LJES Daily Schedule and Expectations
A Day in the Life of a Lake Joy Elementary "Lion"
From 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM, our students prepare for instruction by organizing their desks and materials. Homework is turned in and any messages or notes are given to the teacher. Students complete morning work given by the teacher during this time.
After morning announcements at 8:25 AM, students are given the opportunity to pledge allegiance to the flag. A moment of silence is observed once the pledge is complete. After the moment of silence, the instructional day begins. If your child arrives after the starting time of 8:30 AM, he/she is considered tardy. Please walk your child to the office and sign your child in at the front desk. We appreciate you having your child here on time.
Students may enter the building at 7:45 AM when the doors are unlocked. No one is available to supervise students before this time. Students may not be dropped off at a door to wait for the 7:45 AM arrival time. Students arriving in cars will enter from the front doors in the center hall. Students arriving by bus will enter the building through the back doors in the center hall.
Prior to 8:00 AM All students will report to the gym unless they are eating breakfast. They will sit by grade level in the designated area. Students are subject to the authority of the adult on duty. Students will be released to homerooms at the 8:00 AM bell.
LJE staff members will be on duty at the car ramp and on the bus ramp to receive students at 7:45 AM.
Please be courteous to others:
- Please remain in the car line to drop your child off. If you exit the car rider line, please park and walk your child up to the front door.
- All students should be released from the ramp. No student should get out of the care prior to the ramp. This is for your child's safety.
- Park only in designated spaces. (No cars should park blocking the line or the ramp.)
- Please be careful and refrain from cell phone usage while in the moving line to drop-off and pick-up children.
If at all possible, students should sit by a door opening on the passenger side. Students are put in dangerous situations when they must cross between cars. Please watch for children who exit the cars on the driver’s side.
All students must be walked to the front of the building. No student will be permitted to enter from the side or back doors. Exceptions are students going to the classroom with a parent on the LJE staff.
Breakfast is served from 7:45 AM – 8:20 AM Please see the Houston County School District Student Handbook for prices.
Instruction begins promptly at 8:30 AM. Students arriving after the 8:30 AM bell must have an adult, preferably a parent, sign the student in at the office. Please review the attendance policy in the Houston County School District Student Handbook about tardies and early dismissals. Please make extra time allowances during rainy days, since traffic tends to be heavier when it rains.
Dismissal
Students who are car riders will be dismissed when you arrive or at the 3:30 PM bell. All students leaving earlier than 3:30 PM must be checked out in the office on the computer. This slip will be sent to the teacher. Please do not put your child’s teacher in an awkward position by asking them to release a student early.
Early Dismissal:
If you plan to pick your child up early, please pick up before 3:00 PM.
Please inform the teacher, in writing via Class Dojo or email, if your child is going home a different way than usual. No child will be allowed to go a different way unless you have sent written permission. If you call the office to change the normal transportation, you must do so before 3:00 PM. No transportation changes will be taken over the phone for children with custody disputes. Do not e-mail a teacher with a change of transportation for the same day; teachers may not get this message until after dismissal time. Anyone picking up a student for an early dismissal is subject to an ID check. Please do not be offended if office personnel ask for a photo ID when you are picking up your child early. The safety of our students is the primary concern.
Car riders:
All car riders will wait in their classrooms until called to the front. All students are subject to the authority of the adults on duty. Parents should display their pick-up cards in the front dash on the passenger’s side. This will hopefully make the dismissal process easier. Students will be called by an LJE staff member to stand by a numbered cone. Slowly move up to the appropriate cone. All students must be picked up by 3:50 PM. Those not picked up by 3:50 PM will have to be signed out in the office. Your child's safety is our #1 concern at Lake Joy Elementary. In order to help the flow of traffic we ask that the procedures below be followed. The following solutions should help make drop off and pick up procedures safer for our students.
- We will be giving all parents two pick-up cards which will let us know who you are picking up. Having the pick-up card in your passenger’s side window will help us move students as quickly as possible. Parents/Guardians not having a decal will have to come to the office to check out their child.
- Students must be picked up by 3:50 PM each day. Students will have to be signed out in the office after 3:50 PM
- PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR VEHICLES; teachers will be assisting students to vehicles in the afternoons.
- If you have a child who attends both LJP and LJE, you will NOT be able to enter from Lake Joy Primary. The entry into our school has been shifted from the center of both schools down Lake Joy Road, closest to the big tree in our front lawn. When exiting Lake Joy Primary, please navigate to the right turn lane on Lake Joy Road to enter our school. There is one entry and two lanes of traffic coming both ways on Lake Joy Road, so please proceed slowly. After you enter the driveway, the two lanes will merge into one as you get closer to our school building. Once you have dropped off or picked up your child, you will then continue south and exit onto Lake Joy Rd. In order to assist with the flow of traffic, we ask that all vehicles turn right onto Lake Joy. It may be impossible to take a left onto this heavily traveled road.
- If you have only a LJE student and you are picking up or dropping off, you will enter from Lake Joy Road. The entry into our school has been shifted from the center of both schools down Lake Joy Road, closest to the big tree in our front lawn. When exiting Lake Joy Primary, please navigate to the right turn lane on Lake Joy Road to enter our school. There is one entry and two lanes of traffic coming both ways on Lake Joy Road, so please proceed slowly. After you enter the driveway, the two lanes will merge into one as you get closer to our school building. Once you have dropped off or picked up your child, you will then continue south and exit onto Lake Joy Rd. In order to assist with the flow of traffic, we ask that all vehicles turn right onto Lake Joy. It may be impossible to take a left onto this heavily traveled road.
- Please be careful and refrain from cell phone usage while in the moving line to drop-off and pick-up children.
Our standard procedure is that the child goes home the same way every day unless we have a phone call or note from you. We use silent dismissal to update any changes in dismissal for students. We begin releasing students around 3:25 PM. Please help us with this by making sure your child's teacher has received a note from you the day before the transportation change or you have called the school with a transportation change. My staff and I will do our very best to ensure your child arrives home per your request.
Please remember that drop off and pick up times are the most hectic times of the day. With over 1500 students attending both Lake Joy Primary and Lake Joy Elementary, drop off and pick up will be very hectic. We ask that you adhere to the procedures mentioned above. As mentioned earlier, SAFETY is our #1 concern. With your help, we can make dismissal procedures run smoothly and effectively this year. Thank you for your cooperation and support.
