Arrival and Dismissal

2024/2025 Procedures

Arrival

  • Students may arrive on campus between 7:35 am - 7:55am. During this time, students may access breakfast if they would like.  If students are not having breakfast, they will have access to the playground, field and courtyard under adult supervision if they arrive before 7:55am.

    • Students will enter through the courtyard doors for breakfast.

    • In the instance of inclement weather, students will be supervised inside and sit in the halls outside of their classroom. Inclement weather is defined as:

      • A feels like temperatures below 20 degrees

      • Air Quality at 200+ for 80113

      • Precipitation

    • All students can be dropped off on East Eastman, no students will be dropped off on the access road between CHWS and Barde Park. There is NO PARKING on the south side of Eastman during arrival and dismissal.

  • At 7:55am a bell will ring and students will line up by class on the basketball courts and their teachers will come and meet them outside.

  • The school day for the 2023-2024 school year will begin promptly at 8:00am for all students. Please have students here by 8:00am!

 

Dismissal

  • Dismissal for Kindergarten students will be at 2:50 and 1st-6th grades will begin promptly at 3:00pm.

  • All students will be released on the south side of the school near Eastman.  

    • Students can be picked up from the car line or walking up to the dismissal area. Students can only be picked up by adults indicated on Infinite Campus. Please contact the main office or use the parent portal to add additional adults.

      • Walk Up: If you are walking up to pick up your child(ren), please park in the neighborhood. No cars can be parked in the car pickup line. Your student may be released to you when you walk up as soon as you make contact with their teacher. Teachers keep track of who is picked up each day. Please only use crosswalks to cross any streets.

      • Car Line: If you are in the car line, please remain in your car and your student will walk up once they see your car. You must fill out the Google Form with vehicle information for students to be released to appropriate cars. The car line will begin at the bench area in front of the main office, as shown on the map below. As students are picked up, please continue to move up in line. Older siblings should pick up younger siblings before walking to their cars. If you would like them to be walked to their car by a staff member, please contact the front office and we will walk them.

        • To enter the car line, turn on Lafayette Street off Dartmouth. 

It is a right turn only to exit on Downing from Eastman between 2:45-3:15pm.

 

 

Grade Levels

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Drop-off & Pick-up in the car line along East Eastman Ave

DO NOT exit your car and no parking along this side of the street. Right turn only on Downing between 2:45 and 3:15pm.

 

Crosswalk Information

Crosswalk ‘A’: Going across South Downing Street

-Staff member at Crosswalk between 3:00-3:10 each day

 

Crosswalk ‘B’: Crossing Eastman by South Downing Street

-Staff member at Crosswalk between 3:00-3:10 each day

 

Crosswalk ‘C’: Crossing Eastman at South Marion Street

-Staff member at Crosswalk between 7:40-8:00 each day

-Staff member at Crosswalk between 3:00-3:10 each day

 

Car Line: The car line goes along the North side of Eastman and wraps along Lafayette. There is NO PARKING in the car line at drop off and pickup. Please enter the car line from Lafayette.