Tucson Country Day School -
Back To School Information

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We go back to school on Monday, August 10th

NO School Lunches will be offered the first week of school

Teacher Meet and Greet Day

Friday, August 7th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Teacher assignments will be distributed and Middle Students will receive their class schedules at Meet and Greet

Start Times

PreSchool and Pre Kindergarten - 8:30 a.m.

Kindergarten through 3rd grade - 8:40 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. (NEW start time and end time!)

4th grade through 8th grade - 8:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (NEW end time!)

On-Campus Arrival/Pick Up Times

A fee based before and after school care program is available to students who need to arrive at school prior to 7:30 a.m. or remain at school more than 15 minutes after they are dismissed at the end of the day.

In the morning, playground supervision is provided for students from 7:30 a.m. until school begins.

In the afternoon, supervision is provided for 4th through 8th grade students who are waiting for a parent until 3:00 p.m. Supervision is provided for Kinder through 3rd grade students who are waiting for a parent until 3:30 p.m.

After these times, students will be sent to a fee-based after school program.

The only exception to this is that 4th through 8th grade students who have a sibling in Kindergarten through third grade who wait after school for their sibling will be supervised at no charge until their sibling is dismissed from school.

Before Care and After Care

Before school care is available to all students from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. for $15.00 per child per week.

After school care is available until 6:00 p.m. for $50.00 per week per child.

"One hour" after care is available until 4:15 p.m. for $25 per child per week.

School Uniforms

Students at TCDS wear uniforms as follows:

-   PreSchool/PreK: no uniforms

-   Kindergarten/First grade: plain white shirts with a collar, navy blue bottoms

-   Second and Third grades: plain yellow shirts with a collar, navy blue bottoms

-   Fourth and Fifth graders: plain red shirts with a collar, navy blue bottoms

-   Sixth graders: plain sky blue shirts with a collar, navy blue bottoms

-   Seventh graders: plain kelly green shirts with a collar, navy blue bottoms

-   Eighth graders: plain navy blue shirts with a collar, khaki bottoms

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

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

Do you need a school uniform shirt?

Polo shirts with the school logo are available for $11 for all grade levels in the Student Store.

Uniform shirts for 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls and 7th grade boys are available for $11 in the Student Store. These shirts do not have a school logo on them.

Quantities limited to first come first served.

Grade Level Supply Lists

School supply lists for the 2009-10 school year are below.

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.