2005-2006 Arrival/Dismissal/Parking Procedures

• At all times, drivers should focus on traffic and safety of students.  Drive slowly!
• Cell phones are a major distraction and are discouraged. 
• Do not get out of your vehicle at any time unless your vehicle is off and parked in a designated area.
• Do not try to have a conversation with Faculty/Staff who are on duty.
• Students should get in and out of vehicles ONLY on the passenger side.
• When exiting on Cherokee Road, you must turn right only between 7:30-8:00 am and 2:45 and 3:00 pm.

Arrival

• Students arriving between 7:30 and 7:45 will report to the Library.  A staff member will be on duty.  Please use the Cherokee Road arrival route.
• All students are to be in their classrooms no later than 8:00 a.m. 
• There are two arrival routes to our school:  Cherokee Road (front entrance) and Woods Road (back entrance).  It is best to get to Woods Road directly from Seneca (road connecting Woods and Palmetto.)

Cherokee Road (Front Entrance)

This is the entrance for all Kindergarten through 2^nd grade students AND any carpool that includes a student in Kindergarten through 2^nd grade.  Drive around to the designated drop off points in front of the Classroom Building.  Faculty/staff members on duty will supervise students as they get out ONLY on the passenger side.  Kindergarten students will use the main entrance.  1^st and 2^nd grade students will use the covered walkway (east) entrance. 

Woods Road (Back Entrance)

This entrance is only for 3^rd through 6^th grade students.  Do not arrive at this back entrance earlier than 7:45 a.m.  This is very important.  We do not want to interfere with the Royall School traffic. Proceed to designated drop off points.  All 5^th and 6^th grade students will enter the building at the west stairwell (playground side).  All 3^rd and 4^th graders enter through the center hallway and proceed to the east stairwell (by covered walkway).

Dismissal

• Students are dismissed at the same point of their arrival.
• All 3K, 4K (half day), 5K (half day) students are dismissed at the front entrance at 11:50 a.m.

Cars should line up in the driveway beginning at 11:40 a.m.   

• Full day 4K students are dismissed at 2:15 p.m. at the front entrance. 
• Full day 5K students, 1^st – 6^th grade students are dismissed at 2:40 p.m.  Do not come for this dismissal before 2:30 p.m.!

• Students in the After School Activity Program go directly to the assigned rooms. Kindergarteners go to Room 108 (Classroom Building); 1^st – 6^th graders go to the Science Lab (Nielsen Building).  Note:  Kindergarten students who are in the After School Program until regular dismissal at 2:15 or 2:40 are picked up through the car line.  After regular dismissal, pick up students in the After School Program from their designated room. 
• Students who are not picked up within 15 minutes of their dismissal time will go to the After School Program (Kindergarten:  Room 108; 1^st – 6^th: Science Lab).
• Rainy day dismissal is slower. Be patient!  Students are dismissed as usual, but will be called from the covered walkway or from inside the buildings.

Parking

There are two parking lots:  Cherokee Road and Woods Road.  The Cherokee Road parking lot is available at all times for parents who want to attend Chapel or other school functions.  There are other designated parking spaces around the driveway.  The Woods Road parking lot is only for Faculty and Staff.