Important Information

Orientation	First Day of School
Grade Levels at Churchill	Daily Schedules
Emergencey Text System	School Supplies
Back to School Nights	Morning and Afternoon Snacks
Lunch	Carpool
Drop-off and Pick-up	Afterschool Activities and Aftercare
Parent Teacher Conferences	Summer Reading

Orientation Day

Friday, August 21, 2026

• 9:00 am - 11:30 am - Meet the Teachers
• PTO Extended Education informational tables - Gym
• Class list will be published on Orientation Day

 

First Day of School

Monday, August 24, 2026

Students will attend class according to the schedule they receive on Orientation Day. PS, MS, and GS parents and guardians will be allowed inside the campus to drop off their child on the first day of school following the staggered schedule below:

Grade	Drop-off time at Classroom
PS / EC3	8:45 am - 9:00 am
MS / EC4	8:30 am - 8:45 am
GS / KG	8:15 am - 8:30 am

For the first week of school only, TPS parents and guardians will be allowed inside the campus to drop-off their child between 8:45 am and 9:00 am and may pick up their child before nap time at 11:30 am (optional).

 

Grade Levels at DIS

At DIS, we use the French nomenclature to designate grade levels. Below you’ll find the equivalence with the American system:
 

École Primaire - Primary School

École Maternelle	Early Childhood	École Élémentaire	Elementary School
TPS	EC2	CP	First Grade
PS	EC3	CE1	Second Grade
MS	EC4	CE2	Third Grade
GS	Kindergarten	CM1	Fourth Grade

 

Daily Schedules

The Churchill campus will be open from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Before Care will operate from 7:30 am to the start of classes. Aftercare will be running from the end of classes until 6:00 pm.

Grade	Monday - Friday	Student Welcome
TPS, PS, MS EC2, EC3, EC4	8:45 am - 3:00 pm	8:30 am
GS, CP, CE1, CE2, CM1 KG, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	8:30 am - 3:30 pm	8:15 am

A detailed class schedule will be sent by the teachers during Orientation Day.

 

Morning & Afternoon Snacks

Snacks are provided by parents/guardians.

Maternelle/Early Childhood
Parents/guardians must pack morning and afternoon healthy snacks. For early childhood, we request that the snacks be labeled "AM" and "PM" so that our faculty and staff know when to serve the snack.
École Élémentaire/Elementary School
Students must bring a healthy snack to school and are able to enjoy their snack during recess time.

 

Lunch

Lunch is provided by the school. TPS (EC2) students will eat lunch in their classrooms. All other grade levels will eat during staggered times in the cafeterias. The lower cafeteria is for grades PS (EC3) through CP (1st). The upper cafeteria is for grades CE1 (2nd) through CM1 (4th).
 

Maternelle

Grade	Time	Location
TPS / EC2	11:30 am	Classrooms
PS / EC3	11:00 am	Lower Cafeteria
MS / EC4	11:30 am	Lower Cafeteria
GS / KG	12:00 am	Lower Cafeteria

Élémentaire

Grade	Time	Location
CP / 1st	12:30 am	Lower Cafeteria
CE1 / 2nd	12:00 am	Upper Cafeteria
CE2 / 3rd	12:30 am	Upper Cafeteria
CM1 / 4th	1:00 pm	Upper Cafeteria

 

School Supplies

School supplies are provided by the school.

Students at all grade levels must bring a backpack to school daily along with a water bottle (labeled with their name) and a snack bag (also labeled). Students in the early childhood grades should have a change of clothes in a labeled ziploc bag that is placed in their backpack.

Students in TPS (EC2), PS (EC3), and MS (EC4) must bring a nap mat and/or blanket to school along with a stuffed toy for naptime. The nap mats and/or blankets are returned to families every Friday to be washed over the weekend.

Parents and guardians are asked to apply sunscreen prior to their child coming to school in the morning.

 

Carpool

Carpool Tags will be distributed during Orientation Day on Friday, August 21st.

