S.O.A.R Weekly

Please see the front office or PTA for details.

Remember, there is no need to be nervous. A request for a conference does not mean your child is having trouble. However, if there are concerns, remember the teacher is a valuable resource who is on your child's team. She/He wants to see your child do well. Let's work together to make this a successful year for all students. Below are some helpful hints to prepare for conferences.

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Please be reminded, most after school meetings for teachers (ie: faculty, leadership team, etc.) occur on Thursday afternoons. Teachers may not be available after school on these days.

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Did you know picking your student up early from school is considered a tardy? When students are picked up early, they miss out on valuable learning (even at the end of the school day). In addition, calling into a classroom at the end of the day to dismiss your student also disrupts the learning of every student in that class. Let's protect the learning environment. Please try to schedule all appoints after 3:00pm so that student are provided the opportunity to learn without disruption.

Arrival Time:

Please do not drop students off before 6:50 am.

Arrival - Car line

Please pull as far up to the end as possible. This helps to alleviate congestion and keeps cars off the street.

Arrival - Parking and Walk Ups

If you are not going to use the car line, you must park in a designated parking spot and walk your students to the front door. Please do not stop behind other cars and let your children run across the street. Please do not enter the bus lane.

The front door is locked at 2:15 pm each day throughout the school year. We will not open the door until after dismissal has begun and students are safely in their designated area for dismissal. We also will not call students for dismissal after this time. We do this for several reasons:

Student Movement

All students are moving around the building to their dismissal locations at this time. We do not want people standing in the hallways, walking the hallways, or grabbing students out of line. This is an unsafe practice.

Classroom Interruptions

Constantly calling rooms for dismissal so that individuals can “beat the lines” interrupts the last minutes of instruction and confuses our students. It is also hard for students to hear all calls due to the movement in the building.

Poor Attendance

Checking students out early results in a tardy even if it is a few minutes before dismissal. Three tardies result in an absents. Please help us to keep a great attendance record.

The following are tips to make your dismissal experience pleasant.

Dismissal by Surname

• If your last name begins with A-L please arrive at 2:25 for the car line or walk-ups and wait patiently in your car or at the entry to the gym. Students will be released promptly at 4 pm. All students from A-L should be gone before 4:08 and the parking lot will be clearer and have available parking for the next group.
  
• If your last name begins with M-Z please arrive at 2:35. The lines will be much shorter and you will have less time to wait in your car or outside.

Again, if you are not using the car line, you must park in a designated parking spot. Do not create one. Do not park in any area with a yellow curb these are the bus loading zones. You must walk to the gym. Do not leave other children or pets in your vehicle.