Safety Practice

We held our first full evacuation/fire drill of the school year. Staff and students did an outstanding job of evacuating the building in a safe and efficient way. Our Union Township Fire Department was present to support our practice and give guidance to our team. We want to thank all of our staff, students, and first responders for their continued efforts to ensure Summerside remains a safe place to learn and grow.

*New Lanes for First and Preschool Families. Families with siblings of preschoolers will now join the first-grade lane too. 

Parent Pick-Up Procedures for all Preschool - Fifth Grade Students and Families

If you choose to pick your child up from school, please make note of the following procedures to ensure everyone's safety. 

1. Please pull into your designated lanes as noted on the map using the right lane first until filled and then filling the left lane as this will allow traffic to continue to flow through our lot until our dismissal. 

*We send siblings down the lane with the youngest student in our building. 

Kindergarten: The first two lanes have been reserved for families whose youngest is in kindergarten. You may go around the single file lane in our driveway to get into your assigned lane from 3:40 - 3:45 pm. After that time, please remain in a single file lane on Edwilla Drive. 

Preschool: The next lane in our parking lot (the third lane from the building, on the right) is for preschool families only. 

First Grade: The fourth lane in our parking lot (left lane) is for families whose youngest are in the first grade and for families with siblings in preschool. You may go around the single file lane in our driveway to get into your assigned lane from 3:40 - 3:45 pm. After that time, please remain in a single file lane on Edwilla Drive. 

Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders: The furthest two lanes (lanes 5 & 6) are reserved for those whose youngest is in second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. Please do not go around traffic as this will quickly block the first two lanes entering our parking lot. You will know if there is room in your assigned lanes to join and if not, please remain in a single file lane. 

If all lanes are filled once you arrive, remain in a single file line along Edwilla Drive and we will move all of our second-round cars along the red curb lane closest to the building once we move the first line of cars.

We ask that you remain in your car, putting your car in park until cleared for take-off. 

2. Do not get into our car line earlier than 3:40 pm as you will block parking and traffic lanes. We appreciate your wanting to get out early but it is important to note, our system is very safe and timely.  All of our students are almost always in their cars and rolling by 4:05 pm. The first few days take some time as do days of inclement weather may lead to delays but we still work hard to expedite the process. 

3. Parents who noted that their child will be picked up daily when registering in PowerSchool will have two car tags allocated per family at Open House with a matching number for their child's backpack. Car tags will be given to legal guardians of car riders on Open House night or during office hours (M- F; 8:30 am- 3:30 pm).  Please bring your ID.  You can also request a car tag at Open House if you did not note this in PowerSchool or if circumstances have changed. 

4. Without a car tag, we will place your child on the school bus unless otherwise notified, in writing and/or via email to your child's teacher before 3:30 pm. 

5. Have your car tag visible and ready for us to quickly match your child to you.  We will release your child to anyone who has their car tag number so please be sure this is in a secure place and only shared with those who you trust. 

6. Parents in the car line without car tags will be directed to loop around for the second/third stage of pickup to have identification verified once we get the majority of the students loaded and cars off our lot.

7. Anyone who has a car tag that matches your child's backpack number will be permitted to pick up your child so it is important to maintain their security at all times. 

8. Parents are not permitted to come to the office to pick up their child at the end of the day or line our sidewalk outside. If you are a walker, please stand on the concrete pad by our outdoor food pantry and lending library to ensure a safe hand off from staff to parent.  Parents picking up should also request a car tag for easy identification. 

9. If you need to change your child's dismissal plan on any given day, please send a note in the morning with your child and/or email their homeroom teacher. In the event of an emergency, you can call the front office to notify us at 513-947-7900 but it is important to note that changes in dismissal need to occur prior to 3:30 pm. Our teachers share dismissal duties, taking half of the grade level of students to the buses and half of the grade level to the car rider line. When we make changes, it requires multiple points of communication that ultimately interrupt our learning environment and can cause confusion at the end of our day. 

10. To ensure everyone's safety, we ask that everyone knows and follows our bus and car line expectations and procedures at all times. Thank you for your help and understanding.