Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School is a collaborative school community with responsible students who are passionate, global learners.

Friday, September 30, 2016

Updated Arrival Procedures for Students

We are so excited to be settling into our new spaces!  Now that we have a few weeks behind us we would like to tweak our morning arrival procedures to give our students more structure for beginning their day at school.  Beginning Monday, Oct. 3rd, 2016 students will begin lining up by grade level at their assigned doorway.

At the front doors (door 1) 1st, 3rd, and 4th will line up by the three brick columns.  We will have signs taped up indicating which grade level is standing by which column.  A staff member will open the doors at 8:55 when the bell rings* and direct the grade levels to enter the building.

At the kindergarten hallway doors (door 7) 2nd and 5th grade will line up behind marked lines on the cement.  All kindergarten students, both am and pm, will also begin lining up at door 7 instead of at their classroom doors. Lines will be marked for each kindergarten class and the kindergarten teachers will come outside at 8:55am or 12:45pm to pick up their line.

Classroom teachers were asked to review the new routines with their classes on Friday in preparation for Monday.  I have attached videos below that help to explain our new procedures.

We continue to remind students that the playground equipment is closed in the morning before school and would appreciate it if you would also remind your children to walk directly to their new lines when they arrive.




*The bell was ringing at 8:50 we are working to have this changed to 8:55.