Arrival/Breakfast

All students arriving at Carstens enter the building through the front door (Door 1), at the earliest arrival time of 8:20 a.m. Students will receive their breakfast in their homeroom classroom.  Pre-K students are to be escorted and signed in to their classrooms. Students arriving after 8:30am are required to receive a pass from the office.

Dismissal

Pre-K students are to be signed out of their class at the end of the day and escorted out of the building.  Kindergarten through second grade are dismissed from the cafeteria. Grades three through five are walked downstairs to Door 1 and dismissed by the classroom teacher. Sixth through eighth grades are dismissed through door 5.

• Bus riders should be dismissed by 3:25 p.m. and exit through door 6, the students then proceed to board their bus.
• If students are picking up a sibling, they must walk outside with their class and then re-enter through Door 1 to pick them up.

Early Pickup

Parents/guardians wishing to pick students up early should report to the main office and sign student out prior to 3 p.m. Students will ONLY be released to individuals listed by the parent(s) for early pick-ups. Adult MUST show ID.

Families are allowed into the building if they have an appointment, meeting, volunteering, office business, or are enrolling a student.