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Lower School (K-5)
Early Bird: 7am at the Dining Hall
Drop-Off Begins: 7:45am in front of Lower School
Class Start Time: 8:00am
Dismissal: 3:00pm

Wednesdays Only
Early Bird: 7am at the Dining Hall
Drop-off Begins: 9:15am in front of the Lower School
Class Begins: 9:30am
Dismissal: 3:00pm

Arrival

Maclay Lower School offers an Early Bird option for a fee with drop-off time from 7am - 7:45am in the Dining Hall. Families must pre-register.

Pre-Kindergarten: PreK students may be dropped off at the PreK entrance between 8:00am and 8:30am (Wednesdays 9:15-9:30am). Parents/guardians should unbuckle students, and then Pre-K faculty will assist students out of cars and guide them inside to their classrooms

Kindergarten – 5th Grades: Morning drop-off occurs from 7:45am - 8:00am (Wednesdays 9:15am-9:30am) in the Lower School drop-off line

Students arriving before 7:45am should be dropped off in front of the Dining Hall where they will remain with other members of their class until being walked to their classroom at 8:00am.
Students arriving between 7:45am and 8:00am should be dropped off in front of Lower School. They will report directly to their classroom.
Students arriving after 8:00am must be signed in at the front office by a parent/guardian. It is important that students arrive in a timely manner. Please allow time for students to put their things away and be in their classrooms ready for instruction to begin at 8:00am.
Parents may walk their child into the building between 7:45am and 8:00am each morning. In order to give teachers time to prepare their classrooms, please do not enter the building prior to 7:45am. Our school day begins promptly at 8:00am.

Dismissal

We have staggered dismissal times to reduce traffic density and facilitate efficiency and safety. Extended care options such as Stay and Play (for Pre-K) and Kids Club are also available until 6pm.

Pre-Kindergarten students should be picked up in front of the PreK building 12:30-12:45pm. PreK students participating in Stay and Play should be picked up in front of the PreK building from 3:00-3:15pm

Kindergarten – 5th Grades students must be picked up in front of the Lower School between 3:00-3:20pm.

To ensure an efficient and timely dismissal, your pick-up number must be CLEARLY DISPLAYED while in the dismissal line (it is easiest for us to see numbers that are hung from the rear-view mirror). Students not picked up by the end of dismissal will automatically be sent to the Kids Club program, located in the Dining Hall, and a fee will be charged.