Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
Arrival: Hug and Go
We offer a "Hug and Go" system to drop your child off at school. Our staff members will greet and escort your child to class and then back to your care after school. Parents will simply pull up to our drop off loop upon arriving to campus and help their child get out of the carseat and car. Our friendly staff members will be waiting along the sidewalk, during the designated drop off times. If you arrive after the drop off time, then parents are required to park and walk their child to check in at the main office.
Morning Procedures aka “Drop Off”
Morning Arrival
Arrival times are staggered to facilitate drop off in the carline. There are very few visitor spots in the lot. If a parent parks in a staff spot, the staff member is unable to serve children! All of our staff spots and all of our blue (disabled) spots are needed in the morning
7:30 am- 7:45 am Grades TK--5 who are getting breakfast may begin arriving at school and report directly to the cafeteria.
7:45 am Grades TK-5 begin arriving (no breakfast), report to the amphitheater and sit with same grade peers.
7:50 am Grades 1 – 5 walk to their class lines on the blacktop. Students who arrive after 8:00 AM must go to the office for a tardy slip.
8:00 am Grades 1-5 class begins, and the teacher walks students to class.
8:05 am TK/Kindergarten classes begin. Teachers walk students to class.
8:10 am Hug and Go begins - Buttercup Preschool, students meet in amphitheater
8:25 am Buttercup classes begin, Teachers walk students to class.
Dismissal
All classes will walk to the front of the school for dismissal. Parents are welcome to park and walk to the front gate to pick up their child, or we encourage the use of the pick up car line. Similarly to the arrival (hug and go), parents will pull into the car line and let the staff know who they are picking up. All cars should display the name sign in their window to help our staff identify each child's car. (Name signs will be provided to all families).
Our staff will walk each child directly to the car. It is parent responsibility to properly buckle the safety belts inside the car.
Afternoon Dismissal Procedures aka “Pick Up”
Afternoon Dismissal
(Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday only)
1:00 pm TK pick up drivers OK to enter the carline.
1:10 pm TK classes dismiss at the front of school
1:20 pm Buttercup driver ok to enter the carline.
1:25 pm Buttercup classes are dismissed in front of school.
1:35 pm Kinder drivers may enter car line.
1:37 pm Kinder dismisses in front of school.
1:55 pm Drivers for Grades 1 – 3 may enter the carline. If you enter before 1:55 pm, you will be asked to exit the parking lot and reenter the end of the car line.
2:09 pm Grades 1 – 3 classes walk to front of school.
Students will sit and wait on the stairs.
2:09 pm Drivers will proceed forward to the pick up area. Please do not go around another car unless a staff member instructs you to do so.
2:25 pm Drivers for the upper grade pick up will start to enter the carline. If you enter before 2:25 pm, you will be asked to go around to the end of the line since we may still have primary drivers trying to access the front of the school.
2:36 pm Grades 4 and 5 classes walk to front of school
Students who stayed for the 27-Minute Club will go to the carline area.
Students will sit and wait on the stairs.
2:36 pm Drivers will proceed forward to the pick up area. Please do not go around another car unless a staff member instructs you to do so.
2:50 pm Students who have not been picked up will be sent to the Office to call home.
Wednesday Dismissal
11:50 TK dismissal at gate near YMCA building (walk up only/no car pick ups)
12:10 Kinder dismissal at gate near YMCA building (walk up only/no car pick ups)
Students not picked up by 12:20, will be walked to the lunch tables.
12:10 Grades 1 – 5 classes walk to front of school.
Grades 1 – 5 who stay for lunch will walk to the cafeteria
Drivers proceed through the carline to pick up students who are not staying for lunch.
12:20 TK students who stayed for lunch are dismissed at the carline.
12:40 K – 5 students who stayed for lunch are dismissed at the carline.
1:20 Buttercup 3 Year Old drivers ok to enter the carline.
1:25 Buttercup Preschool will be at the carline for pick up.