Newark Cheerleading is hosting a Cheer Clinic from 8 a.m. to noon on Fri., Oct. 14, for students in grades K-5, in the Newark High School main gym. The clinic will include a fun day of learning motions, jumps and cheers with the Newark Cheerleaders. The $30 cost also includes a cheer shirt, pizza, drink and snack. More information and a pre-registration form can be found by clicking the flowing link: Cheer clinic. Please email [email protected] for more information.

The next Newark Wildcat home football game, on Friday, October 14, is the Rumble for a Cure game. Shirts are for sale through the Newark Athletic Office. If you are interested in placing an order, please fill out the form and turn in to the athletic office with payment. Orders are due by Thursday, Oct. 6, if you would like a shirt prior to the game. Orders will continue through Oct. 28. Please click here to find the order form: Rumble for a Cure order form

Newark City Schools' educational technology team has created a variety of professional development materials to help staff members with the variety of online resources they use in the classrooms. We are now making those materials and sessions available for parents who would like to learn more about the programs teachers are using, such as eSpark, Google Classroom, Think Central and more. Please click the following link to find these resources: Parent Educational Resources. This link is also in the Parents section of our website.

Newark City Schools will offer student lunches for no charge for the remainder of the first semester. The data upload issue that caused the district to offer no-cost meals during the first two weeks of school has been fixed. However, after evaluating the first two weeks of school, district officials determined that it can offer student lunches for no charge through December 16.

Lunch menus for the 2022-23 school year are now available. Please click the below links to find the menus:

The Newark City School District will assess families with a technology fee of $40 for the 2022-23 school year. This fee covers technology usage and the district’s one-to-one computer initiative, helping to pay for repairs and maintenance of devices. Please see the Student Device Handbook for more information by clicking here. The NCS Board of Education has waived academic fees for the 22-23 school year. This includes all consumable instructional fees assessed on a yearly basis for workbooks and other classroom supplies. The academic fees have ranged from $28 to $36 in elementary; $43 to $50 in middle school; and can be over $100 for some high school students depending on classes. Fees will still be assessed for AP testing and for any lost or damaged district property, such as books. Preschool tuition is not considered a fee and has not been waived. Additionally, prior years’ unpaid fees have also not been waived. Please pay your prior school years’ fees as soon as possible.

Online back-to-school forms are now open for the 2022-23 school year. The forms must be filled out online by clicking this link. Your user name is your child's student ID; the password is your child's six-digit birthdate in MMDDYY format. For example, if your child's birthdate is Nov. 15, 2013, the password would be 111513. Please contact your child's school if you have questions about the student ID or difficulty filling out the forms.

UPDATE - Aug. 26, 2022 - Newark City Schools will offer student lunches for now charge through Dec. 16, 2022. Click here for more information.

School lunch charges will resume for the 2022-23 school year, as the USDA has ended the program that provided lunches at no cost for all families. Lunches will cost $3 for students this year. Breakfast will continue to be offered for free. Please consider filling out the free and reduced price meal form. A family of 4 that makes less than $51,000 is eligible for at least a reduced price lunch. Parents can fill the form out online by clicking here, or a paper form can be downloaded by clicking here. Filling out the form can impact funding sources for our district, such as technology and other federal dollars.