Back to School Welcome

September 2015 

The staff at 276 has been busy getting ready for the new school year.  Teachers have started coming in to set up classrooms and work on planning.  Anthony and his custodial crew have been polishing and cleaning.  Nico, Claudine, Erica, Lorraine and I have been hard at work through the summer with registration, classes, and first days of school procedures.

The first day of school this year is Wednesday, September 9th. School starts at 8:20 each day. The school building will open for breakfast in the 5^th floor cafeteria at 8:00 am. School lunch will be served starting the first day of school. 

Class assignments will be announced for K through 5^th grade on September 8, 2015. Middle school students will find out their class assignment on the first day of school.

First through Fifth graders will go to the gym to line up with their class. Please make sure your child knows their class number before coming to school. School staff will be in the gym to help them to their class line. Teachers will pick students up from the gym and take them to their classrooms. Parents will say good-bye in the lobby.

Kindergarten families are invited to escort their children upstairs to their classroom. We ask you to take the stairs to the third floor to improve traffic flow in the lobby. At the beginning of October, parents will drop students off in the lobby. More information will be forthcoming on this transition.

Middle School students will go directly to the auditorium for their class assignments on September 9. On Thursday, September 10, they will go straight to homeroom.

Please remember that NO SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS OR STROLLERS ARE ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING at any time.

Dismissal

At 2:40 pm teachers will bring students downstairs for dismissal.  There will be signs in the first floor windows indicating where your child’s class will be dismissed. Parents/caretakers should wait outside on the sidewalk to greet classes by the sign for your child’s class. Please stand in back of the trees so that children can have access to line up. Fifth grade students are dismissed on the corner of First Place and Battery Place.

Kindergarten students will have a half day on September 9^th.  They will be dismissed at 11:30. All other school days kindergarten is dismissed at 2:30 pm.

Middle School students are dismissed on their own at 2:40 pm. Please make arrangements with your child if you plan to meet them after school.  

After school begins on Thursday, September 10th.  You can register through the Manhattan Youth website. 

Please visit our website for up to date information and calendar of events.