Back to school information 2023-2024

*Back to School night for Pre K @ 6:30 PM on Tuesday, September 5th in the classrooms. One parent from every family with a student in Pre Kindergarten must attend.
 
*Back to School night for Kindergarten @ 6:30 PM on Tuesday, September 5th in the classrooms. One parent from every family with a student in Grades Kindergarten must attend.
 
*Back to School night for Grades 5-8 @ 7 PM on Tuesday, September 5th   in the classrooms. One parent from every family with students in Grades 5-8 must attend.
 
*Back to School night for Grades 1-4 @ 7 PM on Wednesday, September 6th  in the classrooms. One parent from every family with students in Grades 1-4 must attend.
Opening days

*Wednesday, September 6th   First day of school for students in Grades 5-8. The school day will start at 7:55AM and end at 1 PM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and go directly to their classrooms.  . Students must also bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.  

*Thursday, September 7th   First day of school for students in Grades K-4. Please note the time that each class is to report to school.

Students in Grades 2-4 will start at 7:55AM and end at 1PM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and go directly to their classrooms. Students must also bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.  

Students in Grade 1 will start at 8:30AM and end at 1PM.Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and meet Mrs. Broadbent outside of school.  Students must also bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.  

Students in Kindergarten will start at 9AM and end at 12:50PM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and meet Ms. Colleen  outside of school.  Students must also bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.  

*Friday, September 8th  All students in grades 1-8 will begin school at 7:55 AM and will be dismissed at 12 PM. Kindergarten will dismiss at 11:50AM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and go directly to their classrooms. Students should bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.


*Monday, September 11th  All students in Pre-Kindergarten will begin school at 8:30 AM and will be dismissed at 2:40 PM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and meet Ms. Annette outside of school.     Students should bring a healthy snack and water from home for recess. Students may not bring in any type of juice or soda for recess.
 
*Monday, September 11th  All students in Grades Kindergarten-8 will begin school at 7:55 AM. Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 2:40PM. Students in Grades 1-8 will be dismissed at 2:50 PM. Students will enter through the Monmouth Street doors and go directly to their classrooms.   Please do not send students to school before 7:45 AM since there are no staff members on drop off duty until this time.

Recess snack
All students must bring a healthy snack and water from home each day for a recess snack.

Daily Lunch 12 PM - 12:40 PM
All students who stay for lunch must bring their lunch from home for the week of September 11th. 
 
*Hot lunch will be provided for the students who would like to have it on Monday, September 18th. A calendar will be sent home so you can see what is being made each day. This calendar will also be posted on our website, motherdivinegrace.com each month. 
 
Breakfast 7:15AM-7:45AM
Breakfast will be provided for students who would like to have it on Monday, September 11th.   Breakfast is not a C.A.R.E.S. program. If your child arrives early to school he/she must eat the breakfast provided. Children may not bring in their own breakfast.
 
C.A.R.E.S. Children Are Receiving Extended Services
The C.A.R.E.S. program will begin on Monday, September 11th. C.A.R.E.S. is the after school care that they will provide for our students. C. A.R.E. S. is from 3PM until 5:30PM .  You may register your child for the C.A.R.E.S. by emailing Ms. Annette at [email protected]


If you can find the following please send them in to school. Any amount would be greatly appreciated.

• 2 boxes of tissues
• 2 bottles of hand soap
• 2 bottles of hand sanitizer
• 2 rolls of paper towels
• 2 containers of Lysol or Clorox wipes

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or your child’s teacher. 

Thank you for registering and trusting us with the care of your child for the 2023--2024 school year. We are looking forward to a fun filled and enriching year!