School Hours
8:45AM - 3:15PM (doors open at 8:30AM) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
8:45AM - 2:45PM Wednesday
Late Policy
Students should be in their first class ready to begin school by 8:45AM. Any student who arrives after 8:45AM will be marked tardy should sign in to the tardy desk or check in with the main office to get a late slip.
Absences
Click here to learn more about our attendance policy. To report an absence, late arrival, or early dismissal please call our school at 617.349.4060. If calling outside of school hours, please leave a message with your student’s name, date of anticipated absence, and reason.
Schedule
Every day, students have 8-9 class periods including a 35-40 minute lunch and outdoor recess. During inclement weather, students have access to the gym, cafeteria and auditorium. For more information about classes that students take, please visit the Academics page >>.
Transportation
- Cambridge Public Schools provides transportation to all 6th-8th grade students who must walk 1.5 miles or more to their assigned schools, and to all students through grade 8 who must cross Fresh Pond Parkway, McGrath Highway, or Alewife Brook Parkway, or who must cross the railroad tracks at Sherman Street.
- Students who are not eligible for transportation in the morning based on their home address may be eligible to take a school bus to an after school program.
- Please contact Tina Fisher in the Transportation department for more information.
- We have student MBTA cards available in our main office.
- Using the student MBTA card, students can get discounted rates for public transportation and a $30 monthly pass or $10 7-day passes.
- To get one, students can stop by our main office and ask our school clerk Ms. Linette for one before their first class, during lunch, or after school.
Aspen Student / Parent Portal
Aspen is a secure online information resource for Cambridge Public Schools. It contains family contact information, grade information, and a variety of reports and documents (e.g. report cards, assignments, attendance etc.) that teachers, students and parents may need. Students and parents/guardians have separate accounts. Students can login using their CPS network credentials. Parents & guardians can login using their email address that they registered their student with. Parents & guardians: if you have never logged in before, please use the temporary password that was mailed to you. Learn more >>
Report Cards & Conferences
We operate on a quarter system. Progress reports go out at the end of each quarter. Report cards go out at the end of each semester. We offer three conferences throughout the year: a beginning of the year listening conference: students and families meet with student’s advisor; a mid-semester fall conference and mid-semester spring conference where students and families can meet with all their teachers to discuss their learning and progress.