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New Student & Parent Orientation

2025-2026 West Fargo Community High School

311 1st Avenue East – Door #23 / Phone: 701-356-2008

  • Thursday, August 7 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • Tuesday, August 12 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m

  • August 21 - START This is the first day of the 2025-2026 school year!

  • September 2 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m. ***ORIENTATIONS ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS

  • September 15 - START

  • September 30 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • October 13 - START

  • October 27 - START (after first quarter – standalone start date for anyone on waiting list)

  • October 28 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • November 12 - START (Wed)

  • November 18 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • December 8 - START

  • December 16 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • January 20 - START ***FIRST DAY OF 2nd SEMESTER IS JAN. 12

  • January 27 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • February 9 - START

  • February 24 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • March 9 - START

  • March 24 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m.

  • April 7 - START (32 days of school left – last start date of the year)

  • May 13 - Orientation @ 9:00 a.m. THIS IS FOR FALL WAITING LIST ONLY.

The rationale for establishing starting dates provides the office and staff time to prepare for the new student(s) and provides the opportunity to start new students in a cohort where they can have some common experiences with other new students. It also provides a delay to transfer

to CHS that may allow a cooling off period and reflection time to think about what is in their best interest. Orientations last about one hour.

Students with an IEP or ILP must discuss the transfer with their case manager and gain approval of the transfer.

Students on a 504 need to meet with the CHS principal PRIOR to enrollment at CHS to determine if the 504 is still necessary and what, if any, accommodations are still needed in our alternative setting.

Students would still need to go through the transfer request – meet with your counselor to complete the online transfer request form.

Please Note:

  1. Students (and parent/guardian) MUST attend orientation to attend Community High.

  2. If they are not sure about transferring, they should attend orientation anyway, just to have that done.

  3. No student will be enrolled at CHS before attending an orientation.

  4. If an orientation or START is cancelled because of a school closing, it will be held the next school day.

  5. Orientation may be cancelled if we have a waiting list, and we will not be able to accommodate any additional students before the next start date.

  6. All students are also required to pay a $15 registration fee.
    (Cost of t-shirts, water bottles, binders, food, awards, and other student consumables.)

  7. All students must Check Out of their high school – return all materials, pay all outstanding fines or fees before starting at Community High School.