Children in Gloucester County Public Schools will begin the 2016-2017 school session on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Open house for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first graders will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at their respective schools. Open house for children in second through fifth grades will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Page and Peasley middle schools will hold open house for sixth graders from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30 and for seventh and eighth graders from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Gloucester High School will hold open house for freshmen from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and for sophomores, juniors and seniors from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31. 

GCPS has new starting and dismissal times for the 2016-2017 school year to accommodate new scheduling at Gloucester High School. The school day will begin at GHS at 7:45 a.m. and students will be dismissed at 2:45 p.m.

Students at the middle schools will start the school day at 7:40...