Current Families – Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

Resources

2025-2026 Student & Family Handbook

Access DCPS Apps & Tech

Parents and students can access Clever to gain access to technology and educational tools that can support your child. Click here to access the site.

Aspen Portal – Check students’ grades and attendance here. Re-enrollment is also done through this site.

Supplies

Suggested School Supplies by Grade Level

ECE (PK3 and PK4)

A backpack
Nap roll or nap mat
Change of clothing (top, bottoms, underwear, and socks)
Hand Sanitizer
Tissues/Kleenex

K-2nd Grades

Backpack
Pencils
Eraser
Crayons
Pencil Pouch
Glue Sticks
Hand Sanitizer
Tissues/Kleenex

3rd-5th Grades

Backpack
Crayons
Markers or colored pencils
Pencil Pouch
#2 Pencils
Glue Sticks
Two-pocket folders (5)
1 pack of loose leaf wide-ruled paper
Erasers
3 composition notebooks
Hand Sanitizer
Tissues/Kleenex

Schedule	Meals
Instruction starts promptly at 8:45am. Students may begin arriving at 8:15am. PK students are dropped off in the PreK hallway, and K-5th grade students should go to the gym. Students are marked tardy after 8:45am. ATTENDANCE MATTERS! Dismissal begins at 3:15pm. All students must be picked up by 3:30pm on the blacktop or from the PreK classrooms. Authorized adults and children 16 years or older are able to pick up students. Please make sure to add all authorized adults on the registration form.	The school provides breakfast and lunch to all students, free of charge. You can find DCPS lunch menus here. If your child has dietary restrictions, please see Ms. Cureton for accommodations. You can also choose to send a lunch with your child. Due to student allergies, we are a peanut-free school. Please refrain from sending any items with peanuts or other tree nuts.

Schedule

Meals

Instruction starts promptly at 8:45am. Students may begin arriving at 8:15am. PK students are dropped off in the PreK hallway, and K-5th grade students should go to the gym.

Students are marked tardy after 8:45am. ATTENDANCE MATTERS!

Dismissal begins at 3:15pm. All students must be picked up by 3:30pm on the blacktop or from the PreK classrooms. Authorized adults and children 16 years or older are able to pick up students. Please make sure to add all authorized adults on the registration form.

The school provides breakfast and lunch to all students, free of charge.

You can find DCPS lunch menus here.

If your child has dietary restrictions, please see Ms. Cureton for accommodations. You can also choose to send a lunch with your child. Due to student allergies, we are a peanut-free school. Please refrain from sending any items with peanuts or other tree nuts.