Sunday, August 23rd Family Message:
Good afternoon Cotee River Families. This is Mrs. Slusser with your weekly reminders. We are beyond excited to welcome our scholars back to school tomorrow, Monday morning. The first day of school is always an exciting time for staff, families and scholars. There are new procedures that have been put into place this upcoming school year. The procedures will be something new for all of us to learn and implement. We will work together to make the transition as easy as possible and we ask for your patience along the way. If you are not sure of something please ask and we will assist any way we can.
All parents are able to locate your child’s teacher name and bus information (if applicable) on the myStudent Parent Portal as long as you have set up an account. Information on how to set up an account can be found on the Pasco County District Website. Please make sure to log in today to verify who your child’s teacher is. If we have to make changes to your child’s teacher once school begins you will be notified.
Tomorrow morning we will have assistance stationed outside the front of our school if families are needing information, starting at 9:15. If you will need to register or discuss medical needs for your child we will have stations set up in our media center, also starting at 9:15. If you are needing assistance that requires you to park your car and visit a station, guidelines are in place and signage will be visible to assist. Everyone is required to wear face covering on the school campus.
It is important to remember only parents of children in PreK and KG will be allowed on campus to walk their child to the classroom door from 10:00-10:30 the first week of school only. All of our other scholars will have to be dropped off in the car loop or bus loop and walk to class. We have staff that can assist as needed. If you have a child in PreK or KG with an older sibling, their sibling must walk to their own classroom without their parent and prior to you walking to the PreK or KG classroom. Please remember that no families will be able to enter the classrooms when dropping your Pre-K or KG child off at the classroom.
If your child is a car rider, drop off begins at 9:25. We will need to make sure everyone has a car tag for dismissal that should be placed on the dash board and your child has the car wrist band attached to their back pack. If you do not have a car tag and/or car wrist band we will provide it to you at that time. Everyone dropping off should be prepared that it may take extended time in order for us to ensure the safety of your child. Also, when interacting with our staff a face covering is required.
If your child is a bus rider it is important to print off their bus pass, if you have access to a printer, from the parent portal and bring it with them the first day of school.
All children without a medical exemption should be prepared to have their face mask on when entering the bus and on our school campus. We will provide a lanyard to all of our scholars on day 1, in order to clip their masks when they are provided mask breaks, eating breakfast, lunch or outside for recess and PE.
We look forward to seeing all of scholars bright smiling faces, ready to learn Monday morning.
Hope everyone stays well and safe. Mrs. Slusser
