Frequently Needed Answers

Please do not use the parking lot for drop-off or pick-up. We want your children to arrive safely, and crossing a parking lot can be a dangerous adventure

Drop off and pick up students on Jenifer Street, in the sections designated with drop-off/pick-up signs, behind the section designated for buses. The spaces along the staff parking lot are also 20 minute loading zones, if you need to leave your car for drop off or pick up.

Students should arrive between 7:25-7:35 am. Supervision is not available before 7:25 am, so students should not arrive before that time.

It is helpful if students eating breakfast at school arrive closer to 7:25 am, so they are ready to start learning at 7:40 am.

All students will enter the building through Door #5 (main entrance).

If you would like to talk with a staff member before school, please make an appointment with them. This will allow staff members to prepare for the day with students.

The dismissal bell rings at 2:40 pm (1:15 pm on Mondays).

Students should gather their belongings for home quickly and exit the building. We ask all students to exit the school or report to after school activities by 2:45 pm. 

Students riding the bus home need to go directly to their bus.

If you are picking up your child, please wait for and meet them at their grade level door or in your car in the designated pick-up area.

Students walking home on their own need to leave school immediately, as the playground is unsupervised after school.

Students staying on the playground after school must be supervised by an adult. Please be aware Red Caboose also uses the playground after school for child care and may ask you to avoid certain areas. Please follow their requests.

Other than school tools (backpack, books, notebooks, etc.) we ask that personal items be left at home. Our policy on items from home is based on equity (not everyone has the option of bringing items in) and security (we don't want children to suffer lost, stolen, or broken items).

Included in the list of items to leave at home are:  trading cards, make up and other personal care items, non MMSD electronics,  and toys.

If you feel your child needs to have a cell phone for safety after school, the cell phone must be left in their backpack, given to the child’s teacher, or should be brought to the office on entry in the morning and picked up by the student at dismissal.  Students are responsible for retrieving their phones from the staff member at the end of the day. It is not responsibility of the teacher or staff member to return devices at the end of the day. Cell phones should not be used during the school day.

All staff have email which is checked daily. 

To reach staff by phone, the office can assist you in leaving a voicemail during the day or will give that staff member a message to call you.

During the school day, phone calls to classrooms are redirected to the office. This allows teachers and scholars to focus on instruction.

Classroom calls will be sent to voicemail except in emergency.

Students access to phones will be limited to emergency use with permission from a staff member only.