Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School

First Day of School, September 3rd, 2024

Important information for the first day of school: 

School will begin on Tuesday, September 3rd. Teachers will have a list printed on Tuesday morning with students' names. Additionally, staff will send an email specific to families in their classes. 

Student supervision begins at 8:45 for K-8 students signalled by a bell. School begins at 9:00.  The second bell will signal the starting of the process to line up and begin entry on the 9:00 am bell.

Your child's teacher will meet the students outside in the schoolyard. Kindergarten students will enter off Berkeley Street, where the teachers will be waiting from 9:00 a.m. Grades 1-8 students will meet in the playground. 

Lunch begins at 11:45 and ends at 12:45. Only grade 7 & 8 students and students eating lunch at home are permitted off school property during lunch with written permission from parents/caregivers.  

Every student will receive a morning snack starting the first day of school. All families planning on eating hot breakfast and lunch at school will begin on Thursday, September 5th. Information on how to register and pay online will follow. 

School ends at 3:00 pm for kindergarten and 3:30 pm for grades 1 to 8. 

There will be a new cell phone policy that will be sent home to students and families.