Routines the guides keep

Ages 6 to 12

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training

• Arrival and dismissal

  A guide is at the courtyard door at 8:30 and again at 3:00. Only the adults on a family's pickup list may collect a student, and we ask to see ID until we know you.

• Visitors

  Visitors ring at the front door and sign in at the office. A parent who volunteers signs in the same way.

• Drills

  We practice fire drills on a calendar the guides keep, and walk through our plans for a power cut and for dust storms with the students each fall.

• Heat and outdoor time

  On hot days outdoor time moves to the shaded courtyard or inside, and every student keeps a water bottle in the room.

• Allergies

  Tell us about allergies at the visit; we ask privately once you enroll. Each room's guides keep the plan for every student within reach.

• Illness

  A student with a fever stays home until the next morning, and a guide calls a parent when a student is unwell at school.