St. Justin Preschool looks forward to welcoming our students into classrooms for a healthy & happy school year. We are following the St. Justin Return to School Guidelines, but wanted to highlight a few differences here.
In addition, we have made several videos to share with families regarding our procedures and what students’ days will look like within the classroom. The link for these videos were emailed to preschool parents on July 30th.
Please note, unlike the St. Justin K-8 calendar, our first days will be starting Wednesday, August 26th for all our Wednesday students, with dismissals at regular times (11:45, 2:45, and 3:00).
Preschool Arrival:
Preschoolers welcomed for arrival 7:30-8:00. The Preschool teachers have created videos for arrival and dismissal. You may share the link for the videos with other caregivers so that they will know what to expect as well!
Please put your preschooler in their car seat in the back on passenger side of car. Preschoolers may wear a mask, but are not required to do so. Backpacks should be left at home for preschoolers until we announce that we are ready for them to return to preschool classrooms. Your child should have a MARKED water bottle they can use, a healthy snack that is in MARKED package or ziplock they can use, and a (you guessed it) MARKED lunch lunch box ONLY if they are staying beyond the 11:45 dismissal. Due to needs for increased spacing, we are temporarily suspending lunch at school for the half day preschoolers, but dismissal time will remain the same. Please consider sunscreen and mosquito repellent as we will be spending more time outdoors earlier in the morning.
Please pull in the upper lot off of Eddie and Park. This is the lot with entrance closer to Lindbergh & Robyn than Sappington.
Please turn right once to lot and drive the perimeter of upper lot, making way to basketball hoop. You will see cones and a preschool teacher. Please wait your turn to pull to first cone for “unbuckle”, where you will put your car in PARK and unbuckle your child’s car seat.
When next spot vacant, please proceed to second cone where a PreK teacher will take your preschooler’s temperature to make sure under 100.4. If all well with temperature and questions we ask parents, we will open the back car door for your preschooler (with gloved hands and our masks in place). We will walk your child to meet up with their class.
If there is a need to walk your child further, you may follow previous instructions (get temp check), buckle your child again and then pull into middle section of upper lot where there are parking spots. You may park and walk your child (holding their hand for safety) to church steps, and then follow sidewalk to where the teachers are taking children, stopping at the signs and cones that are marked for you not go further. We need to keep our school with as few visitors as possible at this time. This would be an exceptional case, as we are striving to keep health and safety a priority.
You will need to continue to follow perimeter of upper lot and exit through the same entrance you came in off Eddie and Park Rd.
If you have other children in K-8 at St. Justin, you will need to follow arrival procedures for them separately, either prior to or after arrival procedures with your preschool student. You will need to start each arrival from Eddie and Park Rd. rather than moving from one lot to another. Thank you for taking the time to maintain safety!
Please make every effort to arrive by 8:00, as we are ready to start our day! Any latecomers will need to follow K-8 school late arrival procedures.
Initially we would like all preschoolers to follow car procedures. These maintain distancing and sign in safety that we will need to establish first, before considering walkers. Thank you for understanding.
If your student has a temperature equaling or exceeding the 100.4 set in place by guidelines (see guidelines), you will be instructed by preschool teacher to go to another spot and wait five minutes for a second check. We will make sure our thermometer is cool and it will help if your car is also cool. We will recheck temperature five minutes later. Students with an elevated temperature (greater than or equal to 100.4) must return home. Please make sure you have back up plans in case your child needs further care before joining us.
Preschool Dismissal
You will pick up your preschooler largely the same way you dropped off! Here are some differences in the dismissal driving:
For any 11:45 dismissal, parents will drive to the front of school along the sidewalk to pick up their child (K-8 recess at 11:45 interferes with an upper lot pick up).
Please have the person picking up your child write your child’s last name in large letters on any 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper. Please place that paper in dashboard on PASSENGER side. This will help us bring your preschooler to you!
Please check video for information and know that you should recheck again the day before school starts, as we may update dismissal video once K-8 schedules are finalized.
Happy School Year!