ARRIVAL: 7:45 – 7:55 am
Hiteon doors open at 7:45 am. Please do not bring your student(s) to Hiteon prior to that time. Although we pride ourselves in always welcoming students and visitors, we do not have supervision available for students until our doors open at 7:45 am. When our doors open, children enter the building and report to either the Cafeteria for breakfast, the Primary Commons Area (K & 1), or the Gym (2nd through 5th). Students will be released to their classrooms when the bell rings at 7:55 am. Classroom instruction begins promptly at 8:00 am. Students that arrive at Hiteon after the 8:00 am bell will be tardy.
When dropping your child off by car, please pull forward (beyond the crosswalk and as far forward as possible) before releasing your child. It is helpful if your child unloads on the school side of your car. Please have them exit your vehicle quickly and enter into the school building.
Students arriving by bus will be supervised by Hiteon staff members on their route from the bus to the school.
If you are coming in with your child proceed to the Main Office first to sign-in and obtain a visitor’s badge. If you have a volunteer badge, be sure to still report first to the Main Office to sign-in. Your volunteer badge can be worn in lieu of a visitor’s badge but we must have record of who is in our building at all times. Parents will be asked to wait in our Main Office Lobby area until the bell rings at 7:55 am.
*Please note, plan ahead to arrive at school on time. Our parking lot tends to get congested and we strive to have all students arrive on time to maximize learning.
DISMISSAL: 2:35 pm
Please refer to the school map of dismissal locations. Parents are asked to wait behind the blue dots to allow our teachers to release students to you one at a time.
All students release at 2:35 pm. Students riding the school bus depart their classrooms with our first dismissal bell at approximately 2:33 pm. These students walk a supervised route from their classroom to our school busses. Daycare and parent pick-up students release with our second dismissal bell at 2:35 pm.
If you have an upper grade student picking up a younger sibling, your upper grade student will release with their class per their assigned dismissal location. From there, they can walk along the outside of our building to greet their sibling at his or her assigned pick up location. This allows an older sibling to pick up a younger sibling the same way a parent or assigned pick-up individual would.
Please be sure to communicate how your child will go home and who will pick your child up with his or her classroom teacher ahead of time. Changes to dismissal need to be communicated early and often to both the classroom teacher and Main Office.
*If your child walks or bikes to school please pre-determine and practice a route with them. If possible, please have your child walk with other neighborhood children.
*Please instruct your child to observe crosswalks and stop signs. Crossing Guards will be on duty at three street locations on school days.
*Bikes (as well as skateboards and scooters) may not be ridden on school grounds. Bikes should be walked and skateboards and scooters carried. It is recommended that bikes be individually locked at all times. Skateboards and scooters may be stored in the classroom during the day.
*Please review the Bus Rules on page 9 of the Hiteon Handbook. Students will only be let off the bus at their stop. If you want your child to get off at another stop, you must send a signed note to the Main Office. Non-bus students must have written permission from their parent/guardian and permission from the bus driver to ride the bus.
PARKING LOT
Please refer to the attached parking lot navigation document to familiarize yourself with parking lot flow and procedure!
Dropping off children in the Orange Zone:
Please enter and exit from the same zone. If you are entering the Orange Zone you will be dropping your child off/picking them up directly across from the Upper Wing Entrance Area (just before the crosswalk). Please heed stop signs and travel with caution as there are many students moving about our parking lot during arrival and dismissal times.
Dropping off children in the Blue Zone:
Please enter and exit from the same zone. If you are entering the Blue Zone you will be dropping your child off/picking them up directly across from the Main Entrance of the school. Please watch for crosswalk foot traffic and remain in your vehicle at all times.
