DAILY SCHEDULE
8:45 Drop-off / Gates Open
9:10 To Class
3:35 Dismissal / 1:30 Wednesday Minimum Day
Kindergarten
Drop-off Campus Avenue small gate onto kindergarten playground
First and Second Grades
Drop off Campus Avenue main gate by office
Pick up 1st grade through the main gate on Campus Ave.
Pick up 2nd grade through side gate in the Ed Center driveway
UPDATE - Third Grade and Room 214 (4th grade)
Drop off at main gate, Pick up at Joint-Use Field gate
Fourth and Fifth Grades in Two-story Building
Drop off and pick up on Meade Avenue side gate by Birney Library
See Families > Extended Day for After School Opportunities
DAILY Office Hours 8am-5pm
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. Although everyday, it is important that students wear comfortable clothing, bring a jacket or layered clothing, and wear shoes appropriate and safe for outdoor play and Physical Education, please know that clothing will likely get messy on their specials day. Be sure to dress your child in clothing that is okay to get dirty. They will have a lot of fun in the garden, art, physical education and other specials classes on their "special" day. The specials schedule is as follows:
| Kindergarten: |
Friday |
| Grade 1: |
Monday |
| Grade 2: |
Thursday |
| Grade 3: |
Tuesday |
| Grade 4: |
Thursday, 12:20-3:35 p.m. |
| Grade 5: |
Tuesday, 12:20-3:35 p.m. |