Arrival and Dismissal (2024-2025)

School hours are 8.00 a.m to 2.45 p.m

  • PK-3 and PK-4 Arrival

    PK-3 and PK-4: Arrival time is 8:00 AM

    All students in 3K and Pre-K will enter through Door C and be escorted directly to their classrooms by their parents/guardians.

    Students in these grades will be allowed into their classrooms at 8:00 a.m. and will receive a breakfast in the room.

  • Kindergarten Arrival

    Kindergarten: Breakfast is served between 7:30 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. in the cafeteria. To ensure a safe school environment, please drop your child off by 7:55 AM at the cafeteria door or door C where they will be greeted by a P.S. 368 staff member.

    At 8:00 a.m. Kindergarten students will be picked up in the cafeteria and escorted to the classrooms by their teachers.

    Children who arrive via school bus service will join the students in the cafeteria and will be supervised by P.S. 368 staff.

  • Grades 1 - 6 Arrival

    Gr. 1 – 6 student: Breakfast is served between 7:30 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. in the cafeteria. To ensure a safe school environment, please drop your child off by 7:55 AM at the cafeteria door or Door C where they will be greeted by a P.S. 368 staff member.

    At 8:00 a.m. students will walk upstairs to their classrooms where they will be greeted by their teachers.

    Children who arrive via school bus service will join the students in the cafeteria and will be supervised by P.S. 368 staff.

  • PK-3 and PK-4 Dismissal

    PK-3: At 2:40 p.m, Door C will be opened for all 3K families to proceed upstairs to the second floor for pickup at the classroom.

    PK-4 At 2:40 p.m, Door D will be opened for all 3K families to proceed upstairs to the second floor for pickup at the classroom.

    Any 3K & PreK student who has not been picked up by 2:55 pm will be brought to the main office located on the 2nd floor. Caregivers will enter through the main entrance and/or main lobby (located on Amsterdam Avenue) and pick up students there.

  • Kindergarten Dismissal

    Kindergarten: students will be dismissed at 2:45 PM from the school yard entrance (147th Street).

    Any student who has not been picked up by 2:55 pm will be brought to the auditorium. Caregivers will enter through the main entrance and/or main lobby (located on Amsterdam Avenue) and pick up students there

  • Grades 1 - 6 Dismissal

    Grades 1 - 6 students will be dismissed at 2:45 PM.

    At 2:45 p.m, Door C is opened for Grades 1-3 to come outside and line-up for parent pick-up.

    At 2:55 p.m., Door D is opened for bus students to exit and Grades 4-6 line-up for parent pick-up. This is the same procedure for inclement weather.

    Both Door C and Door D will be closed promptly at 2:55 pm. Any student who has not been picked up by 2:45 pm will be brought to the auditorium. Caregivers will enter through the main entrance and/or main lobby (located on Amsterdam Avenue) and pick up students there.