Grades 5-8 - The Lecture Hall behind the Donaldson Auditorium will be open and staffed at 7:45am for students whose parents need to drop them off earlier. Students arriving later than 8:10 must report to the Brooks office before proceeding to their classrooms. Those students will be marked tardy and will be issued a pass to enter the classroom. In the upper grades, tardiness is particularly disruptive and confusing for students. For students in Grades 6-8, repeated tardiness (three or more) will result in detention.

In Grades 6-8, students meet at the beginning and end of the school day with their homeroom teacher. This connecting with students is very important. Classes are departmentalized. An outline of the curriculum for each grade is provided in the Program of Studies for Grades 6-8, which is distributed at an Open House for parents in the fall and is also available through the school office

Grades 5-8 Dismissal is at 2:45 p.m., except on Wednesdays, when dismissal is at 12:30. Students who take the bus will be directed to their buses. Students in Grades 5-8 who are not taking a bus home are to be picked up in front of the Donaldson Auditorium entrance. Cars picking up students and departing bicyclists should exit on the Hartwell side of Center Field to avoid the buses loading children in the circle.

Please note that the school doors open at 8:07 a.m. and school begins at 8:10. The Donaldson Auditorium and the lobby area outside the Smith Gym will be open and staffed at 7:45am for students whose parents need to drop them off before the 8:10 opening. Please note there will be no supervision prior to 7:45am.

At 8:07 a.m. students may be dropped off at the Donaldson Auditorium entrance. Students in Grades 5-8 will be dismissed at the end of the day from this same entrance. When you are dropping off students in the morning or picking up students at the end of the day, park in the Brooks Gym lot or around the circle in front of Donaldson Auditorium if spaces are available. Please do not enter the Center Field circular driveway while the buses are loading or unloading (8:00 – 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.). You may exit directly out on the Hartwell side of Center Field.