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SCHOOL HOURS:

The school office is open from 8:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Classes begin at 8:50 a.m. and 12:55 p.m. Students are dismissed as follows:

Nursery and Kindergarten at 11:30 a.m.

Grades 1 to 6 at 12:00 p.m.

All afternoon students leave at 3:30 p.m. Please help your child have a positive school attitude by ensuring they arrive at school by the bell at 8:50 a.m. and 12:55 p.m.

Recess periods are as follows:

First recess 10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Second recess 2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

For the children’s health and physical well being, all children in grades 1 to 6 are expected to go outside for a 15 minute recess both morning and afternoon. (Recess is indoors if it is raining or if the winter wind chill factor is –27^oc.). Children who are kept in at recess for a prolonged period of time for health reasons should have a doctor’s certificate.

ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL:

Children should arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before school opening as there is no supervision until this time. Supervision occurs from 8:40 - 8:50 and 12:40 - 12:55. Students who arrive early are expected to remain outside until the bell rings. During inclement weather, the duty supervisors will allow students to stand inside the entrances.

PATROLS:

We have patrols on duty at McKenzie and Inkster, McKenzie and Lansdowne, McGregor and Inkster, and Parr and Inkster (crossing Parr Street only!) at the following times:

8:40 - 8:50 a.m.

12:00 - 12:10 p.m.

12:45 - 12:55 p.m.

3:30 - 3:40 p.m.

CALL BACK PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL ABSENCE:

To ensure your child’s safety, we have a policy of contacting every parent whose child is absent in the morning and the afternoon if you so request. Please help us by calling the school before 8:50 a.m. and 12:55 p.m. to let us know when your child will be away. If we do not hear from you, one of our staff will be contacting you concerning your child’s absence. We want to ensure the safety of all of our students.

Please let us know if your child will be out of school for a long time.

STUDENT DROP-OFF / PICK-UP:

For the safety of our children, PLEASE use the “Loading Zone” area at the front of the school as a “drop-off” area only! We are asking that you stop your vehicle in the loading zone, just long enough to drop off your children and watch them enter the school. By keeping the stopping time short, it allows other parents to do the same. Remember this area is NOT a parking space! PLEASE help us to keep our children safe!!

If you would like to walk your child into the school, please park in one of the designated “parking zones” on Inkster Boulevard, Lansdowne Avenue or McKenzie Street. Please observe the “No Parking” signs in the Staff Parking lot as the space is for WSD staff only.

MEDICATIONS:

All medications, including cold medicine, must be given to your child at home or by a parent/guardian unless a health plan has been developed between the school administrator and the parents/guardians. Please do not send medication to school with your child, without first speaking to Mrs. Intrater.