In Riihimäki, about 260 first-graders start school

Riihimäki's preschool units and basic education schools will start their academic year on Thursday, August 8 at 9.00:9.30 a.m. In high school, the school day for new first-year students starts at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. The opening of the school year for high school students continuing their studies will be announced through Wilma.

This autumn in Riihimäki:

• about 250 children in six-year-old preschool
• 262 pupils will start the first grade
• about 170 first-year students in high school.

There are a total of approximately 2900 students in basic education and approximately 525 students in high school.

At the start of school, guardians of primary education students and households of high school students are informed in more detail about the practices related to the start of the school year.

Riihimäki kindergartens will be in operation from Monday, July 29, 2024. Children enter early childhood education between August and September according to individual schedules.

School transport

School children and students can travel free of charge on R-transport buses on August 8, 2024.

Pupils who have been granted a school transport benefit have been sent a decision and instructions regarding school transport. Pupils using public transport will receive the code needed in the mobile ticket application by email before the start of school. Screening tickets are delivered to the student's local school before the start of school. Guardians of students traveling by taxi will be sent a text message with a link to the Kouluun.fi service and more detailed instructions on how to use the service by email.

The school transport application form can be filled out on the city's website. More information about autumn public transport you can find here.

Elementary school students and secondary school students who are not entitled to school transportation can buy a semester or academic year ticket as a mobile or display ticket.

The code needed to activate the mobile ticket can be obtained from the Information Center (Eteläinen Asemakatu 2). You can get the code order form against. The student can apply for the code himself. If another person applies for the code on behalf of the student, they must have the student's or student's identity card or Kela card with them.

The student must be prepared to prove his age if, based on his appearance, he can be thought to be over 19 years old.

The received code is entered into the Routes and Tickets application, after which the tickets will be displayed. It is no longer necessary to log into the application with the student or student email address of the school or educational institution as before, but any email address will do.

You can buy a screening ticket at the Information Center. It is necessary to join order form and a photo of the ticket holder.

You can find more information about travel tickets for school children and students here..

High school students covered by compulsory schooling, whose journey to school is more than 7 kilometers from their home door to the school door, receive Kela's school travel allowance. Support can be applied for directly from OmaKela, and instructions can be found on the high school's website.

When schools start, we ask all motorists to exercise special caution in traffic and to take into account children and young people who are starting the school year.