August 4, 2023
Dear Parent(s),
Thank you for a tremendous start to the 2023-2024 school year! One of our top priorities each year is to ensure the safety of our students, families, and staff. Please help us make morning arrival and afternoon dismissal safe by reviewing the following reminders.
Morning Arrival Reminders:
All parents should use the car line for arrival and dismissal. Due to the large volume of traffic at our school, anyone walking in the parking lot automatically creates a safety hazard.
Please remain in your car while in the car line. Faculty members will assist your child getting out of the car and into the building.
Each morning, between 7:20 and 8:15, the parallel parking spaces in front of the school will be unavailable. The front parking spaces will be available for use after 8:15 am each day.
In the event that you need to come into the office during this time, please park in an available parking space. Parking is available in the lot closest to Siloam Baptist and the lot beside the playground. Please wait for the direction of our SRO, Officer Drennon, to safely cross traffic.
When using the back car line, please remain in the line and follow the flow of traffic. You should never pass or drive around another car or school bus. Please do not park in the back line.
Additionally, the back entrance is for students only and is not an entrance that should be used by anyone else. Parents or other visitors should enter the school through the front doors and check in with the front office staff.
Staff members are available from 7:20 until 8:00 to assist your child with exiting the car. After 8:00 all teachers are needed in the building so that we may begin our instructional day. Students are considered tardy if they are not in their classroom at 8:00 and will need to get a tardy pass in the office.
If you are in the back car line after 8:00, you will need to bring your student to the front as the door is locked and they will not be able to enter the building.
Afternoon Dismissal Reminders:
All students are dismissed through the carline. Please do not come inside to have your child’s name called.
Please be sure to hang your pink car tag from your rearview mirror until your child is loaded into your vehicle.
Early dismissals will not be allowed after 1:45 unless there is an emergency.
If your child is not on the front sidewalk and has to be recalled, please pull to the blue cone at the end of the building and remain in your car. A staff member will bring your student to you.
Please remain in your car while in the car line. If you need to buckle your student, please pull around to the parking lot near the gym to buckle.
All cars using the back carline should enter the Siloam Baptist parking lot using the marked entrance from Hwy 81. Do not enter the line from the Siloam Road or Powdersville Main. You must enter the line from Hwy 81. The back car line should not form before 1:30 pm. More detailed information and a map can be found by clicking here.
Student safety is always at the forefront of our arrival and dismissal procedures. Thank you for your support and cooperation as we continuously work to keep everyone safe!