Students:
Arrival:
The school day begins promptly at 8:15 a.m. and your child will be marked late after 8:25 a.m. Students arrive at school no earlier than 8:00 a.m.
Dismissal:
Students will be dismissed at 2:54 p.m. If you are picking up your child, please meet them at the schoolyard gate. Please work with our teachers and be mindful that they must have an orderly dismissal and may report to the yard a few minutes late. Students on the yellow bus will be dismissed at 2:54 PM.
In case of emergency each student is required to have on file at the school office the following information:
Parent(s) or guardian(s) name(s).
Complete and up-to-date address.
Home phone number and parent(s) work phone number.
Emergency phone number of a relative of friend.
Physician’s name and phone number.
Medical alert information.
Food Related Policies
Coming Soon.
It is very important, for emergency and administrative reasons, that every student maintain an up-to-date address record at the school office. Notify the school immediately if you have a change of address during the school year.
Call the school office at 215-400-7330
Cancellation of school takes place only during extraordinary circumstances such as:
Extreme weather
Equipment failure
Public crisis
The school board, academic area officers and administrators are aware of the hardship which can be caused by an abrupt cancellation. Therefore, school will not be cancelled unless a significant safety risk has been created by unusual circumstances.
Every practical means is used to notify parents of an impending cancellation, including radio and TV. Please be sure to check out the school districts’s website for up-to-date information on school closings.
Please be sure that the office has the correct work, home, and emergency numbers for your child in case of emergency.
Schedule doctor and dentist appointments outside of school hours. Students will be excused for these special appointments.
Please remember to bring a note in from a doctor or dentist.
Fire drills are conducted once each month. Detailed plans are posted inside of the door of each classroom. For fire drills each class has an escape route to an outside area that is a safe distance from the building. Children are escorted to these designated areas in less than 75 seconds in a safe, quiet and orderly manner.
A detailed emergency plan is available in the school office.
James G. Blaine Elementary is involved with the universal feeding program. This is to give free meals to all students as long as they are enrolled in the SDP.
All visitors entering Blaine are required to sign a register at the front door and be issued a visitor’s pass prior to reporting to the main office. No visitor is to wander the building on his or her own.
The School District of Philadelphia welcomes visitors to its schools, and encourages parents, volunteers and community leaders to visit their schools regularly. The School District must also protect its students and staff from the disruption caused by outsiders. This ensures that your child will receive a maximum education in the safest environment.
Telephone calls to the Main Office prior to 8:30 AM should be for extreme EMERGENCY purposes only. Our telephones are needed to deal with the essential problem of staffing our school for adequate pupil supervision. For the most effective responses to routine telephone calls, you are urged to call between the hours of 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM, and 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM.
Click the link below to view Code of Student Conduct
https://www.philasd.org/studentrights/programsservices/discipline-office/
Family Engagement Policyhttps://webapps1.philasd.org/downloads/tdm/Parent_and_Family_Engagement_Policy.pdf