Drop Off & Pick Up

DROP OFF PROCEDURES

 

Parking:

• If you plan on walking your child onto campus- you must park in the church next door and walk in. 
• The parking lot is only for:
  • Staff
  • Volunteers who are working in the classroom first thing in the morning
  • Preschool families who attend our SDC classroom

Morning Drop Off

• Beginning at 8:00 AM, students and families may enter campus through Gate 1, Gate 3 or Gate 5. 
• Class begins at:
  • 8:00 AM for Preschool and SDC
  • 8:25 for TK-5th grade students. 
• Only students will be permitted to enter classrooms. 
• Please exit campus after dropping off your child(ren). 
• The play structure and the field are closed before and after school. 
• Please refrain from cell phone usage while on campus.

 

Shell Blvd. Car Drop-off Zone

Keeping students safe on Shell Blvd. Drop-off Zone is a priority. Please review these procedures with your child:

• Be prepared with your backpack, jacket or sweater, water bottle and lunch.
• Wait until the car has stopped to exit or enter.
• Cars - please move up to the curb to let your child out.
• ONLY exit or enter on the right side of the car. DO NOT walk between cars. 
• Always walk on the sidewalk.
• NO PARKING in the the yellow Drop Off Zone

 

When entering the drop-off zone, please pull all the way up. Parents, unless there is an emergency, please remain in your car during drop-off. Exiting the drop-off zone is a RIGHT TURN ONLY. 

 

Walking and Biking

For those walking to campus, please use the crosswalks when crossing the street. Please wait for the traffic light to signal that it’s safe to cross before entering the crosswalk.  A bike and scooter rack is located by Gate 3 and Gate 5.

 

All students must wear a helmet if they are riding on wheels. 

 

All wheels are walked on campus. 

 

Late Arrivals

Gates will close at 8:25am. 

 

If your child arrives after the start time, please come through the school office and receive a ticket to class. Your child will walk independently to class.

 

After School Dismissal

Regular School Day (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)

Preschool is dismissed at 12:00 and TK/Kindergarten is dismissed at 1:05 from Gate 1 escorted by a TK/Kindergarten teacher. 

 

Adults please

• have cell phones put away. 
• wait on the black top. 
• put your hand up for your child to see, make eye contact with your teacher  and the teacher will connect you with your child. 

 

First-Fifth Grades are dismissed from their classroom door, they are to exit a gate agreed upon by them and their adult. Gate 1 (by front office), Gate 3 (by Beach Park Blvd.) or Gate 5 (by the Multi-purpose room)

 

Minimum Days (Wednesdays, conferences, and whenever the calendar says Min Day)

TK and Kinder are dismissed at 12:40 from Gate 1 escorted by the teacher. 

 

First-Fifth Grade students are dismissed at 12:40 from their classrooms. 

 

If your student eats lunch, they are to exit a gate agreed upon by them and their adult, then enter through Gate 1 and eat lunch on campus with their adult supervising them. 

 

After school Care: 

Annex: TK and Kindergarten students will be picked up from their rooms by Annex staff. 1st-5th graders will walk to Annex Room 18 at the end of the school day.

Outside after school providers: Vans/buses will park in the parking spots across the front office. They will gather students on the sidewalk and walk the students across the crosswalk to their van/bus.