The school day starts at  8:20 a.m. and ends at 3:05 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Dismissal on every Wednesday is at 12:20 p.m. for staff professional development activities.

Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Arrival

• Students may arrive as early as 8:05 for supervised outdoor play (weather permitting).
• Please help your children understand that once students arrive on school grounds, they are the responsibility of the school staff and may not leave.
• Morning bell is rung outside at 8:15 AM with a school-wide morning message- breakfast is served in the classroom.
• Morning classroom meetings and instruction begin at 8:20 a.m.. 
• Children arriving after 8:20 a.m. will be marked tardy and will need to check in at the office.

Being in school is, in part, training for professional and life skills. To that end, we have a heavy emphasis on EVERY child being in school early or on time, every day, ready to learn. It negatively impacts the student and the entire class when a student is late. We thank you for preparing your family’s schedule to ensure that your child will be on time every day.

Dismissal

• Students are dismissed at  3:05 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  On Wednesdays, students are dismissed at 12:20. 
• If a student needs to be dismissed to catch a boat, an advance notice allows for an orderly dismissal. If you have a change to your child’s dismissal plan please contact the office in the morning by phone or email: crowlp@portlandschools.org

Parents/others may wait for their children in the following areas:

• Parents of  Pre-k and Kindergarten students, please wait outside the gate near the basketball court. All other students are dismissed at the opening of the playground.
• To ensure the safety of everyone, children will be dismissed only to those people designated on the Emergency/Information Card. Please notify the office in the event that there may be another person picking up your child.