Hours
The morning preschool hours are from 8:00-11:15 a.m. The children will be escorted to the pick up area at 11:10 a.m.
The afternoon preschool hours are from 12:15 - 3:30 p.m. The children will be escorted to the pick up area and bus pick up area at 3:15 p.m.
Arrival & Dismissal
The Elementary School has an additional drop-off and pick-up area located on the west side of the building. This area is located between our school and the Catholic Church with access from our school drive but used for preschool and kindergarten (Pk/k) arrival and dismissal only. All vehicles need to pull along the curb for both pick-up and drop-off. If you need to come into the building you must park in the front of school to enter and register through our elementary school office. A visitor badge will be issued for all visitors.
The Elementary/Middle School will continue with the established drop-off/pick-up by car procedure for students in Grades 1-8. All incoming cars must make a left turn into the rear portion of the parking lot. Cars will drive west across the back of the parking lot and will turn north toward the school and then immediately turn right or east traveling the middle lane of the parking lot. At the east end of the large lot turn left toward the school and proceed to the drop off lane in front of the school marked with purple paint. Children will then enter door #1 or door #2 and wait on Main St. until the 8:00 a.m. bell rings. As drivers leave the drop off lane they will head west and merge with traffic coming from the PK/K drop off drive as all traffic heads south and to the rear lane of the large parking lot proceeding east to the school driveway and back to Sharpsburg Rd.
Parents dropping off or picking up children in preschool or kindergarten will head west along the back of the large parking lot and turning north to the Preschool/Kindergarten drop off area. Be sure to yield for oncoming traffic from the front drop off area. Children can enter school through door #29 which unlocks at 7:45 a.m. and wait on Main St. until the bell rings at 8:00 a.m. Parents will follow the drop off area, merge to the traffic from the front drop off area, traveling south to the rear lane of the large parking lot to proceed east to the school driveway and back to Sharpsburg Rd.
MORNING ARRIVALS AND DISMISSAL (8:00-11:15)
Arrival: The morning students should arrive via the west drop off door #29 unless arriving by bus. Teachers will be present at the west door #29 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:10 a.m. to assist children to their classrooms until children become comfortable with the arrival procedure. If possible children students should arrive no earlier than 8:00 a.m. If students arrive before 8:00 a.m. they will remain on Main St. with their peers until the bell rings. You may choose to drop your child off at the front of the building with older students who can then escort the preschool child to the teacher located at the west door #29 or to the preschool classroom. A staff member at the playground area will assist preschool students arriving by bus from the rear of the school to the preschool room until your child becomes comfortable with the arrival procedure. Bus students use door #21 to enter “Main Street” before progressing toward the preschool wing.
Dismissal: At 11:10 a.m., students will be escorted to the pick-up area located on the west side of the building. We usually dismiss out the rear playground door #25 and progress to the cars. On rainy or cold days we exit out door #29. We ask that the first car to arrive park their vehicle next to the playground sidewalk located just past door #26. For dismissal you may park in front of the handicap ramps and arriving cars park behind the first car. After all children are safely in a car then we ask that you follow the lead car out of the circle drive. Do not pass the cars in front of you. The next set of cars will then have room to form a new line with the lead car stopping at the playground sidewalk near door #26 and the following cars lining up directly behind the car in the front along the curb. We will only dismiss children to cars stopped along the sidewalk or to parents who have parked their car and entered the building. For safety reasons, we also encourage parents to refrain from talking on cell phones during our arrival and dismissal process. We also suggest to arrive at the end of the pick-up line when picking up a large number of students or to move to the front parking lot to buckle up the students to keep the flow of vehicles moving during dismissal. Rarely do we use our emergency exit door #26 for arrival or dismissal.
AFTERNOON ARRIVALS AND PICK UPS (12:10-3:25)
Arrival: The afternoon students should arrive via the west drop-off door # 29 no earlier than 12:10. The first vehicle is to pull up to the playground sidewalk door #26 and preceding vehicles should follow the lead car. A staff member will open door #29 at 12:10 and children can approach the building at that time. For safety reasons, we also encourage parents to refrain from talking on cell phones during our arrival and dismissal process.
Dismissal: At the end of the day, a staff member will take all bus students to their correct bus located behind the building and wait until buses pull away. Remaining children will be brought to the west arrival/dismissal door #29 at 3:15 where parents will be lined up to receive their preschooler. Vehicles picking up only a preschool or kindergarten student in the Pk/k pick-up area should park along the curb. It is pertinent that the first vehicle to arrive for pick-up to park next to the playground sidewalk near door #26 and others to follow. In the past, the first car that arrives for pick-up stops at the closest spot to door #29, and this causes cars to wait for that child to be loaded into the vehicle and causes delays. Please be considerate of cars behind you. Staff members will also bring preschool students to the elementary office to meet or dismiss with older siblings or students being dismissed out the front of the building. Because additional grade levels are dismissing at the same time you may cautiously pull out and around the car in front of you during the end of the day dismissal. Rarely do we use our emergency exit door #26 for arrival or dismissal.