Good Afternoon Straub Families,
We look forward to our first day of school on Monday!
We have been gearing up for a great year for both our students and staff.
Reminders: School starts at 7:50 and our doors open at 7:20. Traffic for the first few days will not set the tone for a normal routine, however it will be crazy during this first week. We want to apologize ahead of time for any inconvenience the traffic places on anyone. Please follow all traffic directions to help smooth the flow of traffic. If you do not follow the path, this creates backups and traffic jams that we want to avoid, if possible. Morning preschool drop-off location will end each day at 7:45 (not the first couple of days) and the front entrance will open as soon as buses are in (around 7:42) and will remain open until 7:50. Our day ends at 3:00 and buses and pick-ups will be starting about 5 minutes later.
Breakfast will be served starting at 7:20 and will be available until 7:50. When students arrive early, they have time to eat breakfast in a calm manner. When students arrive at 7:50, they feel rushed as instruction begins at 7:51.
Enter from Mapleleaf Rd at the entrance beside the shopping center. This entrance will take you past the Student Services building (white house) and between the two football fields. Continue down this round in behind Straub. Turn left, then right to come up at the back on Straub on the Preschool side of the building. Please see the diagram attached for clarity. This is the same flow in previous years, so our returning students and parents already know this routine. The same route is used for afternoon pickups. We will begin pick-ups around 3:05 each day.
Please have all Straub students on the passenger side of the vehicle, unbuckled by their stop and ready to exit the vehicle. This is not always convenient for families, but for the safety of our students and staff, please know that students must exit from the passenger side. During pick-ups, students will be placed into cars from the passenger side. Straub staff are not allowed to buckle students, but please know that there are designation spots available for parents to safely buckle their students when needed. No electronics while dropping off in the mornings. Please use this time to have a great conversation about your child's day.
All our communication will be provided through the Mason County Communication App. Please see the image attached here. Download this app from either the app store or through google play. Select Straub Elementary (or all other schools that you have students) and Mason County for all information across both our school and the district. This is an amazing platform that works for all buildings across our district and we no longer have to worry about a new QR code every time we get logged off. We will use this to put out all information for our schools.
With your support, we know this will be the most magical year for our students. We cannot wait to see our students and start another amazing year at Straub.
