Promptness

Please be on time for the beginning of class each day.  There is nothing more confusing to a child at the beginning of the day than to have to come into the middle of a class project or story.  The interruption is also disrupting and discourteous to the other students and to the teacher.

It is also important to pick up your child on time.  It is upsetting to a child to be anxious about his or her caretaker’s late arrival at the end of a school day.  In addition, the teachers have duties to perform after class and cannot give your child the one-on-one attention he or she needs when you are late.  Please be considerate of your child and the teachers.

If you know you will be late, please call the director of the school.  Our late pickup policy is as follows:

  • $5 for the first 5 minutes late, and $1 per minute after that.  For example:  1 minute late is $5, 5 minutes late is $5, 6 minutes late is $6, 10 minutes late is $10, etc.
  • The Brightwheel clock will serve as the “official clock.”

 

Procedures for dropping off and picking up

  • Children should enter the building through the main classroom door (lower level at Temple Emanuel) through the carpool lane.  You may walk your child in, or if a teacher is at the door, allow the child to walk in by him or herself.
  • Parents walking their child in or out should park in the main park area.
  • Preschool doors will remain locked throughout the day.  Please ring the bell or knock, so someone can let you into the school.
  • Please notify the staff via Brightwheel if you will have a late drop-off, early pick-up, or absence.
  • Please also notify staff via Brightwheel if someone other than parents/guardians will be picking up the child. Every individual picking up a child from JPC must have a Brightwheel account with their own unique check-in/out code. That individual should also be sure to bring a picture ID with them.
  • WE WILL CHECK FOR A PHOTO ID IF WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL AS SOMEONE APPROPRIATE TO PICK THE CHILD UP.
  • Encourage children to put their own lunch boxes, coats, and other items into their cubbies themselves as they come into the classroom.