process of creating an school cafeteria menus with the new account is simple with the easy to fol- SECOND BREAKFAST TRAY: $2 MealViewer To Go app and website. low online instructions. The system, not only lists what’s on LUNCH: ALL STUDENTS PRE-K THRU 12: $2.75 REDUCED LUNCH: $0.40 ADULT/CHILDREN VISITORS: $4 BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES: $3.50 SECOND LUNCH TRAY: $3.50 4 • Back to School 2019 • Gulf Coast Media • GulfCoastNewsToday.com SCHOOL WEBSITES and Baldwin Alabama Public Schools By Custom School Apps With the Baldwin Alabama Public Schools mobile app, your school Apps district comes alive with the touch of a button. Easily navigate through current news and events or check out the latest updates with social media like Facebook and Twitter. Quickly retrieve con- tact information, sporting scores, lunch menus, and more! It’s your school district available at your fingertips. Baldwin County Public Schools Facebook Page Keep up to date with all the latest news, events and information on our Facebook page. MySchoolBucks https://www.facebook.com/bcbealabama By Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. MySchoolBucks makes school meal payments easy for busy parents on-the-go! Quickly and securely add money to your student’s school meal account using your credit card, debit card or electronic check. You can also view recent cafeteria purchases and check current meal account balances for each student. MySchoolBucks is backed by Heartland Payment Systems, one of the largest and most trusted payment processors in the United States. Forgot to pay a fee at school? No problem. You can make payments online to any school in Baldwin County on the eSchool Payments system. https://baldwincoal.csiepay.com/ Alabama holds free tax weekend July 19 -21 Alabama’s 14th annual sales tax Springs, Orange Beach, Silverhill and holiday for school-related items be- Summerdale. CLOTHING gins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 19, and In all municipalities that have ends at midnight Sunday, July 21. granted a tax free weekend, the rule $100 or less per article of clothing, includes all human wearing This weekend gives shoppers the op- applies to most clothing items and apparel suitable for general use including belts, boots, caps, coats, dia- portunity to purchase certain school accessories, however some items not pers, dresses, gloves, gym suits, hats, hosiery, jackets, jeans, neckties, supplies, computers, books and cloth- included in the exemption include pajamas, pants, raincoats, robes, sandals, scarves, school uniforms, ing free of the state’s four percent cosmetics, hair accessories, hand- shirts, shoes, shorts, socks, sneakers, underwear sales or use tax. kerchiefs, sewing supplies, protective Not included: Locally, the following municipali- sports gear and more. ties passed an ordinance or resolution For more info, visit https://rev- Sports equipment, protective equipment and clothing accessories to participate in the sale: Baldwin enue.alabama.gov/wp-content/ County, Daphne, Elberta, Fairhope, uploads/2017/05/STHolidayQuickRef- Foley, Gulf Shores, Loxley, Magnolia Sheet19.pdf. SCHOOL SUPPLIES COMPUTERS School art supplies and school instructional material with price Includes a single purchase with a sales price of $750 or less of com- of $50 or less. Includes binders, puters, printers, software, computer storage media, handheld elec- lunch boxes, paper, erasers, glue, tronic schedulers (no cell phones), printer paper and printer ink. crayons, watercolors, maps, globes and required textbooks Not included: Not included: Furniture, system, devices, software or peripherals designed or intended for recreational use and video Magazines, newspapers, games of non-educational nature. periodicals Gulf Coast Media • GulfCoastNewsToday.com • Back to School 2019 • 5 Friday night lights glow bright in Baldwin County 2019 BALDWIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Tickets: $8 Adults, Students Grades 6-12, $5 Students Grades K-5 | All games begin at 7 p.m. Baldwin County High School Elberta High School Foley High School Robertsdale High School 8-22 @ Murphy (Ladd) 8-23 Pleasant Home 8-23 Prattville 8-23 Mary G Montgomery 8-30 Gulf Shores 8-30 @ Fruitdale 8-30 @ Thompson 8-30 Mattie T Blount 9-6 @ St. Pauls 9-6 Millry 9-6 Theodore (Youth Night) 9-6 @ Gulf Shores 9-13 Saraland 9-13 OPEN 9-13 Alma Bryant (Hall of Fame) 9-13 Spanish Fort 9-20 @ Blount 9-20 @ Excel 9-20 @ Baker 9-20 @ Saraland 9-27 OPEN 9-27 @ McIntosh 9-27 OPEN 9-27 @ Faith Academy 10-4 Daphne 10-7 Foley (JV) 10-4 McGill Toolen (Homecoming) 10-4 BC Rain (Homecoming) 10-11 @ Spanish Fort 10-18 St. Lukes 10-11 @ Fairhope 10-11 @ Daphne 10-18 Robertsdale 10-25 OPEN 10-18 MGM (Senior Night) 10-18 @ Baldwin County 10-25 @ BC Rain 11-1 @ St. Michael 10-25 @ Murphy 10-25 OPEN 11-1 Charles Henderson 10-31 @ Davidson (Thursday) 11-1 St. Paul’s Episcopal Daphne High School Fairhope High School Gulf Shores High School Spanish Fort High School 8-23 @ Theodore 8-23 Wetumpka 8-23 Satsuma 8-23 McGill 8-30 Spanish Fort 8-30 @ Mary G Montgomery 8-30 @ Baldwin County 8-30 @ Daphne 9-6 @ Saraland 9-6 Murphy 9-6 Robertsdale 9-6 @ Moss Point, MS 9-13 @ BC Rain 9-13 @ Theodore 9-13 New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 9- 13 @ Robertsdale 9-20 OPEN 9-20 Davidson (Homecoming) 9-20 St. Paul’s 9-20 B.C. Rain (Homecoming) 9-27 Fairhope 9-27 @ Daphne 9-27 OPEN 9-27 OPEN 10-4 @ Baldwin County 10-4 @ Baker 10-4 Saraland 10-4 @ St. Paul’s 10-11 Robertsdale 10-11 Foley (Spina-Bifida) 10-11 Blount 10-11 Baldwin County 10-18 @ Gulf Shores 10-18 OPEN 10-18 Daphne 10-18 @ Blount 10-25 St. Paul’s 10-25 Alma-Bryant (Senior Night) 10-25 @ Spanish Fort 10-25 Gulf Shores 11-1 Blount 11-1 @ McGill-Toolen 11-1 @ BC Rain 11-1 Saraland The Bay Shore BAY MUSIC Ballet Academy LESSONS • MUSICAL CONSIGNMENT COST + CATALOG SALES • TECH SERVICES ENROLL NOW! Making Music Affordable! to participate in The We have used “Pay and Play” band instruments. Nutcracker Large selection of Acoustic and Electric Guitars. Classes Begin WE ALSO DO LAYAWAYS ON USED AND MONDAY August 19th CONSIGNED INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT! 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