Arrival/Dismissal

** All students and staff will be required to wear a mask during arrival/dismissal as they enter/exit the building. **

**Students and staff will be encouraged to socially distance as they enter and exit the building.**

Arrival

  • Car riders and walkers whose last names begin with A - J may enter along the west side of the building facing the back playground from 7:45 - 8:00 AM. Car riders and walkers whose last names begin with K - Z may enter along the west side of the building facing the back playground from 8:00 - 8:15 AM. If your family has students with different last names, please choose a time during one of the 15 minute increments to drop your students off at school. Car riders should be dropped off on the south side of the building on Delaware St. Students can enter the school property via the gate to the back playground at the corners of Delaware and Elliot Streets. The portion of Delaware St. where students can be dropped off each day is a one way street running east to west between Garvin and Governor Streets. Cars can enter the one way street of Delaware St. from Garvin St. Bus riders will be dropped off in the back parking lot off of Columbia St.

  • Kindergarten students will enter at the middle entrance to Door 2 and follow the designated route to the kindergarten hallway and classrooms.

  • First grade students will enter at Door 3 and follow the designated route to their classrooms.

  • Second grade students will enter at Door 4 and follow the designated route to their classrooms.

  • Third grade students will enter the far left entrance at Door 2 and follow the designated route up the ramp to their classrooms.

  • Fourth grade students will enter at Door 5 and follow the designated route up the back stairwell to the fourth grade hall to their classrooms.

  • Fifth grade students will enter the far right entrance at Door 2 and follow the designated route up the west stairwell to their classrooms.

  • Sixth grade students will enter at Door 6 and follow the designated route to the east (front) stairwell to their classrooms.

  • Students who arrive after 8:15 will enter at Door 1 and then follow the designated route to their grade level classroom(s).

Dismissal (specific times to be determined)

  • Students will remain in their cohort homerooms during the dismissal process.

  • At the beginning of dismissal, car riders and walkers whose last names begin with A - J will be called to follow their designated routes from their classrooms to their doors facing the back playground.

  • Next, car riders and walkers whose last names begin with K - Z will be called to follow their designated routes from their classrooms to their doors facing the back playground.

  • If you are walking to pick up your student(s), please wait behind the cones in the grassy playground area. We encourage you to socially distance while waiting for your student(s). Please display a sign with the following:

  • grade level(s) and name(s) of your student(s) - (first name(s) & last name(s).

  • If you are driving to pick up your student(s), please remain in your vehicle. Please ensure your vehicle is parallel to the sidewalk on the northside of Delaware St., next to the school, and pull all the way down Delaware St., heading west, toward Governor St. Please display the grade level(s) and name(s) of your student(s) - (first name(s) & last name(s) - in the car window. Students will exit the school property via the gate to the back playground at the corners of Delaware and Elliot Streets. Students will then make their ways to their cars. Please make sure your child/children can enter your vehicle on the passenger side parallel to the sidewalk next to school property

  • The portion of Delaware St. where students can be picked up each day is a one way street running east to west between Garvin and Governor Streets. Cars can enter the one way street of Delaware St. from Garvin St.

  • As buses arrive, bus numbers will be announced, and students will follow their designated routes from their classrooms to exit the building and get onto the bus in the bus loading zone in the parking lot.