Side by Side Charter School

8th Grade Trip to Washington, D.C.
2025-05-21 - 2025-05-23
Eighth grade students will be going to Washington, D.C. for three days. They depart Side by Side in early morning on Wednesday, go on many adventures, and return around 7 PM on Friday night. Some of the activities will include visits to the National Museum of African American History, the Air and Space Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art.

1:40 Dismissal - PD
2025-05-12, 2025-01-27
PD for All Staff

Lottery Drawing
2025-04-30 17:00 (America/New_York)

1:40 Dismissal - PD
2025-04-28
Professional development for teachers

Board Meeting
2025-04-22 17:15, 2025-03-25 17:15, 2025-02-25 17:15, 2025-01-28 17:15, 2024-11-26 05:15 - 19:00

No School-Spring Recess
2025-04-14 - 2025-04-18
Spring Recess

7th Grade Trip to SoundWaters
2025-04-10 08:30 - 14:20
Seventh Graders will learn more about Long Island Sound as coastal explorers. Students will leave school at 8:30 AM and spend the day at SoundWaters in Stamford’s Cove Island Park. They will return to school by 2:20 PM.

Lottery Application Deadline
2025-04-01 16:00

No School - Eid al-Fitr
2025-03-31
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-dusk fasting of Ramadan.

Conference Night - 1:40 Dismissal
2025-03-20
Conference Night until 7:00

Open House
2025-03-19 17:00

Conferences - 1:40 Dismissal
2025-03-13
1:40 Dismissal

End of 2nd Marking Period
2025-03-07 08:00 - 17:00

Open House/Tour
2025-02-26 10:30

Presidents Day Recess
2025-02-17 08:00 - 2025-02-21 17:00

Chipotle Fundraiser for 8th Grade Trip to DC
2025-02-12 17:00 - 21:00
Eat at Chipotle (71 Post Road, Darien) and 25% of all sales will be donated to Side by Side’s 8th grade. All funds will help support the annual spring trip to Washington, DC.

MLK Day
2025-01-20
No School

Winter Recess
2024-12-23 08:00 - 2025-01-01 17:00
School closed for Winter Recess.

1:40 Dismissal
2024-12-20
Start of Winter Recess

PD (Mary, Jess Vitale, Sean, Tahira, Amanda)
2024-12-12 09:00 - 16:00

No School
2024-11-28 08:00 - 2024-11-29 17:00
Thanksgiving Recess

Thanksgiving Recess begins
2024-11-27 13:40

1:40 dismissal - Thanksgiving Recess begins
2024-11-27

Grade corrections by 1:00pm
2024-11-22 12:00

1:40 Dismissal
2024-11-21
