Follow a safe route to and from school.
- Always follow the directions of the crossing guard.
- Do not walk through John Adams or the Santa Monica College campus.
- Enter and exit school from 14th Street near the school office.
- Do not enter or exit from the parking lots.
- From 16th Street, enter and exit using the pedestrian gate, not the parking lot
Once at school, do not leave campus for any reason unless you are with an authorized adult who has signed you out through the office.
Communicate clearly with your parents before you leave home each day about after-school play dates, appointments and child care arrangements.
Wear a helmet and follow all safety rules for bikes, skateboards, skates and scooters.
- Only 4th and 5th graders may ride bikes, skateboards, rollerblades or scooters to school unless accompanied by an adult.
- Get off your bike immediately upon entry to the school grounds and lock it on the bike racks.
- Get off your skateboard, skates or scooter immediately upon entering the school grounds and leave them in the front office.
- Never ride bikes, skateboards, skates or scooters on school grounds before, during or after school.
Stay in supervised areas before and after school.
- Playground supervision begins at 8:10 a.m. Monday-Thursday and at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
- Remain in the cafeteria until dismissed to the playground.
- If you are enrolled in CREST or Playground Access, go directly to your program when dismissed from class.
- After school, Playground Access supervision ends at 5:00 p.m.
- There is no Playground Access program on rainy days.
- Do not wait in front of school for pick up after 3:10 p.m. Ask permission to use the phone and then go to a supervised playground to wait.
- Students in grades 1-5 may not play or wait on the Kindergarten yard.
Use the Five Q's and follow all Behavior Standards while on school grounds before, during and after school.
Parents:
- Do not drop your child off in the parking lots! Parking lots are for staff use only.
- If you must park your car, there is 30 minute parking on the west side of 14th Street and south of the driveway on the west side of 16th street.
- The east side of 14th is for drop-off/pick up only at certain hours. During midday, this area is also 30-minute parking.
- All adults visiting school grounds must enter through the front office, sign the visitor's log and receive a visitor's badge.
