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passengers. Please wait for the children to enter the building before leaving.
If you need to come into the school, park in the main parking lot, NOT in the circle, on the street or in a
visitor’s parking place.
Afternoon Pick-Up
Approach the school from the east (Upton), using Old Grafton Road from Route 140 and leave traveling
west, to Moroney Road to Route 140. This one-way arrangement should move traffic quickly, keep our
neighbors happy, and above all, be safe. This is especially important during the winter months when Leland
Street may become quite narrow due to snow.
Pick up children at the front entrance to the school entering the circle from the driveway nearest the
school.
Place a sign on the passenger's side window indicating the community the carpool serves or the
child/children being picked up.
If you need to come into the school at dismissal time you must
arrive and enter the parking lot prior to 2:45 p.m. or after 3:15 p.m. If you arrive at the school between 2:45
p.m. and 3:15 p.m. you must get into the dismissal line until directed to park by the teacher on duty.
Students who are not picked-up by 3:15 p.m. will be placed in the Extended Day Program (EDP). Parents
must park and come inside the building to sign-out the student(s) on the EDP registration list. (Look for
complete details under “Extended Day Program” or in “The EDP Handbook”, also included at the end of
this handbook.)
Clothing
Sneakers plus slacks or shorts are required on gym days. For safety on the playground, children should wear
sneakers every day. During the winter months warm clothing is needed as students go outside except on the
coldest of days. Students should have a coat/jacket, gloves/mittens and a hat and boots for outdoor play.
During winter, boots and snow pants are required for sledding. Each child should have an extra set of clothes
to keep in his/her cubbie. Children often get muddy or wet at recess or have other encounters requiring a
change of clothes. Please label items with your child’s name.
A separate pair of sneakers must be kept at school for gym classes. Outdoor shoes are not allowed in the gym.
Lost and Found
It is very helpful to have your child's name or initials on his/her clothing and belongings as the "Lost and Found"
basket fills up quite quickly. The "Lost and Found" basket is located in the Common Room. Parents and
students are advised to check it regularly; unclaimed items are donated to charity monthly. We recommend
that each student have a backpack, school bag or other container for transporting papers and other items to
and from school.
Gifts for Teachers
At teachers’ request, the school discourages parents from giving personal gifts to teachers. Parents are
encouraged to make gifts of materials or books to the class or the library if they wish. Teachers are thanked
every year for their efforts on Teacher Appreciation Day.
Birthday Parties
Parents have asked us to develop a school policy toward birthday parties and we don’t feel it is appropriate to
do so, but we can state our philosophy and expectations. Birthday parties are important for children and
families, and every family has traditions, a budget and expectations of its own about what an appropriate
party will be.
The school has only one hard-fast policy: namely, birthday party invitations should not be distributed at school.
If a family decides to have a “class party,” or a “class boys’ or class girls’ party,” we ask that all of the children
or girls or boys in the class be included. Not doing so is clearly exclusionary, the kind of exclusion that hurts, and
affects the class as a learning group, whether the child is 4 or 14 years old. Many families prefer to keep parties
small and/or inexpensive, and choices about invitees have to be made that will disappoint some. We hope
families will be considerate of others, avoid “exclusion,” and be discrete. In these cases, the less public the