Arrivals Dismissals Pickup Driveway Procedures Carpools Health Medication
Clothing Snacks Special Dietary Needs Appropriate Toys School Calendar
School Closing Procedure Due to Inclement Weather or Emergency

Arrivals
The school sessions begin at 9:00 in the morning and at 1:00 in the afternoon for all 3 and 4 year olds. Toddlers begin aat 9:15 and 1:15. If your child arrives early, he/she will remain in our hallway until it is time to enter their room.

Dismissals

The morning session dismisses between11:40-11:55 and the afternoon session between 3:40-3:55 for 3 & 4 year olds only.
Dismissal time is different for our 2 year old Toddler Program, as we like our toddlers to leave first, giving them the extra time they sometimes need. The 2 year old classes dismiss at 11:30 and at 3:30. We ask that you be prompt in picking up your child. Please keep in mind that many of the children are tired by the end of their session and it is difficult for a young child to wait for their pickup after everyone else has gone. Morning dismissal times are especially important because of our afternoon session. Our teachers have only 45 minutes to clean up from morning activities, have lunch and set up for their afternoon class. Therefore, your cooperation is necessary, as being late will impact the teachers too.

Pick-up
It is extremely important for us to know who is authorized to pick up your child. Therefore, we need to know if someone different is picking up your child, whether it be a grandparent, friend or new babysitter. A note or phone call well before dismissal is required before we will be able to release your child to this person. This procedure also applies to play dates when a child is going home with another child's parent or babysitter. There will be no exceptions made to this rule.

Driveway Procedures
Parent cooperation is imperative in making arrival and dismissal time a safe, quick and orderly procedure. If you are on North Ridge Street coming from the direction of King Street, you cannot make a left turn into our driveway. We usually allow four cars at a time to drop off or pick-up children in our circular driveway, with the first car in line stopping at the driveway exit. We greet the children at our front door and escort them in. For your children's safety, we require that parents turn off car engines and set the emergency brake when loading or unloading their cars and while there are children still on the driveway. It is also important that parents do not get distracted with cell phone calls during this process. We suggest that you exit to the right regardless of which direction you are going. As per the Village request, the quickest, safest way to go southbound is to make the first right past our building. This brings you to the service lane of the Hutchinson River Parkway leading to Exit 29, where you can exit if you wish.

Carpools
Carpools are always encouraged as they expedite the time needed for arrivals and dismissals. We have found that many children seem more comfortable arriving at school in a small group. It sometimes gives them an added sense of security, which is particularly important at the beginning of the school year. If you are interested in carpooling, kindly consult your child's class list or ask the administrative staff for the names of children in other classes who live near you.

Health
Our Emergency Medical Treatment Authorization form required to be on file for your child should prove useful in situations where parents cannot be reached and your child needs emergency medical treatment. We trust that you, as parents, will keep us fully informed of your child's medical conditions, allergies and any concerns that you have in order to position us to properly safeguard your child. An Allergy List is posted in each classroom for the safety of your child.

Medication
We are not permitted by law to administer any medication to your child, except Epinephrine in a dire emergency.

Clothing
Please label all of your child's clothing. A complete change of clothes (shirt, pants, underwear, socks) are needed for each child at the start of school. These clothes will be kept available in your child's cubbies at school in case of a juice spill, toileting accident, paint mishap, etc. In addition, we only allow sneakers or rubber-soled shoes on our playground. Please do not send your child to school in party shoes, backless sandals or clogs. Mittens rather than gloves are preferred. Keep in mind that children's clothing might get stained. To prevent anyone from becoming upset, please put clothing on your child that could run the risk of getting ruined.

Snacks
School provides a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack each day. In general, we serve apple juice, milk or water along with a cookie and a cracker. At other times, there are pretzels, fruit, or cheese. We enjoy having a little variety now and then. Sometimes teachers bake with their classes (muffins, waffles, pizza, etc.) and they eat what they make for snack. We occasionally ask parents to help us provide a healthy snack for their child's class one week during the year.

