• Every day except Thursday, our school hours are 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
• On Thursdays, our school hours are 9:00 am - 2:45 pm.

Due to recent updates within the FACTS system, schedules for students in grades 6th–12th are being adjusted to ensure accuracy. Schedules will be released on Monday, August 10, at 3:00 pm. We appreciate your patience and understanding as our team works to finalize them. Printed schedules will also be available at the MS/HS Welcome Day on Tuesday, August 11.

Hours are 7:15 am - 7:40 am. Students wait in the main foyer until they are dismissed at 7:40 am. There is no charge for middle school Before Care. This time can be used as a study hall or for extra help if arranged in advance.

Late Start Thursdays (All School Year)

On Thursdays, our school hours are 9:00 am - 2:45 pm.

Reminder - the first day of school will not be a late start on Thursday. We will follow a Friday Activity Schedule on the first two days of school, with Chapel and a special assembly planned. 

Students arriving between 7:40 and 8:00 am are to be dropped off at the following locations:

• 7th-8th grades at the main entrance doors by the flag poles.
• 6th grade at the middle school entrance doors.

The older sibling may be dropped off with the younger one at the younger student’s location. 

Students being dropped off by their parents after 8:00 am should enter the building through the middle school main entrance and report to the receptionist to obtain a tardy pass to class. 

Students have the option to bring a cold lunch from home or purchase a hot lunch at school. School lunches are billed to the student’s FACTS account.

Our food service provider is Taher. Download the Food 4 Life app for nutritional information. A hot lunch option and a grill option are available each day, along with individual items for sale.

6th-8th grade = $7.00

Lunch menus are available on the Rejoice Christian School Website.

Regular Pick Up Information

Our dismissal from Middle School is at 2:45 pm every day. 6th-grade students will be picked up at the Middle School doors. 7th- and 8th-grade students will be picked up at the main entrance by the flagpoles. 

All Middle School students must go to After Care if they are not picked up by 3:15 pm and do not attend an extracurricular program. After Care is from 3:15 pm until 5:30 pm.

Students are required to be in After Care if they remain anywhere on campus after 3:15 pm unless they are WITH A PARENT OR UNDER STAFF SUPERVISION FOR A SCHOOL-SPONSORED EVENT.

Middle School After Care incurs an additional cost of $7.00 per hour, with a half-hour minimum. Middle School After Care uses the CarRiderPro system for pickup at the Main Entrance doors by the flagpoles. Parents do NOT need to enter the building to sign out their students.

Please email msreceptionist@rejoiceschool.com to add to or change your student's pick-up list and/or order an additional CarRiderPro tag.

Please note that absences can also be reported through the RCS app under the section entitled “The Nest."

If a student presents with fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, he/she will need to stay home for 24 hours fever-free, at the campus nurse's discretion.

If a student takes medicine during the school day, please contact Nurse Elicia Hill. All medicine must be brought in by a parent/guardian and kept in the nurse’s office.

Lastly, per the Student & Parent Handbook, it is the responsibility of the parents/guardian to keep the school nurse informed of a student’s medications or health status. If there have been any changes to medications, it is the parents’ duty to inform the nurse so that we can help provide the most appropriate care for each student. If you have any health or medication-related questions, please reach out to Nurse Elicia Hill.

Our communications team will send parents a newsletter every Friday. This newsletter will include important school information and updates from the administration.

To ensure that you receive Parent Alert texts from the school, please text the word START to 31706.

MS/HS WELCOME DAY is a time for students (and parents) to meet their teachers and find their classrooms.

• Middle School Welcome Day is on Tuesday, August 11.
• 6th-grade will meet from 2:00 - 3:00 pm, with a short assembly starting at 2:00 pm for all 6th-grade parents and students.
• 7th-8th grades will meet from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Students can set up their lockers, obtain their student IDs, and get a printed copy of their schedule.
• Middle School parents can pick up their CarRiderPro tags (or purchase additional ones if necessary).  

Middle School BE YOUR STUDENT NIGHT is on Tuesday, August 18, from 6:00 - 7:45 pm. This is for parents only and offers a chance to meet each of their child’s teachers. We’ll meet for 15 minutes in the auditorium, and parents will be released to go to their child’s first-hour class.

You’ll follow your child’s daily schedule (which, of course, will be abbreviated). If you have multiple students on the MS/HS campus, you can choose which schedule you want to follow.              

We are excited to welcome our new middle school staff members:

Grant Bray - 6th Grade Bible

Allison Ragsdale - 7th Grade Bible

Kellie Sanchez - Learning Services Specialist/6th Grade Life Skills

Madeleine Royael – MS/HS Academic Counselor

Macy Blackburn – MS/HS Volleyball Coach/Contemporary Living Teacher

Tailee Jones – MS/HS Softball Coach

Cloé Wright – MS/HS Student Support and Chapel Assistance Teacher

Nicole Riggs - Middle School Receptionist

Student Responsibilities

The 2026–2027 Student and Parent Handbook will be released next week. Thank you for your patience as we finalize updates and prepare this important resource for the upcoming school year.

Middle School students can pick up their ID badge on Welcome Day or on the first day of school. Students will need their ID badge with them at all times to purchase items from the cafeteria. Students who forget to bring their ID badges will receive a temporary, paper sticker for the day.

There is no charge the first time a student receives a temporary badge in a semester.

There is a $1 charge for a temporary badge for the second and third times in a semester. Additional temporary badges (in the same semester) will cost $5 each. Repeatedly failing to bring a badge to school may result in additional disciplinary action.