If you are new or a returning family to Stoddert, please review the following procedures for the morning and afternoon. Thank you in advance for respecting the procedures and for your help!

All parents and caregivers are asked to abide by the following morning drop-off and afternoon dismissal procedures:

MORNING DROP-OFF between 8:35am-8:40am:

Pre-K students come directly into the Pre-K classroom with a parent/caregiver.

Kinder students are expected to walk with a parent/caregiver to the glass doors facing the school playground and wait for their teacher to welcome them into the kinder wing.

Students in grades 1-3 are to form a line on the brick courtyard area facing the school’s front entrance. A teacher will come outside to greet them and walk them inside.

Students in grades 4-5 are expected to walk unescorted into the gym and form a line as they wait for their teacher to greet them.

MORNING DROP-OFF FAQs:

Where can parents stay when we drop off our kids?

The bench area in front of the school entrance is a designated KID ZONE. All parents/caregivers are asked to refrain from sitting on the benches in front of the school entrance during morning drop-off. Parents are encouraged to socialize on the Stoddert Wolf logo by the flagpole.

What about dogs?

Stoddert is a dog-free zone at all times.

Morning Inclement Weather Procedure:

All Pre-K and grade 1- 5 students enter the building through the lobby. Kinder students walk with a parent/caregiver to the glass doors facing the school playground and wait for their teacher to welcome them into the kinder wing. Students in grades 1-5 go to the gym, line up and wait for their teacher to greet them.

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AFTERNOON DISMISSAL at 3:15pm:

Students in after-care are escorted to the cafeteria.

Pre-K students who go home meet their parents/caregivers at the Pre-K door facing the front courtyard.

Kinder students are released to parents/caregivers by the glass doors facing the school playground.

Students in grades 1-3 meet their parents/caregivers on the brick courtyard area facing the school’s front entrance.

Students in grades 4-5 stay with their teachers by the SE corner of the original Stoddert building.

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL FAQs:

Where can parents wait to pick up our kids?

The bench area in front of the school entrance is a designated KID ZONE. All parents/caregivers are asked to refrain from sitting on the benches in front of the school entrance during afternoon dismissal.

Parents/caregivers may greet their children on brick courtyard area in front of the school.

What about dogs?

Stoddert is a dog-free zone at all times.

Afternoon Inclement Weather Procedure:

All Pre-K students and students in grades 1 – 5 students exit the building through the lobby. Parents may wait in the lobby.

Kinder students wait for their parents/caregivers in front of their classrooms in the kinder wing.