School Hours
DAILY SCHEDULE
7:00 a.m. Students may be dropped off
7:00 a.m. Breakfast available – Students who do not eat breakfast, go to homeroom
7:25 a.m. Morning Announcements
7:30 a.m. Instruction Begins
2:00 p.m. Gateway & Bus Students are Dismissed
2:10 p.m. Car Riders & Walkers are Dismissed
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures
ARRIVAL INFORMATION:
- Please note that students may not be dropped off before 7:00 am. Lakewood staff will not be present at duties until 7:00 am to provide supervision.
- If you drive your student to school, there are two drop-off locations. The first is to use the main parking lot loop to drop off your student. A staff member will be in the parking lot to help your child out of the vehicle. The second option is on the cafeteria side of the school. Parents may drop students in an orderly manner by the crosswalk. A staff member will be at the crosswalk to safely help students to the sidewalk that enters the building.
- To help keep traffic flowing during drop off and pick up please do not drop off outside of the main parking area or crosswalk area. This is a safety risk for students crossing street unsupervised and violation of our drop-off procedures.
- Be aware of parking in the pool lot and crossing the road. We ask that all street crossings occur at the crosswalk area where a staff member is present.
- Maintain the 15 mph school zone speed limit.
- If you arrive after 7:30 a.m. you must walk with your student to the front door entrance and ring the bell. A staff member will have you enter into the office and sign the student in.
DISMISSAL INFORMATION:
- Vehicles may not be on the school parking lot for pickup until all buses and daycare vans have left the lot. Vehicles that arrive too early will be instructed to move off the lot to allow the buses and daycare vans ample space to load students safely. Buses typically leave by 2:10 pm.
- Students who are bus riders and daycare vans will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. Students will be dismissed based on bus number and bus stop.
- Bus students will be called to line up in the main hall by walkie.
- Car Riders K-3 will be dismissed from the cafeteria back door 4-5 will dismiss from the poolside exit.
- Guardians will have to be at the door to dismiss any student
- For safety and efficiency reasons the latest you should sign out a student for appointments is 1:40 p.m. If your child has an appointment later than 1:40 and they need to leave school early, please sign them out no before.
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Students will be released to authorized adults only.
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A note from the parent/guardian is required any time the child needs to have a change of dismissal procedure. If the student is going home with another student, then a note from that student’s family will also need to be sent to school.
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Under state code, students in West Virginia are permitted to walk home from school. This practice is discouraged; however, it is an option. If you wish for your child to walk home from school as their regular method of dismissal, please fill out the proper forms distributed at the beginning of the year. This form is for students who walk all the way home. It is not intended for permission to leave the classroom to get into a vehicle.
Lakewood staff are on duty from 7:00 a.m. to 7:25 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.