Attendance
Regular attendance is an important part of the educational experience. The school hours are 7:30am – 6:00pm. During school drop-off and pick-up hours, parents are encouraged to exchange only brief greetings with the teaching staff. Please honor that the teachers have the responsibility of supervising our students at all times and that conversations with teachers need to remain minimal.
It is requested that parents make attendance a priority for their child. Parents are responsible for notifying the office two (2) days in advance of known absentees and by 9:00 a.m., in the event of an illness. If the child’s absence is caused by illness, we ask that you follow the procedures outlined in our Wellness Policy found in a following section of this handbook.
Tardiness should also be minimized as it disrupts the learning experience of every child.
Students are expected to be in place by 8:45 a.m. to allow readiness for circle time and resources. Teachers may post a sign on their classroom door once circle time / instructional time begins. In this event, the child should be brought to the front office and will be escorted to the classroom by a staff member once instructional time is over. Scheduled appointments resulting in late arrivals must be reported to the office by the close of the previous day.
Arrival
Parents must sign in their child immediately upon arrival. We ask that you sign in your student (noting the time also) via the Sign In/Out Sheets located on the school’s front counter. This helps maintain consistency throughout the school day, and provides a quick reference of children to be accounted for, in the case of an emergency. Any unusual markings, behavior or health conditions should also be reported to the office staff and the child’s teacher at arrival time.
Departure
Children may be picked up anytime during the day by an authorized person (as designated on the student profile under “Emergency Contact/Pick-Up” section). Parents anticipating a shortened day or early pick-up should notify the office of the shortened day, at the time of arrival to school. It is requested that the same procedure be followed when a student will be leaving the school facility temporarily and returning during the same school day. In order to reduce disruption to your student’s day, if at all possible, we ask that early pick-ups be either before or after their scheduled nap times.
All parents are required to come into the school to sign out their child before any student may be released. A parent may call the school as they near the facility so the child can be ready for pick-up when the parent arrives. As a courtesy only, the school staff will make every effort to ready the child for the parent’s arrival.
Intermittently, a parent may need to remain briefly inside the facility. If there is a particular issue (e.g., medicine to be taken home, accident/incident report to be signed, financial statement presented, personal letter, etc.) that needs to be addressed with the parent at the time of drop-off or pick-up, the signature line by your child’s name will be highlighted.
If someone other than individuals originally identified as authorized for pick-up will be picking up your child, a Student Profile Update Form must be completed, signed and dated and provided to the school IN PERSON prior to the change. No requests can be accepted over the phone, email or fax. School staff also reserves the right to request a photo identification of the person picking up the student to maintain in the student’s file for future reference.