Our student drop off area is near our playground instead of at the front of the school so that the students can walk right in to the playground. Please follow the signs during the first week of school to learn this pattern when dropping off.

In the afternoon, please enter the parking lot and queue up to pick up your child at the school gate on Foxborough Street. Thank you all for working together with us during these busy times!

On the first day of school traffic and parking will be impacted because of the morning Rose Ceremony and afterschool picnic.  Plan to arrive early for both arrival and dismissal and please be patient and understanding.

With our usual parking at such a premium, we request that all other parents who are staying for the assembly and/or picnic to come early to park in our school parking lot or on an adjacent street.

Because the 1^st and 8^th grade parents will be making a special effort to attend the assembly on the first day of school, Mr. K, our games teacher, will be guiding them to park in the basketball courts that morning. Thank you for your understanding!

The Parent Cottage is the first building on the right as you enter from the parking lot (right across the sidewalk from the chalkboard). Parents will have a table set out with coffee and goodies for a casual place to meet and visit on the first day before school starts.  Also, Parent Cabinet Ambassadors will be wearing a ribbon name tag throughout the day to answer any questions you might have about the day's events or Journey School, in general. Look for them in the crowd and please don't be shy about introducing yourself. 

Dear New and Returning Parents,

Journey School is a community. We have core values and commitments that bind us together. We want students schooled in a wholesome environment that focuses primarily on inner-development versus outer appearance! In turn, we ask all parent-partners to support the dress code.

Please note these new clarifications: 

There has also been a clarification on nail polish. The guideline on makeup now states: Please make sure your grades 5-8 students wear only plain coloured nail polish without any images.

We depend on you to help us to create a school environment that focuses the students on learning. Thank you for being such an integral part of Journey School's success!

Patti Connolly

Co-Educational Director

Since main lesson begins promptly at 8:30 a.m., beginning right away with instructional group activities, we suggest that you just make your arrival time 8:15 a.m.!

This solves any late arrival issues AND gives your children the needed time to be physically active after being in the car and to greet their friends before the bell rings. We thank you beforehand for fully embracing this responsibility!

We don't want any student to miss out on the important morning activities, nor can we allow this instructional time to be interrupted.

Here are the steps if your grades 1-8 student arrives after 8:30:

1. The parent (or other adult bringing the child) is required to walk the student to the Before School Coordinator or the office to sign-in, indicating the reason the student is tardy.
2. The student will receive a pass that will permit them into the classroom and will wait with the Coordinator until a messenger from the class invites them in. The student's parent or guardian is to sign the appropriate list at the office.  

The parent of a kindergarten student is required to bring the child to his or her classroom.