Question: What time does school begin?

Answer: Arrival time is between 7:45 and 8:05 AM. and school begins at 8:15 AM.

• Playground supervision is provided during this time. Please insure your children do not arrive earlier than 7:45 AM. Students enter the building at 8:05 AM. All students should plan to arrive no later than 8:05 AM in order to be in their seats and ready to begin learning at 8:15 AM. For the safety and security of all, outside doors are locked at 8:05 AM. Students arriving after 8:05 should enter through the front door near the offices.
• During inclement weather students are invited to bring a book to read and gather in the gym from 7:45 - 8:05.

Question: Where do I drop off my student?

Answer: Please avoid use of the driveway, reserving it for buses, daycare, and handicapped individuals.

• Students are encouraged to walk or bike to school. Scooters and roller blades are not recommended. Students transported by cars should be dropped off on the “school side” of Alcott, Hawthorne, or Campbell Streets and proceed to their respective playground. The parking lot is reserved for staff members and is not a safe drop-off site.
• Please exercise extreme caution at drop off and dismissal times as the number of children and vehicles in the area briefly is overwhelming. Please drive slowly and remember to never double park on Neenah streets.

Question: What if my child is late to school?

Answer: 

• Students arriving after 8:05 AM should enter through the front door of the school.   
• After 8:15, students must stop in the office to check in before going to classrooms.  Students arriving after 8:45 AM must bring a lunch from home, unless the school has been previously notified to order a lunch for that day.
• Please develop strategies to avoid repeated tardiness.  Habitual tardiness may lead to a truancy referral.

Question: If my child is sick, what do I do? Who do I call? What do I say?

Answer: 

• Call the school office at 751-6955 to report your child's absence.  Voice messages can be left 24 hours a day.  If a call is not received, school personnel will call the student's home or parents' place of employment to verify the student absence.
• Make-up work will be provided on your child’s return to school. Absences for illness, medical appointments, and family emergencies will be excused. Absences for family trips are discouraged and make-up work is not provided in advance. Students absent with a fever must be fever free without fever reducing medication for 24 hours before returning to school.

Question: When does school end?

Answer: 

• Monday - Thursday: 3:05 PM 
• Friday (or the last day of the week):  2:15 PM
• At the end of each quarter, school is dismissed at 12:00 PM.
• On professional learning days, approximately once per month, school is dismissed at 11:30.
• Please see our school calendar or our weekly newsletter for specific dates for early dismissals.

Question: What if we make changes to the pick up plan during the day? How do we notify our child?

Answer: If your child has to leave school before dismissal time, you must:

1. Notify the school indicating the time and reason for the early dimissal request.
2. Have a responsible adult, who has been authorized by the parent, sign out the child from the office.

• If you need to get a message to your child, please call the school office at 751-6955, ext 101.  Please call well before dismissal time.  Teachers are busy instructing children and will not answer classrom phones or check email during the school day.