Back to School 2024-2025

Our teachers and staff returned to the buildings on August 28, and are all looking forward to seeing students on Wednesday, September 4.

Transportation details were released in the Parent Portal on Tuesday, August 27. Click below to log in and view your student(s)' information.

Please check back for updates on/or after September 3, as some changes may still occur.

Thank you in advance for your patience over the first few days of school as our drivers will be growing accustomed to their routes and students are learning where to find their buses.

The Orchard Park Central School District will be distributing calendars beginning Friday, August 30, 2024. As in years past, calendars will be distributed only to the youngest student in each district family. If the youngest student is at Orchard Park High School, a copy will arrive via mail to that student’s address on file after August 30. The youngest students at Orchard Park Middle School and each of the four Elementary Schools will take home their calendars on the first day of school, scheduled for Wednesday, September 4. Each of the Orchard Park Central School District locations will have extra calendars available in their main offices. Members of the Orchard Park community also may find a limited supply of calendars at the following locations beginning Friday, August 30, 2024:

• Anthony-Brown Pharmacy: 4328 South Buffalo Street
• Beerz Food Shop: 4916 South Buffalo Street
• Orchard Park Public Library: 4570 South Buffalo Street

Additionally, the District encourages the public to view its online calendar at www.opschools.org for the most up-to-date schedule of events. The website calendar will be updated regularly throughout the 2024-2025 school year.

At least one parent from each student household should maintain a Parent Portal account and ensure that the email address and phone number are current. If you have login problems, please click the Parent Portal HELP button located at the bottom of the portal login screen. One login will provide access to information for all of your children.

With this account, you will have access to: Report Cards, Attendance History, Bus Information, Student Schedules, Test Scores and Parent Notification Preferences.

If you already have an account, you do not need to re-register each year. Parents who prefer to have information mailed home should make a request directly to their child’s school building.

If you do not receive an email OR have any problems, please contact pshannon@opschools.org for assistance.

The Orchard Park Central School District offers a comprehensive breakfast and lunch program for all students based upon federal dietary guidelines. The menus are nutritionally analyzed and offer a variety of popular foods designed to please varied palates, including vegetarian options at great value. A la carte items are available for purchase daily. Monthly menus can be found by clicking the link below.

2024-2025 School Lunch Pricing
Breakfast Grades K-12 - $2.00
Lunch Grades K-5 - $2.90
Lunch Grades 6-12 - $3.00

It is essential that anyone who feels they may be eligible for free and reduced meals to fill out the 2024-2025 Free and Reduced meal application that is available below. Procedures are in place to protect the privacy of students participating in the free and reduced program. Receiving Free and Reduced meals does not solely benefit the student receiving the meal, it also benefits the district community; depending on the amount of need within our district, we will receive/be eligible for additional funding. Completed applications should be sent to J. Schwarz at 4040 Baker Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127.

The Virtual Backpack is a place where you can find informational flyers from the school, the PTO, and community organizations that were distributed previously in paper form. They are posted as printable PDFs to afford easy access for parents and will remain posted throughout the school year.

Please note: On occasion, a school may opt to send home a paper copy about an event; however, community organizations may only submit flyers in PDF form for posting to our Virtual Backpack.

If your non-profit group has a request to have a flyer approved for posting to the Virtual Backpack, please email the flyer to jbecker@opschools.org for consideration of approval by the Superintendent or designee. Please have your flyer approved at least 10 business days prior to your event.

We are pleased to announce that beginning this year there will be a School Resource Officer in all six OPCSD schools. We are looking forward to starting the year with them in our buildings and continuing to partner with the Orchard Park Police Department.

Under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, certain information known as “Directory Information” may be released for non-commercial purposes without prior written consent. Directory information is identified as information that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Directory information may include a student’s name, names of parents or legal guardians, grade designation, participation in school extracurricular activities, achievements, awards and honors, and relevant statistics and personal data of members of an athletic team or other school-sponsored activity. If you wish to refuse permission for the release of any or all directory information described above, you must notify the District in writing. Please submit your request to refuse the release of directory information to the building principal of your child’s school.

Please note: Although not considered directory information, photographs, video or audio recordings, electronic images of students, or student work may be used without prior consent in order to publicize or promote a school district program. If you wish to refuse permission for the use of your child’s photograph, video or audio recording, or electronic images in district publications, media releases, the District website, or social media i.e. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram you must notify the building principal of your child’s school in writing.

Quaker Corner's annual flash sale is here in time to welcome you back to school. Visit the button below to place your order today.

Orders must be placed by midnight on September 3. Orders will ship to the Quaker Corner at OPHS and should arrive by mid-October.

The Quaker Corner is a student-run store at the Orchard Park High School. All proceeds from this sale benefit OPHS DECA.