The Grizzly Gazette
Family Edition for MEET THE TEACHER
From Administration
Wow! Time has flown by and we are again returning to school. We are excited to now be part of the Grizzly family and we can't wait to meet each and every one of you. Here's to a successful 2023-24!
Upcoming Events
Friday, August 11:
- Meet the teacher from 3:00-6:00pm - click on this link or scroll down to see the flyer.
- Enter through the gym doors by the Pavilion.
- You MUST have the following completed before Meet the Teacher in order to find out who your student's teacher is:
- Immunization Records updated and turned in.
- All guardians/caregivers that are able to pick up your student must be listed in Ascender - you will only receive a dismissal placard for the guardians that are listed in the registration packet filled out on Ascender.
School Supply List
Please click on the link to see your student's grade level supply list: School supply List
School Procedures
Arrival
Car Line
- The car line will be routed along the front of the school, and students will enter through the doors at the main entrance of the school. Students are expected to exit the vehicle unassisted and efficiently. Students will proceed to their classrooms once they enter the campus. Students needing to eat breakfast will go immediately to the cafeteria.
- Parents may choose to park in our visiting park lot and walk their child to the building. However, parents will not be allowed to enter the building with this option. Students that walk up will enter through the main foyer doors. Parents must use the crosswalk at all times.
Bus Rider
- Register your student for bus transportation by August 11th using this Bus Rider Registration link.
- Buses will unload on the bus lane at 6:50am, and students will enter through the gym. Students will line up by grade level and wait for a grade level teacher to escort them back to their classrooms at 7:00am.
- Students that need to eat breakfast will be escorted to the cafeteria once they enter the gym.
- More information to come on bus schedule.
Daycare Shuttle
- Daycare shuttles will unload on the bus lane, and students will enter through the gym at 7:00am. Students will line up by grade level and wait for a grade level teacher to escort them back to their classrooms at 7:00am.
- If the daycare shuttles arrive after 7:00am, then students will unload on the bus lane, and they will use the crosswalk to enter the campus through the main foyer doors.
Walker
- Walkers will be allowed to enter the campus at 7:00am through the main foyer doors.
Biker
- Bikers will store their bikes, using the bike rack, and then enter the campus building through the main foyer doors at 7:00am.
Tardies:
- If student arrives after 7:30am, parents/caregivers must come inside the school to sign student in for the day.
Late Pick-ups:
- If student is not picked up by 2:55pm, parents/caregivers must come inside the office to sign the student out for the day. You must bring your placard or ID.
Dismissal
PreK Car Riders
- Pre-K students who are picked up in a vehicle at the end of the day will be dismissed from our gym.
- During Pre-K dismissal, parents will park in our visitor’s parking lot (which is adjacent to the gym) and then walk to the gym, where our Pre-K students will be waiting.
To ensure the safety of our staff and students, parents must follow the procedures below when picking up your child.
Do not walk up to the gym until all the yellow school buses have cleared the bus lane. (This will be at approximately 2:45 each day. However, this is only an approximate time so please know that your flexibility is needed and appreciated.)
You must cross the bus lane, using the crosswalk, walking to and from the gym.
You will not enter the gym. You will wait outside underneath the gym awning in a line.
Parents or authorized designated pick up people MUST have the student’s placard in hand to receive your student.
Older siblings of Pre-K students will be waiting with our Pre-K students in the gym for pick up as well.
Bus Rider and Daycare Shuttle
Bus riders and daycare shuttles will be dismissed first. Assigned monitors will escort bus riders and daycare shuttles to the gym.
Kindergarten will proceed to the gym through the foyer.
1st grade will proceed to the gym through the courtyard.
2nd grade will proceed through the outside area near the portables.
3rd and 4th grade will proceed through their hallway.
Bus riders will line up by colored tape and then immediately load the bus, escorted by a monitor.
More information to come on bus schedule.
Daycare shuttles will sit by colored tape in designated areas and wait for a monitor to escort them to the appropriate shuttle in the bus lane.
Walker
- Walkers will remain seated in designated areas and will be dismissed after the buses depart. Monitors will escort walkers to the gym by grade level.
- Wynnbrook (uphill) walkers will exit through the main foyer. Shady Brook and Misty Hollow walkers will exit through the gym. If your child is a walker, he/she is responsible for knowing where to go.
Information for Shady Brook and Misty Hill Walkers
- Parents MUST adhere to the expectations established for designated walkers below so that our crossing guard and staff members can provide a safe environment for all of our walkers.
- If you are meeting your child, you need to wait and remain in the following areas:
- In the designated area after crossing the crosswalk Or
- In the designated area approaching our crosswalk along our school’s fenceline
Your child will come to you.
- Avoid parking within 15 feet of the crosswalk as this impedes our crossing guard, staff members, and students’ line of vision.
- The parking lot adjacent to our gym is needed for our PreK parents. Please avoid parking in the parking lot adjacent to the gym.
YMCA
- YMCA staff will go to each classroom to collect their students, and they will relocate them to the cafeteria after all car riders have been dismissed.
K-4 Car Riders
- Car riders will exit through the cafeteria. Students will be escorted from the classroom and proceed to the cafeteria. Grade K-4 will be seated in the cafeteria. Students will sit with the grade level and wait for their name to be called. When called, students will exit through the cafeteria doors, and proceed towards the designated cone. Parents must remain in the vehicle while picking up students. Parents and/or designees MUST have placards to pick up students. Students are expected to exit the vehicle unassisted and efficiently.
Late Pick-ups:
- If student is not picked up by 2:55pm, parents/caregivers must come inside the office to sign the student out for the day. You must bring your placard or ID.
Lunch Guests
During the first two weeks of school, we will be establishing routines and procedures for the students to follow. We ask that you please wait until the third week of school, starting August 28, to come have lunch with your student.
Please remember that you will only be eating with your Grizzly, and when it is time to dismiss from the cafeteria, the student will return to their class table to go back to class.
There will be no lunch guests on early dismissal days because students will be eating in their classrooms.
My School Bucks
Pay for school meals and fees securely online! With MySchoolBucks, parents can also view cafeteria purchases, access meal balances, register for activities, purchase event tickets, browse school items, and more.
Ascender
You will receive a form with instructions to link to your student's Ascender account; this informational sheet will be with the BOY of year forms that will be sent home after the start of the school year. You MUST comlete these forms if you want your student to participate in field trips. You will also be able to use Ascender to look at attendance history and grades. Click on this link to view instructions on what you need to do to link you Ascender account.
Check-out of students before end of day
- If you check out your student before 9:35am, your student will be marked absent for the day.
- If you need to check your student out early, you must do so by 2:15pm.
- If you need to change the way your student is going home at dismissal, you MUST fill out this Google Change of Transportation form, and communicate with the teacher via DoJo, by 1:00pm.
Reporting Absences
If your child misses school for an excused reason, there are 3 options to notify our attendance office to request the absence to be excused. Send the student's name, date of absence, reason for absence, and doctor's note if applicable by either:
- Email greenvalleyattendance@scuc.txed.net.
- Send a written note to school with your child (include any doctor's notes).
- Use the online GVE Attendance Form.
We will process the absence notes as quickly as possible. If you have your alerts set up in your Ascender Parent Portal, it is ikely you will initially receive an unexcused absence alert. Once the documentation is received, the absence will be updated. For more information regarding Attendance at GVE, please visit our GVE Attendance Website.
ABOUT US
Address: 1694 Green Valley Road, Schertz, TX 78154
Phone: 210-619-4450
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