EAST PAULDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
July 31, 2018
PARENT NEWSLETTER
1st Day of School
I wanted to wish everyone a great 1st day of school. We are looking forward to seeing everyone! Below you will find a few notes to help the first day run smoothly.
See you tomorrow!
Get Some Sleep!
A great way to help middle school students fall asleep when they are restless is to place a book in their hands. This will help them relax and gear down for the night. It works for me!
Student Schedules
All students will receive a new copy of their schedule in their homeroom tomorrow. We are hoping that all schedule concerns, conflicts, and errors have been resolved. Review your child's schedule when they return, and communicate with us If any have not been resolved.
Our scheduling team is very good at what they do, but we do make errors occasionally. Our goal is to correct any errors as soon as possible.
Arriving and Leaving Campus
The first few days of school always presents challenges with traffic, arriving at school on time, and the dismissal process.
Morning Arrival
As you arrive at the front curve, please pull all the way forward before letting your student(s) out. If we are all letting our student(s) out at the front door, we are only able to empty 3 or 4 cars at a time. If we pull all the way forward, we can double the amount of students being let out of cars and speed up the process.
Afternoon Dismissal
Please be patient with us as we implement a new dismissal process. There is additional information about that process along with a map, below. We will work with our transportation department to release buses as soon as they are loaded. Our goal is to make sure that every student makes it home safely, and our procedures always take a little bit longer the first day or two.
Overall, if sitting in traffic is not your idea of a good time, I want to encourage you to utilize the bus. Our Transportation Department provides a great surface with outstanding, experienced drivers who are very good at what they do.
Below, you will find information for "Here Comes The Bus", a new app that will allow you the opportunity to track your student(s) bus.
New Car-Rider Route
All bus riders will be dismissed to their bus at 3:35pm. Once all bus riders have exited the building, we will call for car-riders to report to the bus-port. As we begin to send our buses off campus, we will pull cars around to the bus port to begin car rider dismissal. We will utilize staff members and traffic cones to help everyone with this transition.
We are anticipating that our dismissal make take a little bit longer to begin the year, but we are excited about doing our part to make entering and exiting our campus safer. We ask for your patience as we begin this new dismissal process, and we will appreciate any feedback you would like to provide.
Use the information and map below for a detailed view of the updated traffic pattern. Staff members will be on hand to help you.
Red Line - All incoming traffic will follow this line all the way to the back of the school. If you enter campus from the entrance closest to Highway 120, you will eventually merge with traffic that entered campus from the entrance closest to East Paulding Drive.
Blue Line - Once you make the turn in the cul de sac, you will follow the blue line back to the front of the building and then around to the bus port.
Green Area - Students who are car-riders will load in this area. This is the only location where car-riders will be allowed to load. Administrators and teachers will be on duty to help with this process.
Yellow Line - Once your student(s) is loaded, you will follow the bus loop and exit the campus through the southern most intersection. All exiting traffic will utilize this intersection during afternoon dismissal.
Parent Portal
Don't forget to visit the link below to learn about Parent Portal. If you visit the portal now, you can find detailed information about your students historical testing data, including Milestones results. New courses will open to parents and students on Tuesday, August 13, 2018.
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Contact Information for Tom Alverson
Email: talverson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/29
Phone: 770-443-7000
Facebook: facebook.com/eastpauldingmiddleschool
Twitter: @epmsraiders