Good Afternoon Families,
On behalf of the staff at Bayview Hill E.S. I would like to welcome you to a new school year. This time of the year always brings a sense of renewal as we get ready to learn and grow in such a wonderful community. With nearly 750 students entering the school on the first day it is important for us to communicate a simple but effective plan for this transition. Our goal is to get students into the school and into classes safely. For this reason, when the entry bell goes, please be sure you have your child/children at their appropriate entry door. Teachers will collect the students from that grade, and then bring them into the school to be organized into classes. Parents will not be invited into the school at this time. Parents, please have a plan for how your child is going home at the end of the day, and make sure your child understands it (plan a meeting spot). Also, if you are planning on meeting your child at the end of the day remember that the front parking lot is closed to all vehicles except official school vehicles.

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016

If your child is in:

JK/SK Students: In the morning, please bring your SK child to the Kindergarten playground at the south end of the school. Staff will be there to direct you to which entry door to go to. The entry bell will ring at 8:55am. Classroom teachers will call out their class lists, and then the children will enter the building. Parents are asked to leave the Kindergarten playground at that time.
SK students arriving by bus will be met at the bus by school staff and escorted to the Kindergarten playground.
In the afternoon, JK children will arrive at 2:00pm for their afternoon introduction. Parents will be asked to bring their child to the Kindergarten playground between 1:55 and 2:00. Teachers will call out their class lists and students will enter the class. Parents will leave the Kindergarten playground and walk to the front of the school to enter the building and go upstairs to the Library for refreshments and an opportunity to “get acquainted” from 2:00pm – 3:00pm (Admin will be there to greet/mingle and answer questions).
At the end of the day, staff will escort bus students to the front hall for bus lines. FDK teachers will dismiss walkers to the Kindergarten playground and supervise safe dismissal.

Grade 1, 2 and 3 (+3/4) Classes:
In the morning, please bring your child/children to door D. The entry bell will ring at 8:55. At that time teachers will escort the Primary students into the school and organize them into classes. Parents are asked to leave the playground at that time.
Grade 1 students arriving by bus will be met at the bus by school staff and escorted to Door D. All other bus students will walk to door D.
Staff will be assigned to talk to parents to make sure their child/children know how they are getting home at the end of the day (being picked up/walking with ___________, going to Family Day, going on a bus). It is very important that families make a clear plan for where their child will be going at the end of the day.

Grade 4 and 5 Classes:  In the morning, please bring your child/children to door D. The entry bell will ring at 8:55. At that time teachers will escort the students into the school and organize them into classes.
It is very important that families make a clear plan for where their child will be going at the end of the day.

Grade 6 Classes: In the morning, please bring your child/children to door F. The entry bell will ring at 8:55. At that time teachers will escort the students into the school and organize them into classes. Parents are asked to leave the playground at that time.
It is very important that families make a clear plan for where their child will be going at the end of the day.

Grade 7 & 8 Classes:  In the morning, please bring your child/children to door G. The entry bell will ring at 8:55. At that time teachers will escort the students into the school and organize them into classes. Parents are asked to leave the playground at that time.

It is very important that families make a clear plan for where their child will be going at the end of the day.