First Day of School- Minimum Day Dismissal

Happy First Day of School!

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Grades 1st-6th Dismiss at 1:13PM

Updated Drop off and Pick Up Procedures at Alderwood

🚶Updated Drop off:

Each day, Grades 1st–6th will arrive on campus and line up at their classroom doors before the school day begins.

Supervision start times:

• 7:55 AM for grades 4th–6th
• 8:10 AM for grades 1st–3rd.
• Please do not send your student to school earlier than the supervised times listed, as there will be NO supervision for them. 

Families of PK and Kindergarten students will receive drop-off and pick-up procedures directly from the classroom teacher.

Here’s what families need to know:

• Students in grades 1-3 must be seated at designated line-up spot no earlier than 8:10.
• Students in grades 4-6 may sit or stand in line outside their classroom door no earlier than 7:55.
• Parents may wait behind the student line.
• The playground, play equipment, and fields are closed to play before school. No playing before school.
• To support a smooth transition and safe start to the day we ask parents to leave campus after the school bell rings at the start of the schoolday:
  • Parents of students in Grades 4th – 6th  should exit campus by 8:10 AM.
  • Parents of students in Grades 1st – 3rd  should exit by 8:25 AM.
  • The campus will be closed to visitors starting at 8:25 AM.
• Students in grades 1st- 6th being dropped off by car need to access the large parking lot carpool lane.  There is no drop off permitted in the PK/Kindergarten lot in the morning for Grades 1st-6th. 

If you need to visit the school during school hours, please check in at the front office.

🚗 🚶Pick Up/Dismissal:

Please make sure you have a confirmed pick-up plan with your child each day.  Families have an option of:

• Car line pick-up
• Having a predetermined meeting location for your child to walk to.
• If using the car lane, pull all the way forward in the car line during dismissal.
• Upper grade families will only be allowed to pull-up in carline after upper grade dismissal.
• Pulling up and accessing the carline at appropriate dismissal times, maximizes the number of cars that can safely enter the lot and prevents traffic from backing up onto Knollcrest.
• There is no pick up permitted in the PK/Kindergarten lot in the afternoon for Grades 1st-6th. 

Rainy day pick-up will continue to be at the classroom door.  We will let parents know by 2:00 pm if we are having a rainy day dismissal. 

Using the map: Cars will enter the lot turning right off of Knollcrest.

If you would like to walk onto campus for pick up please use the yellow waiting areas.

Keep the red area (sidewalk) clear for staff and students exiting campus or getting into a car.💙🦉