Freshmen SPECIFICS
Class Location & TIMES
All freshman students enrolled in band or guard will spend the 1st hour (class period) of the school day at the Union High School campus. All high school band and guard classes, rehearsals, and activities take place at the UHS campus; none take place the Union Freshman Academy.
The 1st Class Period at Union H.S. begins at 8:35am daily. Students participating in Marching Band begin at 7:00am daily during the fall competitive season. Students participating in Winter Guard, chamber music ensembles, band class sectionals, winter training, or other ancillary rehearsals or training sessions may have scheduled obligations that begin prior to 8:35am during the period between November-May.
Morning Transportation
BEFORE SCHOOL
Freshman students utilize two basic options for transportation to Union High School each morning:
Ride by car with a parent, sibling, or older peer, etc.
Renegade Regiment students must arrive at campus via this method
Dropping-off at, or picking-up students up at, the UHS Band Building by way of the Bus Loop is not permitted at times when the loop is occupied by buses. Please avoid the hours of 8-8:45am and 3:00-4:00pm. We encourage use of an alternate location for pick-up/drop-off; suggestion: the drive of Union HS’s South Entry, with the drop point just west of the Football Stadium main entry.
Ride the High School bus route that serves their neighborhood. To find the correct route and bus stop click Here
Enter your home address and select UNION HIGH SCHOOL in the drop-down menu that shows “All Grades and Schools”)
Please note:
Your neighborhood's Freshman Academy bus route will not provide transportation to the UHS campus.
Shuttle transportation from the Union Freshman Academy to Union High School before first period class is NOT available (Renegade Regiment students must arrange for their own daily transportation throughout the fall competitive season, which ends on Oct 28).
Inter-Campus Shuttle Transportation After First Period
All freshman students will ride a shuttle bus from Union High School to the Union Freshmen Academy at end of 1st period band class rehearsals, daily. This shuttle departs at 9:25am [9:20am on Early Release Fridays] and arrives at the UFA just prior to the beginning of 2nd period class. Shuttle Bus #’s are 09, 25, 26, 37, 41 & 45 (#’s are subject to change).
In the event that a freshman student misses the shuttle bus, he/she should NEVER: walk to the UFA, nor ride in a peer-driven vehicle without permission of both the driver and rider. The student should communicate to a teacher about the missed bus, and efforts will be made for the student to ride a secondary specially-scheduled bus.
Afternoon
Inter-Campus Shuttle Transportation
A shuttle bus runs daily from the Freshman Academy to the High School campus after school for Freshman students participating in scheduled afternoon rehearsals and events. Bus #40 is generally the first bus in the UFA bus loop queue; departure is shortly after the school day ends at 3:27pm.
For Fall Semester Home Football Games, NonComp Freshmen will ride on the final bus positioned in the UFA bus loop; Renegade Regiment Freshmen will ride bus #40 at the front of the loop.
In the event that a freshman student misses the shuttle bus, he/she should NEVER: walk to the UFA, nor ride in a peer-driven vehicle without permission of both the driver and rider. The student should communicate to a teacher about the missed bus, and efforts will be made for the student to ride a secondary specially-scheduled bus.
Specific Info for GUARD Students
Winter season daily class time rehearsals take place at the Union Freshman Academy Indoor Baseball Complex. Shuttle bus transportation from UFA to UHS between the 1st & 2nd Class Periods is provided for Soph/Jr/Sr students.
LOCKERS
All students enrolled in band or guard will be issued an instrument/equipment storage locker at the UHS campus. Lockers contain limited storage space for additional personal items.
Additionally, Freshmen band and guard students may request a locker at the Freshman Academy, specifically intentioned to contain their instrument during the school day, that will be retrieved at the end of the school day and taken home to practice.
