Dear Parents:

We are having an excessive number of parents checking out their children early from school every afternoon at about 2:15 p.m.  Not only is this a disruption to the entire class's instruction, the child being checked out is missing important academic content.  Many parents may think, "It's just PreK or Kindergarten and my child knows so much already," but Coralwood's PreK and Kindergarten are crucial educational years where the foundations of rigorous academic skills are taught to be built upon in subsequent school years.  Without this strong foundation students can struggle academically in the future.  We teach to (and beyond) the Kindergarten CCGPS (Common Core Georgia Performance Standards) and the PreK GELDS (Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards) in all subject areas, which is required by the State of Georgia and DeKalb County School District.  It is critical that your child be present every day and for its entirety.  We teach from "bell to bell," capturing every instructional minute.

Students in PreK and Kindergarten start to walk to the cafeteria for dismissal at the 2:25 p.m. bell.  Carpool starts at 2:30 p.m.  We ask that you wait until 2:25 p.m. to check out your child.  You may come to the cafeteria at 2:25 p.m. to pick your child up there. 

I thank you in advance for preserving the quality and integrity of educational time for all our students in the class by eliminating early check-out and instructional disruptions.

Warm Regards,

Melanie D. Castelle, Ph.D.

Principal

Carpool 411