Lower School: In typical school years, children start the morning by meeting with friends and teachers in the multi-purpose room. At dismissal, all Lower School teachers dismiss children directly to parents or a designated adult in front of the school.
Middle School: Some families carpool or students commute via subway, very often in groups. Once at school, Middle School students can meet and participate in supervised activities in the gym until advisory begins. Advisory takes place 10 minutes at the start of each morning. This time is used for greetings, announcements, and getting students ready for the day. The day also ends in advisory, where students discuss homework plans and again organize themselves before they dismiss in advisory groupings. Middle schoolers are released unless we have a prior notification that a child is not allowed to be dismissed.
Upper School: All upper school students start the day in homeroom. At the end of school students are able to leave on their own or go to whatever club or athletic activity they participate in.