Puster Families,
It has been an exciting week having our littlest leopards - our Pre-K students - join us this week at Puster. I went to peek on them yesterday and it was nap time...they were OUT! They've been working hard on practicing how to "do school" before the big kids arrive. It's given the Puster adults some practice as well.
As we practice our arrival and dismissal processes, we’ve come up with a few tips to keep our arrival and dismissal carlines running smoothly:
- For safety and efficiency, parents must stay in the vehicle. Our staff will help your child get in/out of the car.
- For safety, students must enter the vehicle on the sidewalk side. Consider placing car seats on the right passenger side of your vehicle.
- As we add more vehicles to the dismissal line next week, we will be waving you ALL the way down to allow as many cars along the sidewalk as possible. You may pull around the car in front of you once loaded.
- If you need to help your child buckle up, we will ask that you pull forward ahead of the car line (where cars can easily pull around you) to stop and do so.
- When waiting in line along Stoddard Rd., always “Hug the Curb” to allow through traffic to get by.
You will find specific arrival/dismissal procedures outlined by grade level below. We are finalizing your default choices in School Dismissal Manager. If you have not already, you may share your choices here. We will send you communication from SDM at the end of this week!
Please remember that we are not allowing visitors in our building at this time. In order to ensure smooth arrival processes, and the safety of our students, we are not allowing any “parking and walking” students to the building on the first day. Please follow our carline procedures. As hard as it is not to have the opportunity to walk your child up on the first day, please know that we have many adults ready to take great care of your kids as soon as they hit our doors! Our teachers will be taking great first day photos for you to cherish as well.
We thank you in advance for your help with these items. It will take patience and practice from all of us to ensure our kids are safely and efficiently welcomed in the morning and dismissed at the end of the day.
Puster Proud,
Holly