 

Morning Drop-off

Grade Level	Time	Location
TPS / EC2	7:30 am to 8:45 am	TPS Parking Lot
PS / EC3	7:30 am to 8:45 am	Lower Cafeteria
MS / EC4	7:30 am to 8:45 am	Lower Cafeteria
GS / KG	7:30 am to 8:30 am	Lower Cafeteria
CP, CE1, CE2, CM1 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	7:30 am to 8:30 am	CE2 - CM1 Carpool (Last Gate)

• Siblings: Most drop-off times overlap, allowing you to drop off siblings at the same time at the location for the youngest sibling.
• TPS/EC2: Parents and guardians may park in the TPS parking lot and drop off at the gate. Please do not park more than 5 minutes to allow other families to find a parking space.

 

Afternoon Pick-up

Grade	Time	Location
TPS / EC2	3:00 pm to 3:30 pm	TPS Gate
PS / EC3	3:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Lower Cafeteria
MS / EC4	3:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Lower Cafeteria
GS / KG	3:00 pm to 4:00 pm	Lower Cafeteria
CP - CE 1st - 2nd	3:00 pm to 4:00 pm	CP - CE1 Carpool (Last Gate)
CE2 - CM 3rd - 4th	3:00 pm to 4:00 pm	CE2 - CM1 Carpool (Last Gate)

If you are carpooling, please email Student Affairs and all teachers with this plan. You must also have the carpool tag (or a picture of the carpool tag) of that child/family in order for the child(ren) to be released to you.

• Siblings: You may pick-up your children at the pick-up location for the youngest sibling.

 

Afterschool Activities & Aftercare

DIS offers various afterschool programs from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm every day. You can access the full Afterschool Program on the school's website.
Registration for Afterschool Activities will begin in early August via the Blackbaud Tuition Management platform. Enrollment through the online portal will begin in August for the fall semester and in January for our spring semester.

The Maternelle (Early Childhood) program is a package program of activities and child care. Every student in PS (EC3) and MS (EC4) will have a different activity from 3:00-4:00 pm each day. Students enrolled in this program are able to stay until 6:00 pm in child care without additional cost. The cost of the program is $30 per day or $130 per week when signed up for this option. Fall enrollments automatically carry over to the Spring semester. To change your enrollment please email cwafterschool@dallasinternationalschool.org

Students in grades GS-CM1 (KG-4th) will be allowed to select from an array of different activities for each semester; for individual class pricing, see the after school schedule of activities on the DIS website. Aftercare fees are applied for grades GS-CM1 and for Waterview campus students traveling to Churchill.
 

Learn More Here

 

Emergency Text System
Opt-In Each School Year

Subscribe to Dallas' Emergency Texting service for the school year 2024-25. We use SlickText to notify parents of school-wide emergency notices, such as inclement weather, or interruptions to facilities.

• Option 1: Text "dis" to 844-925-4272, or
• Option 2: Open this link https://slktxt.io/107UM on your smartphone, or
• Option 3: Scan the QR code on your smartphone.

 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held twice a year on November 6th, 2026 and on April 2, 2026. More detailed information will be sent at the beginning of the school year. Please note that there will be no school for students on these two days.

 

Back to School Nights

During our Back to School Nights, parents and guardians will have the opportunity to meet the grade level teachers and discuss class organization, curriculum, and pedagogy.

Maternelle / Early Childhood

Grade	Date	Start Time
TPS / EC2	9/5/24	4:30 pm
PS / EC3	9/6/24	4:30 pm
MS / EC4	9/4/24	4:30 pm
GS / KG	9/3/24	4:30 pm

 

Élémentaire / Elementary

Grade	Date	Start Time
CP / 1st	9/3/24	5:00 pm
CE1 / 2nd	9/4/24	5:00 pm
CE2 / 3rd	9/6/24	5:00 pm
CM1 / 4th	9/5/24	5:00 pm
Immersion	9/6/24	5:00 pm

 

Summer Reading List

• CP to CM1: English and French
• CM2: English and French

 

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