25. ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
Students are not to be on the school playground before 8:00 a.m. The school does not provide any playground supervision before this time. Any student dropped off before 7:30 a.m. must be enrolled in the school's morning day care program. The morning day care program operates out of the school library. Parents should walk their students to early morning care. Any student on the school grounds before 8:00 a.m. will be placed in our Before School Care program and the parents will be assessed a fee. Students coming early for study groups, choir, etc. should arrive at the time set by the teacher.
After dismissal, all students should be picked up by 3:15 p.m. unless they are in After-School Care or participating in a supervised after-school activity or after-school sport. Students remaining after 3:15 p.m. on Monday through Thursday or after 12:45 p.m. on Friday will be placed in our After-School Care and parents will be assessed a fee. If an emergency arises and pick-up may be late, please call the school office. AT NO TIME MAY A STUDENT LEAVE THE SCHOOL GROUNDS WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION. THIS IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE. Students who walk home must have a written authorization on file in the school office. Permission may not be given verbally.
Arrival (Drop-Off) and Departure (Pick-Up) Procedures
For the safety of the children, please follow the directions of those directing traffic.
- Please do not exceed five miles per hour while driving in the church or school parking areas.
- Please do not use cell phones while driving.
- Please do not leave your car while in a drive-through line.
For Morning Drop-Off
Dropping off students in Kindergarten through grade 4 (along with older siblings)
Enter from White Oak Avenue. Follow the directions of the crossing guards. Pull up to the designated drop off area at the school crosswalk before you stop the car to let your children out. Exit through the Alonzo gate.
Dropping off students in grades 5 through 8
Enter from Alonzo Avenue. Follow the direction of the crossing guards. Pull up to the designated drop off area and let your children exit your car. Students must use the crosswalk to enter the school courtyard. Exit through the White Oak gate.
Dropping off Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten students
Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten students must be walked into the school courtyard each morning and signed into their PS or TK classroom when it opens. Parents of preschool and transitional kindergarten students should enter the Alonzo Ave. driveway entrance, park in the upper middle parking area, and use the crosswalk to walk their children into the school courtyard. Please wait with your children by the ramp to the PS or TK classroom.
Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten families should park in the designated parking areas (see the map) and
use the crosswalk to walk their child to class.
Please do not park in the church parking lot side during arrival times. In the mornings, the church parking lot (nearest White Oak) is reserved for people attending the 8:00 a.m. Mass. If you wish to park, please use the Alonzo Ave. driveway entrance and park in the upper middle parking area only. See the embedded image for further clarification.
Afternoon Pick-Up
Parents are asked to safely park in either the north or south lot outside of the courtyard gates for pick-up. The courtyard gates open at 3:50 pm Monday – Thursday, and at 12:30 pm on Fridays so that parents and authorized pick-ups may walk into the school courtyard. Students will be assembled with teachers by class in the courtyard until 3:15 pm Monday – Thursday, and until 12:45 pm on Fridays at which time the after school care program begins.
Transitional Kindergarten students must be signed out from their classroom every day. Parents should enter from Alonzo Avenue and park in the south parking lot.
If students have not been picked up by 3:15 p.m., they will be escorted to the day care area where parents will pick them up when they arrive.
The school must be notified in writing if a student is going home with someone other than an authorized person on the Emergency Card. (The "Emergency Care Contact Information" area of the Emergency Card authorizes four people to pick up your child/children from school.) The school must also be notified in writing if a student is attending a game/performance on campus with a person other than his/her parent. All students without such written permission designating a supervising adult, even those with siblings in said events, will be placed in After-School Care and the parents will be assessed a fee.
Parents will be notified of any changes in schedule through the weekly Family Bulletin or a special E-Alert.
