You may begin dropping off at 8 am for breakfast. Please drop them off at Door 18. They walk down the corridor and a staff member will be at the door to open it for them. The students will have breakfast until 8:20 and then be dismissed to their classroom. Any student dropped off after 8:20 am will need to go to the playground doors and be buzzed in by the office. No parents are allowed to enter the building. Once the door unlocks your child may come in the doors and staff members will be present to help them find our classroom if they do not already know how.
2nd grade dismisses from Door 18 again. Kindergarten will dismiss a few minutes early since they take a little longer. We will be out between 11:25-11:30 am. Please pull all the way up so all cars can fit in the parking lot. No Montessori parents should park in the parking spots…. Those are reserved for Developmental preschool who arrives and dismisses after the Montessori. Once our class comes outside your child will fist bump me and let me know that they see Mom, Dad, etc. Then you are free to leave. Reminder to just be patient. It takes a couple of days to figure out arrival and dismissal for our new parents. It will get faster the more we practice it. If their is not room in the parking lot please do not stop on Ann Arbor Trail. You can loop around the block or park across the street at the Mosque until more space opens in the parking lot. We stay with the kids until 5 minutes after dismissal time. After that we escort them to the office and call.
****If your child has an older sibling in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade. They will be picked up by their older sibling and dismissed outside of Door 20 (by the STEM doors.) Once you pull into the other parking lot security guards will be present to guide you down the sidewalk. You will pull as far forward as possible and line up that way. Once the siblings come out they will come to your car.
Please make sure that you are subscribed to the Howe School blog as well. That has a post with maps and more details about arrival and dismissal.
A couple of quick things:
Please send in a change of clothes labeled in a ziplock bag for your child’s locker.
If you have not sent in supplies you can do that next week also.
Monday is a half day dismissal is at 11:30 am.
(Sorry if you are a returning parent and know some of this already… Just trying to make sure things are as smooth as they can be for the first week of school).
As always please email me if you have any questions! I am super excited and looking forward to a GREAT year in second grade with all of you.
