Dear Parents/Guardians of our Kindergarten Students,
In an effort to make our morning entry more seamless we have started a new morning routine with our Kindergarten classes. Teachers and ECE’s will be on duty in the West play area (on Garden Avenue) starting at 8:45 AM each morning. Parents are asked to drop students off to the Teacher or ECE who is standing at the gate. They will help escort all students to their line up area inside the yard. Any student having difficulty transitioning into class will be supported outside the gate and then walked into the play area by a Teacher or ECE. Students will file into school between 8:55-9:00 AM unless their class is remaining outside for outdoor play.
If you have any messages for your child’s teacher feel free to write the teacher a note or let the transiting teacher know. They will be happy to pass on a message to your child’s classroom teacher. We are doing our best to discourage any parents/guardians from entering the kindergarten yard and appreciate your support.
Those students who go home for lunch are dismissed at 11:30 AM and should return via the doors at the front of the school at 12:45 PM. Kindergarten students are dismissed at 3:15 PM for home or daycare. Rooms 109, 110 and 111 dismiss right outside of their classrooms at the Galley Avenue doors. Students in Room 106 are dismissed outside of the main doors to the front of the building.
We hope that these new routines will optimize both the safety and the independence of our youngest students here at Garden Avenue.
Alana Hardy
Principal Garden Avenue
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