Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
KINDERGARTENERS KOLTEN Cramer, left, Lillie Penegor and Waylon Binz use the play structure during recess on the first day of school Thursday at the Hurley K-12 school.
Hurley and Mercer students returned from summer vacation Thursday for the first day of school.
The school bell rings to start school at Merer K-12 at 8 a.m. and school lets out at 3:45 p.m.
At Hurley K-12, students in grades six through 12 start at 8 a.m. and students in preschool through fifth grade start at 8:05 a.m. Dismissal for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students is at 3:12 p.m. For students in sixth grade through 12th grade, it is at 3:15 p.m.
For students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, the school year begins after Labor Day on Tuesday.
There are six school districts in the GOISD, including Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield-Marenisco, Ontonagon, Ewen-Trout Creek and Watersmeet Township.
In Ironwood, students begin school at 8 a.m. For students in kindergarten through second grade, classes end at 2:55 p.m. Students in grades three through six end the day at 3 p.m. and students in the seventh through 12 grades end at 3:05 p.m.
At Ewen-Trout Creek, students begin the first day of school at 9:30 a.m. On regular school days, they begin at 8:30 a.m. and are let out at 3:25 p.m.
In Ontonagon, the school day starts at 8:30 a.m. Elementary students are let out at 3:11 p.m. High school students are dismissed at 3:13 p.m.
School begins in Watersmeet at 8:10 a.m., according to the school's website. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade are dismissed at 3 p.m., and students in grades seven through 12 are let out at 3:05 p.m, according to the school's website.
In Bessemer, students in pre-school through fifth grade start the school day at 8 a.m. and are dismissed at 3 p.m. Junior high school students begin at 7:55 a.m. and are let out at 3:13 p.m. High school students also start at 7:55 a.m. and are dismissed at 3:13 p.m.