Special Dietary Needs
We understand that there may be special dietary needs or allergies, in which case a parent will be required to supply their child's snack each day. Some parents find it easier to send in a container of special snacks for their child to choose from.

Appropriate Toys
We encourage children's imaginative play in positive ways. We therefore ask that no toy guns, swords, knives or anything of this nature be brought to school. If certain action figures that your child brings to school are being used in a violent or other negative way, we will ask your child to leave them at home. Otherwise, this is pre-school and if it helps your child to bring something from home, they are welcome to do so.
If your child brings a favorite toy to school, especially one that he/she needs at bedtime, please be aware that it may be lost or go home with the wrong child.

School Calendar
Our school program begins in mid-September and ends the first week in June. A school calendar showing dates for special events and holiday closings is mailed to parents in August.

THE RIDGE STREET COUNTRY SCHOOL - SUMMER PROGRAM 2008 -  CALENDAR

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
June 30th	July 1	2	3	4th of July              CAMP       CLOSED
7	8   PM Cheer Day	9   AM & PM   Treasure Hunt	10    CAMP  PHOTOS  (Wear Camp T-Shirts)	11 AM Cheer Day
14   AM & PM Dino Rocks	15   PM Round-Up	16 AM & PM Dinosaur Hunt	17	18 Buffalo Drama 11:05 (ALL BUFFALOS)***
21 AM & PM Air Castle	22 Beaver Drama 11:05 (ALL BEAVERS)***	23 AM & PM Field Day	24 AM Mad Science 5’s & 6’s	25 Dolphin Drama 11:05 (ALL DOLPHINS)***
28	29 AM & PM Storymaker	30 OPEN HOUSE                   (Parents/Campers)              7:00-8:15 PM	31 AM & PM Nature of Things OPEN HOUSE (Raindate)	August 1st Shark Drama- 11:05 (ALL SHARKS)***
August 4 AM & PM Pony Rides & Petting Zoo	5 Whale Drama- 11:05 (ALL WHALES)***	6 AM & PM Olympic Day	7   Pony Rides & Petting Zoo (Raindate)	8   Pizza Party Beavers & Buffalos 4:15-7:30 PM (Campers Only)
11 AM & PM Paul the Magic Clown	12 Air Castle (Raindate)   PM Round-Up	13 AM & PM “Pirates of Ridge Street” (DRESS ACCORDINGLY!!)	14 AM & PM Carnival	15    Carnival (Raindate)
18 PM Mad Science 5’s & 6’s	19 AM & PM Final Round-Up

 

THERE ARE 4 OCCASIONS WHEN VISITING IS PROHIBITED: 

 1. FIRST AND LAST WEEK OF CAMP    2. RAINY DAYS   3. DRAMA DAYS  4. OPEN HOUSE

***ALL CAMPERS WILL BE IN THEIR GROUPS’ AM DRAMA

3/31/2008

School Closing Procedure Due to Inclement Weather or Emergency
We will always call you if we close school for your child's session.
Sometimes we close for the AM session and are open for the PM session. Sometimes conditions force us to do the reverse. We ask that you do not assume that we will be closed or open all day.

We make two sets of phone calls. Morning parents will be called between 7:15 and 7:45 AM. Afternoon parents will be called between 10:15 and 11:00 AM.

There will be an announcement for school closing on WFAS (1230AM) radio or you can log onto www.wfasam.com or www.wfasfm.com and click the Storm Center link. You can also turn to television Channel 12 on your television where weather-related closings and delays will be braodcast.

For those of you who have contracted for transportation, there may be situations where we will be open, but drivers will not be providing transportation due to hazardous road conditions. If that is the case, parents will be called.

If school is open and conditions become dangerous during the session, we may find it necessary to close school and send your children home early. Therefore, If You Are Not At Home, make sure you Contact Us Early so that we and your children will not be snowbound. If You Are Home, Please Do Not Call Us. We need our phone lines kept open. We will call you.

In case of a dire emergency which would require us to close or evacuate our school premises, we will activate our automated phone dial system and parents will be telephoned and given instructions regarding our closure or where and when to pick up your child.