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Dear Meadow Pond Families,

In order to insure the safety of all our students as they travel to and from school, efficient, sustainable bus routes have been established. However, if for some reason you need to drive your child to school, or pick your child up from school, please familiarize yourself with our procedures, drop-off loop, pick-up location and parking areas.

The drop-off and dismissal procedures shared here were developed collaboratively. Please read carefully as we have made some changes based on parent feedback.

If you are dropping off your child for school, proceed up the driveway and make the first right. Stay to the far right and then loop to your left to pull close to the sidewalk of the drop-off loop. Cars must remain in a single file and the child must exit on the passenger side only. Your child should be ready to exit your car when you are in one of the two spaces at the loop. Please do not get out of your car. Once your child has exited onto the sidewalk, please move forward toward the driveway exit so that others can move into the drop-off loop. (If you need to get out of the car to assist your child, please park in the designated parking areas and walk your child to the sidewalk.)

If you are coming to pick up your child at dismissal, drive straight up the driveway into the parking lot. Do not turn right when you first enter as cars are not permitted to drive behind buses. You may park in the spaces on the right side of the lane as you are driving straight in. You can also continue until you reach the far end of the parking lot where you will turn right and then turn left into the parking area adjacent to the gymnasium. Parking is available there, as well as behind the gym, for families picking up their child or children. You may not park in the spaces that are directly behind the buses or in the spaces on the side of the school adjacent to Rte.123.

Adults will be admitted to the building through the gymnasium door beginning at 3:35 p.m. Once there, you will be asked to sign a dismissal pick-up sheet. You may also be asked to show identification. You will then walk through the gym, pair up with your child/children and continue toward the back exit of the gym where you will be greeted by another staff member who will check off your child/children’s names. Then, you will exit the building from the rear gym door and return to your car. Following this process will insure that all our students are safely dismissed. Your cooperation is very much appreciated.

Remember that a written note must be brought into school by the student in order to change from bus to pick-up and vice-versa. The PTA has a handy form letter available for your convenience. Phone calls will not be accepted. In emergency cases, a letter/note must be faxed to the school indicating the change.

If students need to be picked up earlier in the day, they must have a note and must be picked up in the main office before 3:15 p.m. Otherwise, they will remain in school until the regular dismissal. Again, your cooperation is necessary and very much appreciated.

For the safety of all students, families, staff and visitors, we respectfully request that you refrain from speaking on cellphones, even hands free while dropping off or picking up your child/children. Please drive slowly and cautiously while on school grounds.

If you have any questions, please contact the main office.

Sincerely,

Carolann Castellano Dawn Pomeroy Monica DiMatteo

Principal Assistant Principal PTA President

Meadow Pond Library

LIBRARY HOURS - 9:15 AM TO 3:45 PM

Nicholas Grasso - Library Media Specialist - ngrasso@klschools.org

Debra Chumsky - Library Assistant

Phone - 763.7908

Welcome to the MPES Library

Welcome to the Meadow Pond Elementary School Library.

Welcome to the 2018-19 School Year!

Students will be engaged in various types of lessons throughout the school year.

From read alouds covering various types of literature to multi-subject collaborative projects, students will be involved in a wide variety of engaging activities this school year.

Please feel free to contact me via the phone number or e-mail listed here on our page.

Nicholas Grasso - Library Media Specialist

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The Meadow Pond Library is Epic!

Meadow Pond has access to Epic! a free to use digital reading app and website.

Epic is available for students to use in school on laptops, desktops and iPad devices.

Nick Grasso - Library Media Specialist

Library Schedule

Here is the Library Schedule for the 2018-19 School Year:

Day A:

Mrs. Kovatch - Kindergarten

Mr. Briggs - Second Grade

Day B:

Mrs. Choolfaian - 5th Grade

Mrs. Pickett - 5th Grade

Mrs. Masi - 3rd Grade

Day C:

Mrs. Hoaglund - Kindergarten

Mrs. Norton - 1st Grade

Mrs. Corace - 4th Grade

Mrs. Garber - 4th Grade

Day D:

Mrs. Kuzcinski - 1st Grade

Mrs. Knapp - 2nd Grade

Mrs. Walsh - 2nd Grade

Day E:

Mrs. Donaghy - 1st Grade

Mrs. Friscia - 3rd Grade

Mrs. Merritt - 3rd Grade

Mrs. Major - 5th Grade

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LIBRARY HOURS - 9:15 AM TO 3:45 PM

Nicholas Grasso - Library Media Specialist - ngrasso@klschools.org

Debra Chumsky - Library Assistant

Phone - 763.7908

Welcome to the MPES Library

Welcome to the 2018-19 School Year!

Web Links

The Meadow Pond Library is Epic!

Library Schedule

Hour of Code

Meadow Pond Library

LIBRARY HOURS - 9:15 AM TO 3:45 PM

Nicholas Grasso - Library Media Specialist - ngrasso@klschools.org

Debra Chumsky - Library Assistant

Phone - 763.7908

Welcome to the MPES Library

Welcome to the 2018-19 School Year!

Web Links

The Meadow Pond Library is Epic!

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Library Schedule

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