Hawthorne School Parent-Student Handbook 2016-2017
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When driving your children to school , please drop them off on Hawthorne Avenue only -- do not drop students off on Lucy Avenue or Fycke Lane . Please cooperate in our efforts to maintain a safe and orderly environment for all of our students by not walking your child ( ren ) directly to their class . Children learn quickly where their class is located and how to navigate throughout the building to get to their classrooms . We have many adults and Safety Patrol members in the building to insure students ‘ safety along the way . Adding parents , etc . to that number creates crowded conditions and hampers our ability to effectively supervise the children and maintain safe conditions . Please say good-bye at the doors to the building and wish your child a great day . Our goal is to provide all of our children with a safe and secure environment as they wait for their teacher to invite them into the classroom at 8:30 . Therefore we ask that parents say good-bye at the doors and allow the students to enter and walk by themselves to their individual lines under the watchful eyes of the morning supervisors . We ask that you respect our requests and allow us to provide a safe and orderly morning procedure so that your child can begin each day in an uncrowded , quiet , and safe environment . If you experience separation difficulties with your child , we encourage you to call the guidance counselor . She will arrange to meet you to assist in the separation process .
DISMISSAL
� Students are dismissed between 2:58 and 3:00 p . m . at the Hawthorne Avenue exit . � Bus riders meet their buses on Lucy Avenue . � No child may be picked up in the office after 2:45 p . m .
DROP-OFF & PICK-UP PROCEDURE
To ensure everyone ‘ s safety , please review the procedure for dropping-off and picking-up students at school each day :
� The only place students may be dropped-off between 8:15 a . m . and 8:30 a . m . and picked-up at 3:00 p . m . is on Hawthorne Avenue ( by the media center entrance ).
� You can access Hawthorne Avenue from Glenwood Avenue . All cars should form a single line along the yellow curb on the right-hand side of the street .
� Please follow the teacher ‘ s direction to move all the way up before dropping-off your child .
� Similarly , at dismissal the teacher will call your child to enter your car once you are at the front of the line . If everyone follows these directions , it makes the process move much more quickly .
� Please do not park on Hawthorne Avenue and walk your child across the street . This causes additional congestion and is dangerous with so many cars moving through the street .
� Also , please do not cut through the teacher parking lot to avoid waiting in the line .
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