Summer School, USDA Summer Food Program Begins Monday in Knox

The regular school year just ended and now officials at the Knox Community School Corporation are turning their attention to summer school. The Knox Elementary School staff will hold summer school from Monday, June 6th through Thursday, June 23rd from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day. The Knox High School staff will hold summer school from Monday, June 6th to Thursday, June 30th for the first session. The second session will be from Tuesday, July 5th to Thursday, July 28th. Classes will be held in the Knox Middle School due to renovations at the High School during the summer months. Students will be in school from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day. Summer school will not be in session on Fridays.

Students attending summer school and even students who are not attending summer school are encouraged to participate in the USDA Summer Food Program again this year, beginning Monday, June 6th. Free meals are available to all children ages 18 and under. Every child is welcome from anywhere in the Kankakee Valley. Breakfast will be served from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at both the Knox Elementary School and at the Knox Middle School. Adults over 18 may eat breakfast for $1.50 and lunch for $2.50. Parking at the Middle School will be available in the parking lot on Culver Road or behind the Middle School in the bus parking lot.