A Special Reminder for everyone who picks up a child in a car
When the red lights are flashing it is illegal to pass a school bus. Please do not circumvent this by driving on the grass or in a roundabout way to avoid the bus. This is for the safety of all the children at Yates. Thank you for remembering this rule.

School starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m.
Please do not send your child in to school before 8:30 a.m. since we do not have supervision for them before breakfast time. Dismissal is at 3:15 daily (unless staying for extended day). All children should be picked up promptly if they are not taking the bus home. If you will be delayed, please call and let us know. It disrupts everyone's schedule when children are not picked up on time and upsets the child. If your child rides the bus, we must have a note indicating a pick-up instead. Changes in bus pick-up should always be indicated in writing. Without a note or phone call, we will follow the regular dismissal routine for your child.

Now that the weather is warmer, the children will be going outside daily (unless it is raining). Please make sure they have alight jacket and sneakers to go out and play in. Spring showers bring mud puddles and although we try to keep the children out of them, sometimes it just happens.

Just a reminder...
Yates is an Arts in Education Magnet School and we try to provide the children with many hands on arts activities which means they will be painting, using chalks, and other art supplies in their classrooms. If your child wears an outfit that you do not want them to get dirty, please send a note to the teacher and remind your child to wear a smock for the art project. We don't use art materials only on art day. We want your child to be immersed in the arts!

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