Student Arrival and Departure

Student Drop-Off and Pick-Up

Our school parking lot and the Main Street can be incredibly busy places in the morning when children arrive and in the afternoon when it's dismissal time. Ensuring that no one gets hurt is a primary concern of the school staff, but it requires everyone's participation, including parents. The safety of our students and community members is very important. When everyone practices proper “drop off and pick up” safety, it makes it easier to keep everyone safe.

The following guidelines will help to ensure that our students enter our school grounds safely:

1. Parents are not to drive into the school’s parking lot.

2. Students are to be dropped off on Main Street in front of the school or alongside the school on Convent Street.

3. Drop-off Guidelines: We encourage student drop-off, if necessary, to be done quickly with the safety of our children in mind. Parents are not permitted to remain parked in front of the school along the sidewalk on Main Street during morning drop-off (8am to 9am) and lunch drop-off (12:20pm to 12:45 pm). During these times, this areas is for drop-off only.

4. Pick-up Guidelines: Parents are permitted to park in front of the school along the sidewalk on Main Street when arriving to pick up their student at lunch time (11:30am to 12:05pm) and when arriving to pick up their student after school (2:30pm to 3:pm)

5. Students who are dropped off across from the school or along Convent Street must not cross the street. Students must proceed to the crosswalk where they will be safely guided across the street by the crossing guard.

6. When students enter the parking lot, they must proceed past the marked spot on the cement wall to ensure that they are not standing in the area of the parking lot designated for staff parking and buses.

Bus Rules

A large percentage of students attending Sydney Mines Middle School travel on school buses. Safety is of the utmost importance. It is to be understood that the bus driver is in authority at all times and any student disobeying rules which are set down for safety of the students shall be subject to suspension of bus privileges.