Remember: PARENT COFFEE HOUR—First Wednesday of every month, 9 a.m. in the North Room.
12 Friday
Juice Parties in the classrooms for Threes, Fours & Kindergarten
15 Monday
First day of classes—noon dismissal for Fours & Kindergarten
16 Tuesday
Second day of classes—12:30 dismissal for Fours & Kindergarten
GCS PARENTS’ MEETING (2s-K)—7:30 in the Guild Hall
17 Wednesday
First full day of school
22 Monday
Together Time—Monday program starts
Together Time Parents Meeting 7:30 in the Twos’ Room
24 Wednesday
Together Time—Wednesday program starts
Fall Music program starts
30 Tuesday
Rosh Hashanah—School Closed
9 Thursday
Yom Kippur—School Closed
10–13 Friday–Monday
Extended Columbus Day Weekend—School Closed
4 Tuesday
Election Day—School Closed for PARENT CONFERENCES
25 Tuesday
GCS Thanksgiving observance—regular dismissal schedule
26–28 Wednesday–Friday
THANKSGIVING RECESS—School Closed
1 Monday
School resumes
5 Friday
GCS Annual Book Fair Opens; Kindergarten Reunion for Class of 2008
6 Saturday
GCS Annual Book Fair continues
17 Wednesday
No Together Time class
19 Friday
Holiday Sing—Noon dismissal for all classes
WINTER VACATION BEGINS
5 Monday
School Resumes
13 Tuesday
Extended Days Young Fours begins
19 Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—School Closed
30 Friday
GCS celebrates Chinese New Year—Year of the Ox
Spring Music Time program begins
6 Friday
Staff Development Day—School Closed
7 Saturday
Grace Church Fair
16–20 Monday–Friday
MID-WINTER RECESS—School Closed
23 Monday
School Resumes
5 Thursday
School Pictures—No retakes!
13 Friday
Breakfast in Slippers Celebration
6–13 Monday–Monday
SPRING VACATION—School Closed
14 Tuesday
School resumes
13 Wednesday
Last meeting for Together Time—Wednesday
18 Monday
Last meeting for Together Time—Monday
25 Monday
Memorial Day—School Closed
5 Friday
Good-bye Day—Half day for all classes
8–12 Monday–Friday
June School Week 1
15–19 Monday–Friday
June School Week 2
School closes for the summer
If you or a caregiver believe you will be late for your child's pickup, please call the school at (718) 624-4030 as soon as possible and leave word for your child's teacher. We don't encourage tardiness, however; we ask that you be on time. If there is a change in your child's regular pickup, please write a note in the Going Home Notebook in each classroom or call the school. We cannot allow a child to leave with a substitute caregiver unless we are informed in the classroom notebook--or in an emergency, by phone.
Please notify the school if your child is sick, so that other parents can be informed of possible contagion. A child with a heavy cold or even a mild upset stomach cannot function well in a group and may infect classmates and teachers. A child should stay home until he or she:
We follow the lead of the public schools unless otherwise stipulated. If they close, we will close. We will call parents by 7 a.m. if there are unforeseen changes to the school calendar because of other severe weather. We will also put a message on the school answering machine.
If an emergency requires us to evacuate the school, we will notify parents of the situation by email and put a message on the school answering machine.