Agawam Public Schools - James Clark School

Mrs. Shelley Russell, Principal
65 Oxford Street, Agawam, MA 01001
(413) 821-0576

Mrs. Sandra Barrows, Secretrary
(413) 821-0571 (413) 821-0594 Fax

The Town of Agawam and Agawam Public Schools will be upgrading their phone systems between February 3 and 14. Please be advised that brief outages may occur as the phone systems are upgraded. If you dial a town or school number and receive an "Out of Service" message" please try to call again in 5 or 10 minutes.

Picture of front entrance

Welcome to our School

James Clark School is a K - 4 elementary school, educating approximately 360 students, located in Agawam, Massachusetts.

Parents and friends, we hope you find this website helpful. Please click on the James Clark School navigation bar at the left to view other pages for this site, or use the links at the bottom of each page.

School Philosophy

The staff and parents of James Clark Elementary School feel that we should provide experiences and activities in a safe environment that successfully prepare our students to become valuable community members.

We encourage our students to be respectful, caring citizens who strive to reach their potential, both academically and socially.

Visitors

All visitors must check in with the secretary in the office. You will be asked to sign the visitors log and wear a visitor's pass while you are in the building.

School Hours
8:55 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.

Half-Day Dismissal
12:20 p.m.

Please Note: Students are not allowed in the classroom until 8:55 a.m. As a courtesy for parents, you may drop off your child NO EARLIER than 8:40 a.m. and they must wait in the cafeteria.

If you need to bring your child to school earlier than 8:40 a.m., you may want to consider the Agawam School Age Childcare program, offered by the Agawam Public Schools. Please click on the link below to view their information.

School Schedule

First Bell:

8:55 AM

Late Bell:

9:05 AM

Recess: Gr. 4

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Recess: Gr. 3

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Lunch/Recess: Gr. 1 & 2

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Kindergarten Lunch

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM

Lunch/Recess: Gr. 3 & 4

12:15 - 1:00 PM

Recess: Gr. 1

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Recess: Gr. 2

2:40 - 2:55 PM

Dismissal: Walkers/Cars

3:20 PM

Dismissal: Bus Students

3:25 PM