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General procedures
General procedures
Classrooms are open 10 minutes prior to school start time to begin receiving students.
K–Grade 12 Students can be dropped off at the main doors or in the underground. Volunteers and staff will be present to help students from the underground to their classrooms. Please do not exit your vehicle at drop-off.
JK Students must be signed in and out upon arrival and dismissal. JK parents/guardians arriving by vehicle may either park in the neighbourhood following all local parking regulations or can have access to a JK Parking Pass.
Students in K–Grade 4 must be dismissed to parents/guardians who have pick up privileges and will be dismissed by their teacher at one of the facility doors, or go to the sibling club and wait for their sibling in Grades 5–12.
Students in K-Grade 4 who have siblings in Grades 5–12 will be supervised until their older sibling picks them up from the sibling club. Parents will only be required to pick up their children once the oldest one is dismissed from regular classes at school.
Grade 5–12 Students may leave on their own at the end of the day.
Grade 5–12 Students may be picked up from the underground. The gate will remain closed during the school day and will only open at 3:30 pm. It is best to meet students elsewhere in the neighbourhood if possible. Please wait until you hear from your child that they are ready before entering the underground. As always, if they are not there, please exit the underground until they are ready for pickup.
Arrival and Dismissal Times and Locations
Arrival and Dismissal Times and Locations
Classrooms are open 10 minutes prior to school start time to begin receiving students.
Junior Kindergarten
Junior Kindergarten
Temporarily, while the sidewalk is being repaired, JK families will use the Jr. Wing Rousseau Entrance instead of the JK playdeck.
Start: 8:45 am — JK families will drop off students at the JK playdeck.
Dismissal: 2:50 pm — Pick up students from the JK playdeck.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Start: 8:30 am — Enter from the front doors or underground (parents are welcome to drop children off in their classroom the first week).
Dismissal: 2:50 pm — Dismissed from the Main Front Entrance
Grade 1
Grade 1
Start: 8:30 am — Enter from the front doors or underground
Dismissal: 2:55 pm — Dismissed from the Jr. Wing Rousseau Entrance
Grade 2
Grade 2
Start: 8:30am — Enter from the front doors or underground
Dismissal: 2:55 pm — Dismissed from the Main Front Entrance
Grade 3
Grade 3
Start: 8:30 am — Enter from the front doors or underground
Dismissal: 3:00 pm — Dismissed from the Main Front Entrance
Grade 4
Grade 4
Start: 8:40 am — Enter from the front doors or underground
Dismissal: 3:10 pm — Dismissed from the Main Front Entrance
Grade 5
Grade 5
Start: 8:40 am — Enter from the front doors or underground
General Dismissal: 3:10 pm
Grades 6 and 7
Grades 6 and 7
Start: 8:40 am — Enter from the front doors or underground
General Dismissal: 3:10 pm
Grades 8–12
Grades 8–12
Start: 8:45 am (some early courses begin at 7:45 am) — Enter from front doors or underground
General Dismissal: 3:15 pm
Traffic: Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedure
Traffic: Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedure
There are no designated parking spaces for parents, and parking in the underground parkade is reserved for staff only.
Drop-off and pick-up on Rousseau Street at the front of the school is not permitted. This is a no-stopping zone.
Follow the rules of the road and parking signs
Do not block crosswalks, and only enter intersections when safe.
Two-way traffic into and out of the underground
Follow the rules of the road and parking signs
Do not park blocking gates
Do not stop in front of the 150 Braid building’s parkade
We encourage families to drop off Middle and Senior School students a block or two away, where permitted, and for them to walk to the main entrance
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Traffic Map.pdfUrban Academy Neighbourhood Parking Map.pdfIf Dropping Off In The Underground (K–Grade 12)
If Dropping Off In The Underground (K–Grade 12)
Things run smoothly when everyone is patient and follows the following instructions.
Enter the underground through the second gate (closest to the gym doors).
Pull up as far as possible along the yellow line (the wall with the fish mural) before stopping to let your child out.
Do not stop and unload immediately inside the gate because it creates a backup outside and down the alley.
Drivers and parents, do not get out of your car. Volunteers will help open and close car doors.
The underground parkade is for drop-offs and pick-ups only. Do not park or wait in the parkade.
If Picking Up In The Underground (Grades 5–12)
If Picking Up In The Underground (Grades 5–12)
Things run smoothly when everyone is patient and follows the instructions.
The gate will remain closed until 3:30 pm
Do not enter the underground until after your student notifies you that they are ready — either by a text message or by a phone call from the office.
Pull up as far as possible along the yellow line (the wall with the fish mural) before stopping to pick up your child.
Drivers and parents, do not get out of your car.
If your child is not there, please leave the underground until they let you know they are ready to be picked up. Stopping and waiting inside the parkade creates backups outside and down the alley.
The underground parkade is for drop-offs and pick-ups only. Do not park or wait in the parkade.
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