District Enrollment/Registration Information
What School Should Your Student be Attending:
***If you plan to have your children use JC Options (online school) for the 2024-2025 school year, please call your student's school to let them know.
Student Inter-District Transfers
2025-2026 Grade Level Openings: Transfer of Openings Notice
Inter-District Transfers are for students who live outside of Junction City School District and want to attend a Junction City school. Families interested in applying for a transfer for the 2025-26 school year into a Junction City school can fill out the Inter-District Transfer Application and submit it to Stephanie White in the district office for processing. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
Student Transfers: If you live outside the Junction City School District, as a non-resident, your student may apply to attend one of our schools by completing a Student Transfer Application during the month of March. The deadline for application submissions is April 1st by 3:30pm.
Openings available are declared by school and grade level, and priority is given to non-resident students who are currently on an approved Inter-District Transfer. Applications received after April 1st, will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Interested non-resident students must fill out the Junction City School District Student Transfer Application form (The form is available from the websites the beginning of March.) Completed forms are submitted to the Junction City School District office by deadline date noted on the form. Accepted applicants are notified the beginning of May.
New requests will be approved from District A to District B only if there is available space at the requested school, the request falls within the number District A has declared to accept, and the number District B has declared to release.
Students in DHS Foster Care: ORS 339.133 For students in DHS Child Welfare care and custody, the student will continue to attend the school district/school of origin. It is only with a Best Interest Finding, made by the Juvenile Court, that foster students will transition from the school district/school of origin to the school district where the foster home is located. JCSD Foster Care Point of Contact: Katie Bradford, 541-998-6311 x5621 or email [email protected]
| The Student Transfer Application for the 2025-26 school year can be filled out and submitted to Stephanie White in the district office, [email protected]. |
2025-2026 Grade Level Openings: Transfer of Openings Notice
Inter-District Transfers are for students who live outside of Junction City School District and want to attend a Junction City school. Families interested in applying for a transfer for the 2025-26 school year into a Junction City school can fill out the Inter-District Transfer Application and submit it to Stephanie White in the district office for processing. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
Student Transfers: If you live outside the Junction City School District, as a non-resident, your student may apply to attend one of our schools by completing a Student Transfer Application during the month of March. The deadline for application submissions is April 1st by 3:30pm.
Openings available are declared by school and grade level, and priority is given to non-resident students who are currently on an approved Inter-District Transfer. Applications received after April 1st, will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Interested non-resident students must fill out the Junction City School District Student Transfer Application form (The form is available from the websites the beginning of March.) Completed forms are submitted to the Junction City School District office by deadline date noted on the form. Accepted applicants are notified the beginning of May.
New requests will be approved from District A to District B only if there is available space at the requested school, the request falls within the number District A has declared to accept, and the number District B has declared to release.
Students in DHS Foster Care: ORS 339.133 For students in DHS Child Welfare care and custody, the student will continue to attend the school district/school of origin. It is only with a Best Interest Finding, made by the Juvenile Court, that foster students will transition from the school district/school of origin to the school district where the foster home is located. JCSD Foster Care Point of Contact: Katie Bradford, 541-998-6311 x5621 or email [email protected]
First Day of School: PLEASE NOTE UPDATED START DATE!!
September 3, 2025
Soft Start for Laurel Elementary (Kindergarten), Territorial Elementary (Kindergarten) Oaklea Middle School (5th grade) & Junction City High School (9th grade).
All Territorial students 1-5th grade will begin school on September 4, 2025
Soft Start for Laurel Elementary (Kindergarten), Territorial Elementary (Kindergarten) Oaklea Middle School (5th grade) & Junction City High School (9th grade).
All Territorial students 1-5th grade will begin school on September 4, 2025
Territorial Kindergarten Start Plan:
Wednesday, September 3rd - Parents Attend with Students - Group A: 8:00am -10:00am; Group B: 11:45am-1:45pm
Thursday, September 4th - Group A full day
Friday, September 5th - Group B full day
Friday, September 5th - Group B full day
All students attend: September 4, 2025.
School Hours:
Junction City HS - 8:25am to 3:20pm.
Oaklea MS - 8:10am to 2:55pm.
Oaklea MS - 8:10am to 2:55pm.
Laurel ES - 8:00am to 2:35pm.
Territorial ES - 8:00am to 2:35pm.
45-Minute Early Release Days: Students will be released from school every Wednesday 45 minutes early.
Junction City HS - 8:25am to 2:35pm
Oaklea MS - 8:10am to 2:10pm
Laurel ES - 8:00am to 1:50pm
Territorial ES - 8:00am to 1:50pm
School Calendar (25-26 Calendar will be approved in March.)
Welcome!
We want to welcome you to the Junction City School District. Thank you very much for taking the time to register your child(ren) for the 2025-2026 year.
Online registration is for registering students who have never attended JCHS, Oaklea Middle, Laurel Elementary or Territorial Elementary Schools previously. If your student has attended any of the Junction City schools in a prior year, please call the school on next steps to re-enroll your student.
It is recommended to read through the Parent Instructions for Online Registration document first JCSD En Línea Instrucciones de Registración)
After completing and receiving approval of registration, (An email that your registration has been accepted, pending or denied.) Please call the school you registered your student at to set up an appointment for remaining forms and teacher/schedule information. (If registering your student during the summer months, please wait until August 14, 2025 to phone the school. Students registered during summer break may not get a response until late August when staff return.)
| Junction City High School: 541-998-2343 | Laurel Elementary School: 541-998-2386 |
| Oaklea Middle School: 541-998-3381 | Territorial Elementary School: 541-998-8371 |
Parents should bring proof of physical address, their child's birth certificate and immunization records. (Birth Certificate and Immunization record can be brought in after registration if unable to locate.) Families may not use addresses of relatives, friends, businesses or daycare to gain access into a school.
Early Entrance Regulation Junction City
Early entry into school may be allowed for a student whose fifth birthday occurs after September 1st. Students who turn five after September 1st and before October 1st may be considered for early entry into kindergarten if they are determined to be sufficiently advanced to succeed in the educational program based on academic readiness, cognitive ability and social/emotional functioning and/or physical development AND confirmation of a successful preschool experience.
Early entry into school may be allowed for a student whose fifth birthday occurs after September 1st. Students who turn five after September 1st and before October 1st may be considered for early entry into kindergarten if they are determined to be sufficiently advanced to succeed in the educational program based on academic readiness, cognitive ability and social/emotional functioning and/or physical development AND confirmation of a successful preschool experience.
Your student may be eligible for early entrance to kindergarten if:
- Fifth birthday is after September 1st and before October 1st
- Has been determined to be sufficiently advanced
- And there is confirmation of a successful preschool experience
Per the Early Entrance Regulation, the application is due by the June 30th prior to the school year starting.
Immunization Information
Shots are required by law for children in attendance at public and private schools, preschools, child care facilities, and Head Start programs in Oregon. Nearly every place that provides care for a child outside the home requires shots or a medical or nonmedical exemption to stay enrolled.
All children starting child care, preschool, Head Start, school for the first time from homeschool or out of the country, are new enterers. These students must have a record showing at least one dose of each required vaccine or an exemption before starting school. A student transferring into Junction City may either submit immunization records to the school directly, or wait for the former school to send records. Transferring students have a 30-day grace period to submit information.
First Student Inc.
Manager: Terry Jeffers
541-998-8222
