Christensen Elementary School
Attendance Email: christensen@fpschools.org
Email: christensen@fpschools.org
Website: christensen.fpschools.org
Location: 10232 Barnes Lane South, Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone: 253-298-3300
Sept. 13 ~ Early Dismissal @ 1:55pm
Sept. 18 ~ Picture Day
Sept. 20 ~ Early Dismissal @ 1:55pm
Sept. 26 ~ 5th Gr Camp Information Meeting
Sept. 27 ~ Early Dismissal @ 1:55pm
Oct. 4 ~ Early Dismissal @ 1:55pm
Oct. 9 ~ NO SCHOOL ~ Indigenous Peoples' Day
Oct. 10 - 13 ~ CONFERENCES ~ Early Dismissal @ 11:55am
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We are happy to have Quality School Portraits do our school pictures this year! Picture day is scheduled for Monday, September 18th. Your child will bring home a picture order envelope today. Please look it over carefully and select the picture package you would like to order. You may pay for your order with cash (must have the exact amount - the school and the photographer are not able to make change) or a check enclosed in the envelope, or you may pre-order online with a credit card at www.qualityschoolportraits.com and follow the instructions there. Use the code CHRI. QSP asks that students do not wear green on picture day! If your child misses picture day, we will have a retake day on November 6th so your child will be included in the yearbook.
From the Health Room
Our goal is to keep healthy children learning in the classroom and to get ill children home. Our health-room is staffed daily by an LPN to provide first-aid to students who become ill or injured at school. It is the parent's responsibility to make sure their child does not have symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and/or vomiting. before sending them to school. If your student has any of the above symptoms, please keep them home. If a student becomes ill at school, the parent or another emergency contact will be called to pick them up.
We will give medications prescribed by state approved medical providers. We must have a new medication order signed by your provider each school year. The state allows for students to be administered only oral medications at school (including inhalers). The two exceptions in this law are for insulin and epi-pen use. The school is unable to give your student ear drops, eye drops, or apply lotions or ointments. All medications, even over-the-counter products such as pain relievers and cough drops, require an order from an approved medical provider.
Please do not send medication to school with your child, as it is illegal for them to carry it on school grounds. Parents must deliver medications to the school.
If you have any questions, please contact Nurse Angelic at 253-298-3308.
Bus Procedures
Bus Information
To learn more about your child's bus route including pickup and drop off times, please visit E-Link and use the following login information:
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We have a very helpful transportation department, so if you have any questions or issues about something that happened on the bus, at the bus stop, or regarding a late bus, please call the Transportation office directly at 253-298-3865.
Sign up for Bus Bulletin for timely bus notifications: www.busbulletin.com/parents
If you wish your child to ride a bus other than his or her normal bus or to get off at a different bus stop, you must send a note with the bus numbers and different stop listed. The same holds true if you want your child to walk rather than ride the bus. Sending a note with your request will cut down on the amount of phone calls our busy office receives each day. Without a note or phone call, we will not allow students to walk or change their regular bus or bus stop.
Please be aware that any bus-riding kindergarten student that is not met at the bus stop after school will be returned to Christensen for parent pick-up. It is very important to meet your students at the bus stop on time!
Student Drop-off and Pick-Up
Student safety is important to us here at Christensen. Here are some reminders we need all families to follow when dropping off and picking up students.
Drop-Off
Students can be dropped off after 8:40 each day using our drop off lane in the front of the school. You will see the cones and signs outlining the area for drop off each morning.
All students wanting to eat breakfast will pick up their breakfast by going through the gym as they enter campus each morning. They will bring their breakfast to class to eat.
Pick-Up
Pick up by car can happen after all the buses have pulled out. As you pull into the crescent in front of the school a staff member will call for your student to come out from the gym and get into your car with you. Cars must wait until all buses have left for the day.
Parents can go to their child’s classroom door at 3:20 this year. This makes sure that teachers have time to finish lessons and instructions with all students before dismissing students. If you need to pick them up earlier, please come to the office and we will call them up.
We ask that you wait in front of the school until the 3:20 bell rings before going to the classroom each day.
Please be sure that any family and friends picking up your child are listed on their school file. Any change in pick up routine must be communicated with the office before noon each day.
Please contact our school office with any questions. 253-298-3300
Franklin Pierce Schools offers free lunch and breakfast to all students.
FPS provides meal alternatives for students with medical needs. Please contact your school nurse to obtain the necessary form. We will work with kitchen staff to make sure your student has a nutritious meal each day that is safe for them to eat.
Franklin Pierce Schools has a resource center for our families. You will find information and help for all sorts of situations and needs - food, diapers, formula, community referrals, and more. Click here to access the Family Resource Center website.
Children ages 3-5 who reside within the Franklin Pierce School District are eligible for free developmental screening. Hearing, vision, kindergarten readiness, speech and language, motor skills, and behavior are checked. Screenings take place regularly. See their web page here. To schedule an appointment, call the Early Learning Center Child Find hotline at 253-298-4658.
Christensen hosts a before and after school care program on-site for our students. The care is provided by Right at School. Right at School provides a safe environment to learn, to play, and to grow. Click here for more information and to register.