Nassau School Day Schedule

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL

Classes are from 9:15 - 3:15. Students should not arrive at the school prior to 8:45 in the morning unless they have some scheduled activity within the school since personnel are not available for supervision. Students are permitted to go to their classrooms at 9:00. Students who arrive after 9:15 a.m. are late and must get a pass from the greeter in the main lobby. Parents are asked to please be certain their child arrives on time. At the end of the school day, walkers are dismissed at 3:13, those students being picked up by parents or guardians are dismissed at 3:18 and buses leave at approximately 3:30. Please send in a note if there is any change in the usual dismissal routine. Parents picking up their children will wait in the cafeteria and will be asked to sign out their children and exit through the cafeteria doors.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Nassau utilizes a rotational scheduling system to allow for enhanced collaboration between teachers and other school staff.  The schedule is formatted into a four-day cycle (i.e., A Day, B Day, C Day, and D Day).  If school is missed due to holidays or snow days, when your child returns to school, the schedule will resume with the letter day that was missed.  For example, if Friday is a B Day, then Monday will be a C Day.  If Monday is a holiday, Tuesday will become a C Day.

Rotational scheduling also provides for more consistent participation by each class in the four specials offered at Nassau.  These specials are art, music, physical education, and library.  Each special is 40 minutes in length.  Students will attend art, music, and library one time per four-day rotation.  Students will attend physical educaiton two times per four-day rotation.