Wednesday, August 31st is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

School Hours

8:00 a.m. – 2:30/2:40PM

Grades 6-8:  7:45-8:00AM arrival window, attendance is marked at 8:00AM

Preschool – Grade 5:  8:00-8:15AM arrival window, announcements/morning prayer begin at 8:10AM, attendance is marked at 8:15AM

Arrival / Dismissal Procedures

For the First Day of School, Wednesday 8/31...

Early Childhood Building (ECB) - Preschool, PreK and Kindergarten:

Students will meet their teachers outside. Each teacher will have a sign. 

Preschool will meet at the ECB playground.

PreK will meet on the side yard turf of the ECB building. 

Kindergarten will meet in Mary’s Garden. 

(This procedure will be followed for both Wednesday 8/31 and Thursday 9/1)

Grades 1-4:

Students will meet their teachers outside on the front lawn of the Elementary School Building at 90 Pickering Street. Teachers will have a sign. If your student takes the bus or is dropped off via the carline, a SJS team member will escort them to the front lawn to meet their teacher/class. Teachers will escort their classes into the building at 8:10am.

Grades 5-8: Students should enter the school buildings and head directly to their homeroom. 

Grades 6-8 enters using the rear Middle School Door (next to the playground) from 7:45am-8:00am. 

Grade 5 enters using the 2 walkers doors (Pickering Street or the Mary's Garden entrance) from 8:00-8:15am (announcements/prayer at 8:10am, attendance marked 8:15am).

Dismissal

Dismissal for all grades will be “business as usual” and students will be dismissed per the instructions that you have submitted via the Main Office Form. 

Beginning Thursday September 1st... 

ARRIVAL

Grades 1-8 Carline

Enter the back parking lot via Highland Avenue, single file.  Students will exit vehicles at the designated location and enter either the Elementary or Middle School.

Buses

Students will be dropped off and enter at the main office doors for each building: Grades 1-8 at 90 Pickering Street and Kindergarten at the Early Childhood Building (with a SJS team member escort).

Grades 1-8 Walkers

Grades 1-5: Enter through the 2 walker doors (Pickering Street or the Mary's Garden entrance) both on the corner of Pickering and May Streets. 

Grades 6-8: Enter through the rear Middle School doors near the playground.

Early Childhood Building (ECB) (Begins Tuesday, September 6th)

Park and escort your student to the Early Childhood Building (ECB).  Children are dropped off at their grade level door, parents do not bring them into the building.   

Preschool: Drop-off is at the ECB playground. 

PreK: Drop-off at the ECB side door closest to the ECB playground. 

Kindergarten: Drop-off at the ECB side door closest to the parking lot gate. 

DISMISSAL

Grades 1-8 Carline

Pull into the back parking lot via Highland Avenue. Form lines following the painted hash marks. The lines fill up before the dismissal bell. Students will be dismissed and meet you at your car.

Buses

Students will board buses at the main entrance of 90 Pickering Street. Kindergarten will be walked to the main entrance by Mrs. O'Brien for buses.

Grades 1-5 Walkers

Students will be dismissed out the 2 walkers doors both located on the corner of Pickering Street and May Street. 

Grades 6-8 Walkers

Students will be dismissed out the Middle School walker door located on May Street. 

Early Childhood Building (ECB)

Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten are dismissed 10-minutes earlier than Grades 1-8, at 2:30pm. If you are utilizing carline for your older student, please join the carline in the Elementary School back parking lot and walk over to pick up your ECB child (then walk back to your car for your older students). You must meet your children outside when they are dismissed by their teacher at the back gate of the Early Childhood Building.  

Arrival / Dismissal Guidelines

Please attend to all posted signs and obey the Town of Needham parking rules. Please do not park in the Needham Public Schools Administration Building parking lot. Please only cross the street at crosswalks and obey the crossing guards’ instructions.  If you have a pet with you at Arrival/Dismissal, they must always remain on leash and please be mindful that some children have allergies and/or fears.   

Before Care / After Care

Before/After Care begins on Thursday, September 1^st

Before Care begins at 7:15AM and is a drop-in program. 

After Care is available until 4:00PM or 6:00PM. After Care is a contracted program. 

For more information, visit our Forms Page.

Middle School Study Hall

Middle School Study Hall begins after Labor Day. 

Stay tuned for more information.

Lunch

Pizza Fridays will begin on Friday, September 16^th. 

For more information and to sign up, visit our Forms Page.

We are excited to, once again, offer a lunch box program Monday-Thursday for all students at SJS. This program will begin on Monday, September 19^th.  Stay tuned for more information!

We will need volunteers for Lunch (Grades 1-8) and Recess (PS-Grade 4). 

Stay tuned for more information.

Uniforms

Please make sure to review the SJS Uniform guidelines.

Gym uniforms go into effect on Thursday, September 1^st.

Fun Run

The deadline for 2022 Fun Run t-shirt sponsors is Friday, September 2, 2022. 

For more information visit the 2022 Fun Run webpage.

We can't wait to see all our students on Wednesday!