PS 33 Edward M. Funk Elementary School
Last Updated: November 24, 2021
Parent Letter Regarding Arrival and Dismissal
Dear Families,
I do hope this letter finds you and your families happy and in great health. I would like to share some information to help families make the decision whether to drive their children to school, walk or use public transportation.
First, as a reminder, P.S. 33 opens its doors at 8:00 a.m. for all students with teachers in all grades ready to receive students in their classrooms. As previously mentioned we have staff members along the way to assist and assure their safe arrival to their classrooms. Parents should not drop off their students prior to 8:00am, leaving them unsupervised, without a responsible adult accompanying them until the doors open and their health screening form is reviewed.
We take the safety of our students, families and staff as a top priority in addition to their academic success. With that being said, those families who drive their children to school should be mindful and adhere to the traffic laws set in place. Double parking not only backs up traffic but also prohibits the school buses to get to their pick up/drop off location for our students. Please do not park in a no parking zone area as it can and will result in being ticketed, this includes double parking, leaving your car idling and unattended.
Since we have over 800 students in our school community from Pre-K to 5th grade, not only did we assign each grade their own entrance to make the morning drop and afternoon pick up safer and organized; but we staggered the dismissal time. This plan was in the hopes to ease the traffic flow, diminish or eliminate possible accidents, traffic jams and so on.
All students are being dismissed at the same entrance where they are dropped off each morning. Each class has a designated area where parents should pick up their child at the end of the day; no later than 2:20pm. Dismissal times for each grade begin at the following times:
Pre-K: 2pm
Kindergarten and First Grade: 2:05pm
Second and Third Grade: 2:10pm
Fourth and Fifth Grade: 2:15pm
Thank you for your understanding, patience and cooperation. Please do not hesitate to contact me, any of my two Assistant Principals, Mr. Arduini or Mr. Thielen, or our Parent Coordinator, Mrs. Maldonado; if you should have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Principal Gatto
Dear Families,
I do hope this letter finds you and your families happy and in great health. I would like to share some information to help families make the decision whether to drive their children to school, walk or use public transportation.
First, as a reminder, P.S. 33 opens its doors at 8:00 a.m. for all students with teachers in all grades ready to receive students in their classrooms. As previously mentioned we have staff members along the way to assist and assure their safe arrival to their classrooms. Parents should not drop off their students prior to 8:00am, leaving them unsupervised, without a responsible adult accompanying them until the doors open and their health screening form is reviewed.
We take the safety of our students, families and staff as a top priority in addition to their academic success. With that being said, those families who drive their children to school should be mindful and adhere to the traffic laws set in place. Double parking not only backs up traffic but also prohibits the school buses to get to their pick up/drop off location for our students. Please do not park in a no parking zone area as it can and will result in being ticketed, this includes double parking, leaving your car idling and unattended.
Since we have over 800 students in our school community from Pre-K to 5th grade, not only did we assign each grade their own entrance to make the morning drop and afternoon pick up safer and organized; but we staggered the dismissal time. This plan was in the hopes to ease the traffic flow, diminish or eliminate possible accidents, traffic jams and so on.
All students are being dismissed at the same entrance where they are dropped off each morning. Each class has a designated area where parents should pick up their child at the end of the day; no later than 2:20pm. Dismissal times for each grade begin at the following times:
Pre-K: 2pm
Kindergarten and First Grade: 2:05pm
Second and Third Grade: 2:10pm
Fourth and Fifth Grade: 2:15pm
Thank you for your understanding, patience and cooperation. Please do not hesitate to contact me, any of my two Assistant Principals, Mr. Arduini or Mr. Thielen, or our Parent Coordinator, Mrs. Maldonado; if you should have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Principal Gatto