​Students are expected to be at school, in their classroom, and unpacked and ready for the day by 8:00 am. St. Joseph the Worker School is a faith-based community, and an important part of this community is gathering in prayer. Students who are tardy miss beginning their day with community prayer. They also cause disruption and distraction in their classrooms. ​Additionally, habitual tardiness is detrimental to a student’s academic and character development. It instills poor time-management skills that could affect a child’s future school performance and job success. Punctuality is a character trait and a habit that our students need to learn and adopt to show respect for the time of others. ​

Students begin entering the school building at 7:45​ am through the exterior doors closest to the front office. Morning prayers and announcements led by the Student Council begin at 8:00. All students are considered tardy if they are not in their classroom and unpacked and ready for the day when the 8:00am tardy bell rings. 

All exterior school doors will be locked in the morning with the exception of the center set of double doors under the pavilion. 

Should you arrive after the 8:00am tardy bell, please drop your child off in front of the main lobby entrance on Cantlay Street. 

On Wednesdays, any student arriving after Assembly has started will receive a tardy. Students arriving after Assembly has begun must stop and wait at the drop off area until prayers have concluded before proceeding to their class lines.

Students arriving after 8:15am will be marked ​as a morning absence. 

Supervised early drop-off is available at no charge beginning at 7:15 am under the pavilion​.​