Arrival / Dismissal Update
Important Information : Please Read
Arrival
Arrival has been very smooth and parents seem to have the routine down. Students are learning their way around the campus and are taking advantage of the free breakfast option. Please review the following times below to assist with our morning routine.
7:45 - Gates Open (Students will begin entering campus) Teachers will be in classrooms ready to welcome students.
8:10 - 1st Bell Rings
8:15 - 2nd Bell Rings (Perimeter of campus locks down) After this bell students will be checking in near the courtyard and receiving a late pass prior to coming to class. If a student has a pass, you will not need to change their status in Synergy, the office will take care of marking this appropriately.
8:15 - Morning Announcements (To sign your class up click here)
8:20 - 8:40 - Take Attendance and Lunch count by 8:40
(As I mentioned there are a few more changes with the lunch and take home meal system. Lisa will be sending out a spreadsheet first thing tomorrow to complete instead of the form we have been using)
Dismissal
Dismissal has also went very well for the first week of in-person learning. Parents all have student codes ready and available. We will continue to work with the times and different lots over the course of this week.
Grades 3-5 did a great job with this today! Teams were prepared and students made it to the front lot with ample time. The only hiccup was parents mixing up student numbers, which they will get used to over the course of this week. Thank you to everyone who has pitched in and adjusted their schedule to assist with this.
2:30 - K-2 Dismissal Begins - East Lot
- Pull up and display your grade level Google Doc for dismissal. Numbers will begin to be added by 2:15. You can line students up and have them ready to leave prior to the 2:30 dismissal. Once the clock hits 2:30 please release students to their destination. (Only Kinder will have escorts from here on out. Staff will be in hallways and outside the campus directing children safely to the purple cone area for valet pick up. At this point 1-2 should know this process pretty well and this will also speed up the process).
- We will not be announcing a time for dismissal or bus arrival. please watch the clock and dismissal form.
- 2:30: 3-5 valet/car pick up siblings of those in K-2 can meet younger siblings in their classrooms. Once numbers have been called the family can be dismissed from the K-2 classrooms to the designated pick up area. (K-2 siblings names will appear directly under the name of your student).
- 2:30: 3-5 walkers who walk with K-2 siblings can swing by K-2 classrooms to pick up the younger children and walk home. Walkers can be dismissed without numbers being called if you know for a fact that the children are walking home together. All students will continue to exit out of the East doors to walk home. If you have walkers that go to the front of the school they will exit at 2:30 and will meet Gina Y. at the flagpole. Walkers that go to the North crosswalk will exit and meet Becky by the bike racks. Remember these ladies can take the walkers with the first group of students that are ready to walk home starting at 2:30.
2:50 - 3-5 Dismissal will begin (South Lot)
- Pull up and display the Dismissal Google Doc for your grade level. Numbers will begin to be added to this document by 2:45. You can line students up and have them ready to leave prior to the 2:50 dismissal time. Once the clock hits 2:50 please release students to their destination.
2:50 - Buses will begin to arrive, bus numbers will pop up on the Doc when here. There are only 2 gen ed buses this year.
2:55 - Bell Rings: Extended Day can dismiss
2:55 - Bell Rings: Day Care Vans can dismiss
2:55 - Bell Rings: Remaining walkers in grades 3-5 can dismiss.
3:00/3:05 - If children are left over at this time you will escort them to the front office. If there are more than a handful of children still waiting to be picked up we will need to revisit this process. Hopefully majority of students will have been picked up and everything continues to run smoothly.
Corte Sierra Elementary School
Email: Rotteger@lesd.k12.az.us
Website: https://www.lesd79.org/
Location: 3300 North Santa Fe Trail, Avondale, AZ, USA
Phone: 623-547-1000