Getting to School

Arrival and Dismissal

Arrival

TEACHERS ARE NOT ON DUTY TO SUPERVISE CHILDREN BEFORE 7:05 A.M. The school cannot be responsible for students who arrive earlier than 7:05am. 

• For the safety of our students and staff, it is encouraged to drop off your child.
• Cafeteria doors will be open at 7:05-7:20 for students only.  
• East door will be open at 7:20-7:30 for students only.   
• Main front doors open up at 7:20-7:30.  
• West door is for bus and day care only. 
• K-5 students wishing to eat breakfast can do so in the cafeteria from 7:05 am-7:25 am. Pre-K students will eat in the cafeteria with their classroom at 7:45am. Due to seating, parents cannot eat breakfast with their child. Students who bring their own breakfast must eat it in the cafeteria and arrive early enough to do so.
• If you wish to walk in with your child, please do not park in the circle drive or on Toledo.
• Drop off in the circle drive or on Toledo. Please turn right only onto 56th Street. 
• Parents can enter the building through the main front doors to walk with their child between 7:20-7:30 only. Parents can say goodbyes in the hallway.  Do not enter the classroom. Please scan the QR code when you enter and exit. 

Tardiness

• Children are expected to be punctual in arriving at their assigned areas. They are expected to be in the assigned place and ready to work when the second bell rings at 7:30am.  
• Students are tardy if they are not in their classroom by 7:30. Any student who is not in class at the appropriate time will report to the office for a tardy slip.
• When a child arrives after 7:30am the student will need to be accompanied by an adult to the office to receive a tardy slip and sign them in. Students who arrive after 8:37am are considered absent one-half day.

Dismissal

Students are dismissed from school at 2:35pm.

Students are either bus riders, car riders, day care riders, bike riders, or true walkers. It is best for your child(ren) to have a consistent way home each day.  You will be asked to indicate on a My Way Home Form how your child(ren) will be picked up or go home. 

It will take 5-10 days to be effectively in place. Please be patient and kind.  If you need to vent or have input, call Ms. Duncan, 918-443-7598.

After Care

• After Care students will be dismissed at 2:35 pm to the cafeteria and sit at the farthest table on the west side waiting silently and respectfully for directions from the After Care Teacher.  Once you enter the cafeteria students cannot leave without After Care Teacher permission. 

Bus & Daycare Riders

• Bus riders and daycare riders will be dropped off and picked up in the bus loading and unloading zone located in the west parking lot.  At 2:33 Bus riders and daycare are dismissed to the 5th grade hallway.  Bus riders sit on the right side and day care sits on the left side, sitting single file, waiting silently until duty teachers walk students to the bus loading zone.  Duty teachers will escort students out the west doors.  Please ensure the bus driver pulls all the way up to the beginning loading zone.  Students are expected to use their Zpass to enter and exit the bus. 

Car Rider Pick Up 

• Each family has been assigned a car number.  Please hang the tag on your rear view mirror. 
• The car rider line begins at the far front of the circle drive and will extend onto Toledo if needed.  Please do not block driveways.  If you are the first car in line please pull up to the first cone at the front of the circle drive. Stay in the vehicle. Do not pass unless directed by a staff member.
• Please do not get in the car rider line before 2:25 if possible. 
• Please have your right side passenger door unlocked for your child(ren) to be loaded as quickly and safely as possible.
• Students will remain in their classroom or other dismissal location, and sit down in the teacher designated line, read a book and or work on something silently. Once they hear their number called over the microphone, they will line up and be escorted out to the car rider pick up area located in the circle drive.
• Our goal is to load many in one wave at one time, so please watch for a teacher to direct you on when and how far to pull up.  Please have your child(ren) buckle as quickly as possible.  If having trouble buckling, you may pull over to the left side to buckle.  
• Please make sure you do not block any crosswalk area with your car. It is strongly encouraged to make right lane turns.  

Walkers & Bike Riders

• Children walking home (not walking to a car), or riding bikes will be dismissed to the cafeteria at 2:35 pm. They are released through the cafeteria doors.
• Parents of students who walk home are encouraged to discuss with their children the importance of going directly home or to their designated caregiver after school. 
• Parents should wait for students by the cafeteria door, not the main door and use crosswalks when walking home. 
• Parents are discouraged from parking and walking to pick up their child. If you are in a vehicle then your child is considered a car rider.  

Late Pickup

Children are expected to leave school within fifteen (15) minutes of dismissal time. We realize unexpected delays in picking up children occasionally occur. In such a situation, we have the following expectations:

• If the ride has not arrived within 15 minutes after dismissal, the child will remain with the teacher on duty.  
• Parents are encouraged to notify the office by 1:45pm, if they are going to be late or if there is a change in transportation plans. This helps reassure the child.
• After 2:50, the parent or authorized person is to come to the office upon arrival, so the office staff will know the child has been picked up.
• If a child remains at school beyond 2:50pm, assistance from the principal will be needed to discuss how we can assist the child being picked up on time.  

Early Pickup

Students are expected to remain at school until dismissal time, unless the parent or legal guardian obtains an official release of the student. Parents/guardians are requested to schedule appointments after the school day to avoid the need for a late arrival or early dismissal. If it becomes necessary for students to be excused from school for a medical appointment or other unavoidable emergency, the parents/guardians come to the office and sign out the child. Students will not be released to anyone not on a student information card unless the office receives written permission from the parent/guardian.  Early pick-up should not become a regular practice. Valuable class instruction is missed and students do not get full educational benefits if they leave early. Students leaving prior to 1:28 pm will be considered absent one-half day.

Procedures

Arrival Expectations

Staff Expectations

• Teachers will sign in by 7:15am.   
• Support staff will be at school on time and ready to start their day. 
• Teachers will be at their classroom door at 7:15am.
• Teachers will greet each student with a kind word, kind touch and/or a smile. 
• Teachers will lead class in a daily Social emotional lesson morning meeting/community circle. 

Student Expectations

• Students who are early arrival or students eating breakfast will enter the cafeteria from 7:05-7:25 am following cafeteria procedures. 
• Students will enter the building using the main doors at 7:20 following hallway procedures, go to their locker, then go to the classroom.  
• Students will greet their teacher with a kind word, kind touch, and a smile at their classroom door.
• Students will begin their do now’s (morning work), work respectfully and engage in social emotional lessons. 

Parent Expectations

• Follow parking lot and arrival procedures.  
• Drop off in designated locations.  
• If you prefer to walk your child in, then the only entrance and exit is the front doors.   
• Please say your goodbyes in the hallway. Parents will not walk their child into the classroom. 
• After the hallway goodbyes please use the front entrance to exit.  
• Always feel free to check with the office for any volunteer services available for that day.  

Dismissal Expectations

Staff Expectations

• At designated times teachers will dismiss students to their designated dismissal location. 
• All teachers will walk with their classes to their dismissal location and remain until the duty teacher shows up.  
• Teachers on duty will wait with students and assist and supervise students.  Outside car duty teachers will assist students into vehicles as parents pick students up. Duties vary for staff pending your duty location.  
• At 3:05 pm teachers are off duty.  Please bring any remaining students not picked up to the gym.

Student Expectations

• Students will use hallway and line procedures and walk with their teachers as they go to their designated dismissal location.  
• Students will follow expectations below for each designated dismissal location. 
• Students are silent at dismissal locations once a teacher does a call back and begins the dismissal.

Parent Expectations

• Ensure your child’s car number tag is hanging on your rear view mirror.  
• Follow parking lot and dismissal procedures pertaining to your child’s way home.
• Pick up child(ren) on time.