Daily Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students are permitted on campus between 8:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Only students registered with the PrimeTime or SAY Birney extended day programs or in a class may be on campus at any other time.
Students must be supervised at all times. If a certificated staff member wishes to admit a student at other times, written arrangements must be made with the parent using a field trip request form. A copy of the signed permission slip must be located in the office. It is the supervising staff member's responsibility to let the student on and off campus.Under no circumstances are the students to be left alone until someone arrives to pick them up.
Morning
| 6:30 |
SAY Birney extended day starts (fee-based child care open to all) |
| 7:00 |
PrimeTime starts (for eligible students only) |
| 8:00 |
Birney office and phones open |
| 8:45 |
Front Gate opens |
| 8:45-9:05 |
Breakfast program, games tables, Running Club.Supervision begins.
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| 9:05-9:10 |
Students move to classroom lines |
| 9:10 |
First Bell, teachers pick up students |
| 9:15 |
Tardy Bell, all students expected to be in class |
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Morning
Kindergarten academic time (120 minutes) |
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Grade 1 academic time (125 minutes) |
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Grades 2-3 academic time (140 minutes) |
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Grades 4-5 academic time (150 minutes)
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Lunch
| 11:00-11:30 |
Kindergarten lunch/recess |
| 11:05-11:40 |
Grade 1 lunch/recess |
| 11:35-12:10 |
Grades 2-3 lunch/recess |
| 11:55-12:30 |
Grades 4-5 lunch/recess |
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After lunch
Kindergarten academic time (115 minutes) |
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Grades 1-3 academic time (105 minutes) |
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Grades 4-5 academic time (90 minutes) |
Afternoon
| 1:35-2:05 |
Grades K-5 afternoon recess (modified during COVID)
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2:05-3:35 p.m. Grades K-5 academic time (90 minutes) |
| 3:35 |
Dismissal (1:30 p.m. Wednesdays) |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Homework Clubs |
| 5:00 |
Office closes |
| 6:15 |
After-school programs close |
Specials
Each grade level has a designated specials time. It is important that students wear comfortable clothing that can get messy on their specials day, along with appropriate shoes for P.E. The specials schedule is as follows:
| Kindergarten: |
Tuesday & Thursday |
| Grade 1: |
Wednesday & Friday |
| Grade 2: |
Wednesday & Thursday |
| Grade 3: |
Monday & Wednesday |
| Grade 4: |
Thursday, 12:20-3:35 p.m. |
| Grade 5: |
Tuesday, 12:20-3:35 p.m. |