Welcome Back to School! - Klinger

Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians:

We would like to welcome you to Klinger Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year! In just a few weeks, we’ll be greeting you as you take the first steps toward a year full of wonder, critical thinking, challenging academics, and love. We hope and trust that you are enjoying the summer with family, friends, and lots of reading.

At Klinger, we practice the strategies of being Respectful, Responsible, Reliable, and Safe. Respect means that we are all kind to one another. We all have our strengths and challenges, and at Klinger, we celebrate the successes and help one another with our challenges. Next is Responsible: from taking care of your Chromebook to working hard, having fun, and being nice, we trust you with much responsibility. You can count on the adults at Klinger, and likewise, we can count on you. We will all be Reliable: ready, willing, and able to help and always doing our best. Finally, we always remember to be Safe and to look out for one another. We see this every day with students walking in the halls and making good choices.

One of the best ways to achieve success and maximize your middle school experience is to get involved: we have many student clubs and organizations, ranging from community service to board games to art to our musical. We also have several sports teams and a wonderful fine arts program, so getting involved is easy to do! Our goal is for every single student to be involved in a minimum of one extracurricular activity each year at Klinger.

The first day of school is Wednesday, August 27th, and the school day for students will begin promptly at 7:55 a.m. Students may arrive any time after 7:45 a.m. when our building opens. On the first day of school, the student day will begin with a brief orientation via KTV, our student-run news program.

6th-graders - We hope to see all of you on the morning of August 21st for a morning filled with fun. Our 8th-grade WEB (Where Everyone Belongs) leaders are ready to help you get to know all about Klinger and ease your nerves as you prepare for the school year. Be ready to have a super-fun morning!

Addition: 9/11 - 5:00-6:00 pm Pre-BTSN Mix and Mingle

As part of the opening week exercises, all new-to-Centennial students will receive a Chromebook (including a charger) and school-related forms. For all students who already have their Chromebook, please report with it fully charged on the first day. We will be in touch about our plans for the return of current devices and the issuing of brand-new Chromebooks soon! Should you have any problems prior to school starting, please submit a repair ticket online through the CSD Community Technology Help Desk Portal.

The student handbook contains all guidelines, procedures, and rules for Klinger Middle School. We have a strict no cell phone policy - they must be off and away during the school day. Additionally, our dress code includes that we do not wear hats or hoods in school. As Rita Pierson’s mantra goes, we have “things to do, people to impress, and places to go.” Cell phones, hats, and hoods distract us from our primary goal of learning, and we won’t let them get in the way. Thank you, students, parents, and guardians, for your help with these practices as we help all our students to learn and grow!

We encourage you to check the Klinger Middle School web page frequently. Here you can find information regarding daily announcements, student schedules, Canvas links, important dates, parent pick-up and drop-off procedures, school lunch information, “Home and School” membership/events, and other school-related communications. The CSD App is also a great resource for all things Centennial, including a Chatbot that can help answer your questions. We also encourage you to follow us on Facebook, and Instagram in order to remain up-to-date on the happenings at Klinger Middle School. Finally, be sure to check your email for our digital newsletter every two weeks through an e-Alert.

Skyward Q

Student schedules will be available in Skyward in mid-August. We will be in touch soon to let you know when they are ready. Please remember to update your contact information (telephone numbers, email addresses, and emergency contacts) in the Skyward Family Access portal so that you will receive E-alert emails, text messages, and voice-recorded messages. If you are coming from the elementary schools or are new to the district, you will need to know your Skyward username & password. For any assistance with your username & password, or if you have not yet registered, please call the Skyward Helpdesk at 215-441-6000 ext. 11150.

Building Tours and Back-to-School Night

Building tours are for anyone who would like to visit Klinger and get a look around prior to the start of school. We’ll be here to greet you, student leaders will take students on tours, and we will have a brief presentation and question-and-answer session for all parents and guardians. Please join us on August 18th from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and/or August 25th from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Our Centennial Farmers Market at Klinger is also hosting a backpack and school supplies distribution for any families in need. We’ll be set up outside the cafeteria with smiles on our faces. Many thanks to MAGIC Charities for sponsoring this event!

On August 25th, we are also hosting a session for our English Language Learners and their families to learn about our website, calendar, grading, and other programs and events from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Please complete this form if you are able to attend.

Also on the 25th, everyone is welcome to stay after the building tours for our first Home and School Association meeting of the year. This is a great time to join, meet other parents and guardians, and learn more about events and ways that you can be involved and support our school.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 11th, from 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. for our in-person Back to School Night!

Home and School Association

Monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. in our cafeteria.
Join us for our first meeting - Monday, August 25th at 6:30 p.m.

Fall athletics will begin shortly after students return.
All student-athletes must complete the following before participating in school athletics: PIAA Physical Form (Physical must be completed after 6/1/2025). ***PRIOR TO ANY TRYOUTS OR PARTICIPATION, STUDENTS MUST HAVE AN UPDATED PIAA PHYSICAL AND CONCUSSION BASELINE ON FILE WITH OUR ATHLETIC TRAINER.***
Liberty Urgent Care offers $20 physicals at all locations. When arriving, please reference Centennial School District or Klinger Athletics.

Hey 7th and 8th graders, are you interested in participating in a fall sport this year? Now is the time to start thinking about what you need to do to participate.

Decide what sport you would like to play. (Boys’ Soccer, Cheerleading, Field Hockey, Football, and Volleyball)
Get a physical and have the PIAA form completed.
Turn your completed PIAA form into Mr. Jones before tryouts start in September.

Physical Form - All incoming 6th-grade students are required to provide the school nurse with a physical examination record.
Dental Form - All incoming 7th-grade students are required to provide the school nurse with a dental examination record.

Click here to check out Klinger’s Nursing Services page.

Breakfast will continue to be free for all students.
Students who qualify for reduced lunch meals will not be charged. No cost to the student.
Lunch price for middle school is $3.15

If you would like to set up an account to make payments online, instructions can be found here on our website. In the schoolcafe app, you can view your child's account balance, the menus for breakfast and lunch, and your child's purchases, as well as set purchase restrictions. As always, payments can be made at the register with cash or check. For elementary students, please put the payment in an envelope with your child's name, PIN number and the word "cafeteria" written on the outside. Checks can be made payable to CSD Food Service.
Parents/Guardians must fill out a new free and reduced application every school year for families that qualify. This can be done on schoolcafe.com. A hard copy can be found on the district website or picked up at school. One application per household.
Please contact Lori Deni at 215-441-6000 or denilo@centennialsd.org if you have any questions.

Centennial Farmers Market at Klinger

Every other month from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Klinger volunteers run a free Farmers Market, providing a trunkful of groceries for any families in our community in need.
Our next market is Thursday, September 11th.
Our partners at McDonald Elementary host a Food Pantry on opposite months of our Market.