Arrival and Dismissal

School Day

Please do not leave your children outside in the morning without supervision

Doors open: 7:45 am

Hours: 8:00 am - 2:20 pm

Morning Arrival

Parents must wait for a staff member to open the doors

Doors will open for all students starting at 7:45 am

Parents who drive their students:

Please remain in your vehicle.

Vehicles cannot be parked and left unattended as this creates a serious safety hazard.

Staff members, wearing yellow vests, will assist in helping get students out of the passenger side of the cars.

Upon entering the building:

Students will be directed into the auditorium where they can grab breakfast, if they haven't already eaten at home

Students will sit/eat in the auditorium with their class until 8:00 am

Classes will be dismissed from the auditorium to walk to their classrooms and begin their day.

Students entering their classrooms after 8:05 will be marked “late" on attendance

Students arriving from 8:05 am until 8:15 am students are required to be signed in by a parent at the security desk

Students arriving after 8:15 are required to be accompanied to and signed in at the main office

Arrival Time Guide

Time	Flow of Arrival
7:05 am	Doors open for students enrolled in early morning programs only If you're interested in this program please fill out this form
7:30 am	Doors will close for early morning programs
7:45 am	A Staff member will open school doors for all students
8:00 am	School day officially starts
8:05 am	Students entering their classrooms after this time will be marked late
8:05 - 8:15 am	Students arriving during this time must be signed in at security desk
8:15 am or later	Students arriving at this time must be accompanied to and signed in at the main office

Early Pick Up

Parents are allowed to pick up a child prior to regular dismissal time for illness, injuries, or other obligations that cannot be scheduled outside of the regular school day.

Parent/guardians should inform the main office by 9:00 am on the day of the event.

You can have your child bring a written note, email/ClassDojo the teachers, or call the main office.

The notification should include the time of pick-up, the name of the adult picking the child(ren) up, and the reason for early dismissal.

In the case of an emergency, parents/guardians should call the main office at 718-831-4021.

No student will be dismissed early after 2:00pm

Dismissal

Dismissal procedures begin at 2:10

3K and Pre-K students will be dismissed through the Main Entrance

Kindergarten through Grade 5 students will be dismissed in the Big Yard

In order to ensure safety at dismissal, please stand in the parent designated area behind the blue line and do not remove your child from their class line before they reach their designated dismissal spot.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that you list anyone who has authorization to pick up your child on his/her Emergency Card. Please keep in mind that your child will not be released to anyone whom is not listed on his/her Emergency Card. If someone other than the person on their emergency form is picking up your child, please send in a note and/or email with your child on that morning with the name of the person picking up your child. Also, please make sure that the person picking up your child has identification. If an older sibling will be responsible for picking up a younger child, please inform the school in writing. Please provide the school with the name of the sibling and the parent’s/guardian’s phone number. No exceptions will be made.

Inclement Weather Dismissal

*A notification of "Inclement Weather Dismissal Procedure" will be sent from the school when being utilized*

Front entrance doors will open at approximately 2:10 pm

3K, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students will be dismissed from their own classrooms

Grades 1-5 will be dismissed from the Gymnasium

When picking up a student from the Gymnasium, please enter through the door located by the bench Your child will be sitting with his/her class behind the orange cones. Make sure a staff member sees you taking your child(ren).