Whitesburg Parents and Guardians,
What a great start to the school year it has been so far! It is always so helpful to start the year off with only a portion of the week. It is a great way to get procedures down and get the 'kinks' out.
Monday morning should be full throttle at the Burg. Please know that we need your full support for all students to be successful this year. There are a lot of grade level standards to be covered. The standards seem intense because they are intense! However, I know that all students can learn the standards if we all work as a team.
Please make sure that you keep in constant contact with your teachers. Please make sure that your students are keeping up with the practices/assignments. Each students should be reading at least 15-20 minutes each night. They should also be practicing their math facts.
Please see below for arrival and dismissal procedures. Please follow these procedures to alleviate your aggravation. The procedures are made for safety of all and for efficiency.
Arrival
- Please keep line pulled all the way to the front of the awning.
- As long as the line is stopped, students can get out of the car from the beginning of the awning to the end of the awning. In other words, do not wait until you get to the front of the line for your student to get out of the car.
- Students should exit the right side of the car. It is dangerous for them to get out on the left side, as there is traffic in the left-hand lane that is going to the office.
- There are teachers outside that will help students get out of the car if needed. Parents need to stay inside the car.
- If you are going to the office and in the left lane, please still travel slowly for student safety.
- You cannot drive on the left-hand lane to the front of the existing right-hand lane to drop your child off. You must stay in the line and wait your turn.
Dismissal
- Please make sure your child’s teacher know how they are getting home.
- Students’ transportation cannot change daily. There needs to be one way they are getting home unless there is an emergency.
- If there is an emergency and you need to get a message to your child’s parent, please get that message to the office by noon. Teachers do not always have time to check messages during the day, as they are teaching.
- Our car line took 38 minutes on Wednesday and 23 minutes on Thursday. Last year, we had out car line cleared within 10-15 minutes. That is our goal for this year as well. To reach that goal, all cars must have their car tag number and students need to know their car tag number.
- You cannot park in the parking lot to walk up with your number to pick up your child.
- If you are a parent that is actually walking to the school to pick up your child (with your car tag number) you need to wait at the very end of the awning. As I pass you, I will call your number. We cannot have parent/guardians sitting where the students are coming out (this is for their safety).
- Please make sure your car tag is hanging from your rearview mirror with the number facing out.
- Some of you are requesting a 2nd car tag. Second car tags are $1 each. Please send your request with $1 to your child’s teacher.
- If you do not have your car tag number, you will have to go to the office, with your ID, to retrieve your child.
- Please be at the bus stop when your child is arriving in the evening. For the first week, the bus may be a little late arriving as routes are being adjusted.
I am blessed to serve with best Whitesburg Elementary Family.
Thanks,
Mrs. Jones