School Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | 8:45AM - 3:15PM
Wednesday | 8:45AM - 2:45PM
Early Release Days: 12:55PM dismissal
Late Policy
It is very important that each student arrive in his/her classroom,
ready to begin school, by 8:45AM. We ask that all students be in their
classrooms at 8:40AM. A student who arrives after 8:45AM should go to
the office to get a late slip before going to the classroom.
Absences
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Schedule
Putnam
Avenue Upper School follows a five day schedule during which students
take required classes and individually-identified electives. Individual
schedules and homeroom assignments will be provided to students before
their first day of school, and students will receive reminders of the
schedule cycle to keep them on track. As they adjust to the five day
cycle, homeroom will provide opportunities for reminders and
announcements, as well as a familiar anchor at the start of each day.
Transportation
Cambridge
Public Schools will provide transportation to all 6th-8th grade
students who must walk 1.5 miles or more to their assigned schools, and
to all students through grade 8 who must cross Fresh Pond Parkway,
McGrath Highway, or Alewife Brook Parkway, or who must cross the
railroad tracks at Sherman Street. Students who are not eligible for
transportation in the morning based on their home address may be
eligible to take a school bus to an after school program. Please contact
Tina Fisher in the Transportation department for more information.
Arrival and Dismissal
The school day begins at 8:45AM and ends at 3:15PM, (2:45PM on Wednesdays).
Breakfast is served daily from 8:15-8:35AM in the playground/cafeteria. Students who are not eating breakfast should arrive at the Magee St door at 8:45AM and report directly to their homeroom.
For dismissal, all walkers will exit Putnam Ave and pick up and drop off, please do not park in the bus lane on Magee St.