​Arrival & Dismissal Procedures

In order to ensure a safe arrival and dismissal of students, parents are asked to follow the guidelines provided by the school. Parents are responsible for modeling courteous behavior for all the students present at the school. Thus, the school can require that parents no longer drop off and pick up their children on school grounds if discourteous behavior takes places repeatedly. ​

Arrival Procedures

Morning drop-off and daily pick-up will take place on Community Street. After being dropped off, students will enter through the pedestrian gate near classroom 7B. There will be campus safety officers on duty each morning when possible. Two teachers will also be assigned to the Community Street side of the school. Remember to be courteous to the neighbors of St. Genevieve, do not pull into or block their drive ways. Please DO NOT pull into the campus to drop your child off. Parking spaces on campus are reserved for elderly parishioners attending the morning Mass only. 

Morning Assembly

Upon arrival, K-6th grade students are to put their backpacks outside their classroom, on or under the class bench. 7th and 8th grade students should place their belongings in their school locker. Students will be free to play and socialize with their friends until the first bell, at 7:45 am. Following the first bell, students will take their backpacks into class and return to the Morning Assembly at 7:50 am and wait for Morning Prayer and announcements. Morning assembly is mandatory to attend. Students are marked tardy if they are not in their classroom by 7:55 am. 

If running late and prayer/pledge is in session, students should respectfully STOP and recite prayer/pledge with the school. Once the prayer/pledge is complete they may continue to their designated class area.

Dismissal Procedures

Afternoon dismissal will take place on Community Street (not through the school office.) Grades K-3 will be dismissed at 2:45 pm. Kinder will dismiss from the primary campus on the other side of Hazeltine. Grades 4-8 will be dismissed at 3:00 pm. Parents are not permitted to be on campus to wait for their child until 2:40 (Gr. K-3) and 2:55 (Gr. 4-8). There are classes still in session and it can be disruptive to have parents waiting outside of classrooms.

We ask that you kindly wait by the designated area where your student’s class meets. All students/parents must check out with the teacher before they leave for the day. Older siblings if picking up younger siblings will need to wait at the younger sibling’s pick-up location. Students are not permitted to wait for their parents in the main office for pick up. All students and parents must use designated crosswalks to cross the street. We expect all students and parents to follow and model the traffic safety laws.

Walking students: If you are planning on having your student walk home, you must fill out and sign the Waiver to Walk Home Form. It must be kept on file in the main office and with the homeroom teacher.

If your child is going home with anyone other than the authorized individuals, it is the parents/guardians responsibility to notify the homeroom teacher and the main office. 

Guidelines to Facilitate this Process 

1. BE KIND TO OUR NEIGHBORS: Please do not block neighbors’ driveways at any time. Horns should only be used to prevent accidents, or for emergency use only.

2. PARKING: To those who have school business to take care of or would like to walk to the classroom, please find parking at the Presbyterian church or on one of the side streets, that is not Community Street, & walk. Please, note that the south side of Community Street is a loading and unloading zone during school hours. The driver may be ticketed if not in their vehicle.

3. NO PARKING ON COMMUNITY: We kindly request that no one uses Community Street to park your car between 7:00 and 7:45 am or 2:45 – 3:15 pm, as this interrupts the pickup and drop-off flow. 

4. CARING: Arrive early so as not to be in a hurry. Avoid accidents or confrontations by planning to arrive earlier or later to time your pick up and drop off during less busy times.​

5. SUPERVISION: The teachers’ assigned morning and afternoon supervision are instructed to NOT engage in answering questions or social interaction. Their eyes and ears must be on our arriving and departing students. We ask that each family respect the fact that 12 | Page teachers have strict orders. Please do not be offended if a teacher refuses to respond to your quick question out of your car window. 

6. PATIENCE: Please know in advance that there will be delays when 1.200 students (elementary and high school) are being dropped off and picked up. Plan for them and be prepared to expect delays. 

If for any reason, you are not able to pick up your child at your regularly scheduled time afterschool, please CALL the main office so they can alert the teacher to send the child to daycare. Teachers may not see notes sent on Edmodo or E-mail sent the day-of, as they are busy teaching during the day.​