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Tucson Country Day School -
2008-09 School Information Packets


We hope you are enjoying your summer vacation.  All of the information you will need to begin the 2008-09 school year is included on this page, including the time and date for Meet and Greet Your Teacher Day and the student supply lists for each grade level.  

If you are not able to print from your computer or you would like a printed copy of the information contained on this page, please stop by the school office during regular business hours -- Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:00 p.m.  

If you have any questions, feel free to call the school office at (520) 296-0883.

We look forward to seeing you in August!

FYI - Uniform shirts with the school logo will be available in the Student Store starting at the Meet-n-Greet on August 8th.  
 

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Click here to download or view a this year's school calendar.  It is color-coded to show early dismissal days, holidays and vacation days. The calendar also indicates the beginning and ending date for each of the four quarters.

Left click on the link below to view the calendar. Right click on the link to download the calendar to your computer.


MEET AND GREET YOUR TEACHER DAY

All students can find out their class assignments and meet their new teachers on Friday, August 8th at 6:00 p.m.

Middle school student schedules will be available at this time.
 

SCHOOL HOURS

***Note the ENDING time changes for this year***

Grades K-3: 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Grades 4-8: 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

*Early drop-off for K-3rd grade -- 8:00 a.m.

*Early drop-off for 4th-8th grade -- 7:30 a.m.

* Before school, any K-3rd grade student with a sibling in 4th-8th grade may be dropped off at the same time as the older sibling. 

After school, K-3rd grade students with a sibling in 4th-8th grade may wait at school in a designated area until their older sibling is released.

K-3rd grade students who are not picked up by 3:00 p.m., and 4th-8th grade students and any K-3rd grade siblings waiting with them who are not picked up by 3:30 p.m., will be escorted to our fee-based "after care" program for supervision.


EXTENDED CARE PROGRAM

Tucson Country Day School offers a BEFORE CARE program starting at 6:30 a.m. and an AFTER CARE program that runs from the time school is dismissed until 6:00 p.m.  Click here for more information

 
SCHOOL UNIFORMS

All kindergarten through 8th grade students at Tucson Country Day School wear uniforms. Uniform colors are as follows:

--  Kinder and 1st grade: Plain white collared shirt, navy blue bottoms.

--  2nd and 3rd grade: Plain yellow collared shirt, navy blue bottoms.

--  4th and 5th grade: Plain red collared shirt, navy blue bottoms

--  6th and 7th grade: Plain sky blue collared shirt, navy blue bottoms

--  8th grade: Plain navy blue collared shirt, khaki bottoms.

Bottom of shorts, skirts, skorts and jumpers must be the length of the middle finger when the arm is extended straight down the side of the leg.  Athletic pants or shorts are not permitted.

Shirts and bottoms must be a solid color and cannot have monograms, stripes, logos or other markings on them.


STUDENT SUPPLY LISTS

Download the student supply lists you need by clicking on the appropriate link(s) below.  

*** Important Information***

The school supply lists are saved as PDF files. You will need Adobe Reader on your computer to view the files. If you don't have a copy of this free software, you can get a copy by clicking on the Adobe Reader link below. This will open a new browser window so you can easily return to this page after downloading the software.


Click here to download free Acrobat Reader Software

 

Left click on a link below to open a file. 

Right click on a link to save the file to your computer.


Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th and 8th Grade

7th Grade Summer Reading List

 

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

BEGINS THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL

Tucson Country Day School offers an optional lunch program during the school week.  Lunches cost $3.00 and include a main item, a fruit and/or a vegetable and a milk.  K-5th grade students can purchase an extra main item for an additional $1.50. 

Middle School students (grades 6th-8th) can purchase the main item ala-carte for $1.50.