HARRIS YMCA Preschool Academy Parent Handbook 2011-2012 ...

unbuckled and ready to exit from the RIGHT side of the car. Due to other parkinglot traffic, it is not safe for your child to exit from the left side. A staff member willgreet your car and assist your child out of the car beginning at 9:15 AM. Pleasedo not let your child out of the car until a staff member opens the door. The staffmember will direct your child to his/her classroom.• Dismissal (12:45 - 1:00 PM): You will receive a sign with your child’s name todisplay in your windshield during pickup. (If you need extras, we will happily makethem for you.) As you near the Preschool entrance, show your sign and we willbring your child to you. DO NOT get out of your car. A staff member will put yourchild in the car. For liability reasons, staff members CANNOT strap your child inyou car. PLEASE PULL forward to a parking space to buckle your child. This helpsmake our carpool line run smoother and faster.T4, FOUR YEAR OLD and TK CARPOOL PROCEDURES:• Arrival (9:15 - 9:30 AM): This carpool line forms in the parking lot by TeenCenter. Children will enter through the Teen Center doors and a teacher willescort him/her to his/her classroom. Please have your child unbuckled andready to exit from the RIGHT side. Due to other parking lot traffic, it is not safefor your child to exit from the left side. A staff member will greet your car andassist your child out of the car beginning at 9:15 AM. Please do not let yourchild out of the car until the teacher opens the door.• Dismissal (12:45 - 1:00 PM): You will receive a sign with your child’s nameto display in your windshield during pickup. (If you need extras, we will happilymake them for you.) As you near the Teen Center entrance, show your signand we will bring your child to you. DO NOT get out of your car. A staff memberwill put your child in the car. For liability reasons, staff members CANNOT strapyour child in you car. PLEASE PULL forward to a parking space to buckle yourchild. This helps make our carpool line run smoother and faster.If you have a three and four year old, we are happy to work with you if the separatecarpool lines cause a problem.Late Arrival and Pickup• It is very important that your child arrives to school on time. So many importantthings happen at the beginning of the day; your child does not want to miss them.If you are late to school (after 9:30 AM), you will need to park and walk your childinto the building. Two and three year olds must enter through the front door of theYMCA. Please do not knock on the emergency exit doors or the doors leading tothe Clubhouse. This disrupts class time. Please walk your T4, four year old or TKstudent to their class through the Teen Center doors.• Preschool pickup is between 12:45 and 1:00. Please make every effort to be ontime. You will be charged $1 for every minute you are late. The late feewill automatically be drafted from your credit card on file. You are allowed2 late pickups (see pickup coupons), but you must pick up by 1:05.Chronic late pick-ups will be grounds for dismissal from the program. Ifyou arrive after 1:05 PM, you will have to walk into the building to pick upyour child. Please enter through the main doors of the Harris YMCA. If achild is not picked up after 10 minutes, we will call someone on youremergency list. (This YMCA of Greater Charlotte policy is also followed by camp9