Arrival/Dismissal Procedures
Arrival Procedures
Before Care Arrival Procedures:
Before Care begins at 7:00 a.m. and it is free for all families - both for UP or for Beyond School Programming, as long as you have enrolled your child(ren) in My SchoolBucks. Families should utilize the drop off loop and pull around to the front of the building. Upon arriving at the front of the building, staff members will greet families at the cars and escort students into the main entrance of the school.
Car Arrival Procedures:
Once you have taken a right into the school’s drive, cars will proceed forward into the drop off loop. Atlas staff will be in the lot directing families through the loop and unloading a few cars at a time. To keep everyone safe, please do not allow your child to exit the vehicle without a staff member present.
To help our arrival process run smoothly, ensure your child is ready to unload as soon as you pull into the lot. We ask that students are on the passenger side of the car to help expedite the arrival process. The arrival map above shows how cars should proceed through the loop. As you exit the loop, we ask that you only make a right hand turn onto S. 18th St, in order to keep the traffic moving. At 8:20 am, we will close the gates to the parking lot and you will need to follow the Late Arrival Procedure listed below.
Walk-Up
If you walk your child to school or take public transit, please escort your child to the front entrance of the building. To ensure your child’s safety, please wait until a staff member walks your child into the building.
Late Arrival Procedures:
Regular school arrival runs from 7:45-8:00. We ask all families to get their child to school by 8:00 so they can eat breakfast and participate in a class morning meeting. If you arrive after 8:20 am, please park and escort your child to the front entrance of the building. You will be asked to sign in your child using the front office ipads.
Dismissal Procedures
During the first few weeks of school, we will start dismissal at 3:10. This is to ensure that we get all children to cars safely and efficiently as we learn new routines. Normally, dismissal takes place daily between 3:20 and 4:00pm.
Please note that early dismissal from the main office will end at 2:45pm. Families coming into the office after 2:45 pm will be asked to pick up their student through the parent pick-up line. Exceptions will be made in the event of an emergency.
Car Dismissal Procedures:
We will begin using the School Dismissal Manager App on the first day of school. Please have the app downloaded and everyone who is allowed to pick up your child is listed in the app. For assistance with the app, please see information here or call the main office at 314-377-0090 before the first day of school.
When you turn into the Atlas Entrance, you will open your School Dismissal Manager and scan the QR code on the cone.
This alerts the classroom teacher that you are in line and what number car you are in line. The teacher will send your child to the loading zone and a staff member will escort your child to your car. You may make changes to your child’s dismissal plan up to 2pm. We will only release students to adults who are authorized to pick up. If someone who is not on your authorized list is picking up your child, please call the main office at 314-377-0090 prior to 2 pm to update your approved pick up list.
Cars may begin lining up no earlier than 3:00 pm. Cars may only enter the lot by heading North on S. 18th St. and making a right hand turn onto the road in front of the building. Cars will proceed forward, open your School Dismissal Manager App, scan the QR code located on the greenway, and then turn left into the pick up loop. Once the lot is filled, cars should continue to line up on the street outside of the building.
To help our process run smoothly, please make sure your vehicle is in park while you are waiting and remain in your car. An Atlas staff member will walk your child to your car. Once it is safe to pull forward, please exit the lot and make a right hand turn onto S. 18th St. The dismissal map above shows how cars should enter the road and proceed through the loop.
Dismissal at the front of the building ends at 4:00 pm. After 4:00 pm, please park in the spots on the east side of the building and follow the directions for Aftercare below.
Walk-Up Dismissal Procedures
Families walking home from school will pick-up their child at the front entrance. They will scan the QR code on the door for parent pick up and their child’s classroom teacher will be alerted of their arrival via walk-up. The child will then be sent to the loading zone and dismissed to the parent from there.
Aftercare Pick-Up with Unleashing Potential and Beyond School Programming
Children in Beyond Care and Unleashing Potential move to those classrooms beginning at 3:10pm. If your child is scheduled for Beyond Care or UP and you must change them to a car rider or walk up, please do so in the School Dismissal Manager prior to 2:00 pm that day. If that change is not made in the app, you will be asked to park and wait while we retrieve your child from the after care classrooms.
Beyond Care and UP dismissal begins after 4:00 pm at the Playground Door. Families with children enrolled in Aftercare will park in the spots on the east side of the building. Once parked, please proceed to the playground door. An aftercare staff member will meet you there and ask that you sign your child/ren out. Beyond School aftercare ends at 5:15, and Unleashing Potential aftercare ends at 6:00. Please make sure to pick up your child/ren by then.