THEFIRSTDAY

You’ve ordered hot lunches for the week, packed snacks, labeled their backpacks and made sure they’re dressed in their new uniforms. Here’s what you need to know when you ’ re driving to campus to drop them off for their first day, which is Wednesday, August 16.

Carline

Drive east down Platt St. and turn left onto S. Parker Street (the street between Zudar’s and Publix)

Turn left onto the brick alley (behind Zudar’s) and follow the alley into the front parking lot. Please do not cut across the parking lot to join the car line

Parents who prefer to walk up to pick up their child should turn left at the Plant-Platt intersection, and then immediately turn right onto Cardy Street to park in the parking lot behind the gym

Arriving children should be ready to exit the vehicle immediately, from the passenger door only Departing children should enter the car on the passenger side, as well.

Please do not have book bags or other school items in the trunk.

Dismissal Procedure

Parents should use the PikMyKid app to announce arrival on campus for pick up.

Parents in the carline should push “ announce ” on the app when approaching the announce sign in the alley.

Parents using walk-up should change the pick-up mode on the app to “walk-up” before 2:30pm and push “ announce ” on the app after parking in the gym parking lot.

Parents and those delegated to pick up should know the student’s PikMyKid number.

Dismissal Changes: If a child has a medical appointment before dismissal, parents must sign the child out in the office Parents bringing students late for school should park only in the visitor spaces in front of the School, and walk their child into the School office Parents coming to School for business or visits should park in the visitor spaces in front of the School or in the St John’s parking lot behind the gym