Scott is a neighborhood school, and we have many wonderful neighbors who support our school. However, a concern that has been communicated many times this year is vehicles blocking driveways at the beginning and end of the day when drop off and pick up occurs. There are more students dropped off and picked up than typical this year which creates additional traffic on Wilson Street. Please be respectful of our neighbors by refraining from idling (or parking) your car in front of any driveway while waiting in the parent loop line. Allowing space for driveway access for all property owners is important and helps us maintain positive relations with our friendly neighbors and demonstrates respectful driver etiquette. Also, please follow road rules by parking in legal spots when needing to enter the building. There are an increasing number of drop off and pick up by vehicles not using the loop. This is strongly discouraged. Please follow our driving guidelines so pick up and drop off are safe for everyone and to prevent an unfortunate accident from occurring. Thank you for your attention to both of these concern areas.

In the last couple of weeks, several library books have been brought back to the school library torn, chewed on, colored in, or with water damage caused by leaking water bottle in a backpack. Here are some tips to help your child bring their library books back undamaged and on time.

Always keep library books...

• In a safe place at home and at school to help you know where they are located at all times
• In a plastic bag, inside your backpack, since you never know what the weather will be and you can read them whenever you are at home and whenever you are at school
• Away from small children and pets
• Away from food, drinks, dirty hands, crayons, markers, pens, pencils, scissors

Turn pages slowly and carefully

Use a bookmark to remind you where you left off, to be sure that you...

• Don't fold corners, bend or tear pages
• Don't mark pages with pen, pencil or markers
• Don't put an object, other than a bookmark, in a book to mark your place

Students who reached a $300 or more pledge goal were invited to participate in a Super VIP Pancake Breakfast with Mrs. Reha. These individuals went above and beyond to raise money for field trips (including transportation) and for school-wide positive behavior support incentives. Scott School raised just over $32,000 - - - the most ever to date! Thank you to students, families, and others who supported this fundraiser.

Parents/Guardians enjoy making surprise visits to Scott School, and we welcome visitors during school hours. It is best to make these visits during lunchtime though to protect important classroom instructional time. We ask that lunch visitors wait in the office after signing in or in the seating area right outside of the office in lieu of walking to classrooms. This helps reduce distractions for all students and optimizes learning time. Also, we do not allow visitors on our playground during recess. This is to ensure the safety of our students while outside. Because Scott is a neighborhood school, it isn't uncommon for pedestrians to walk and ride bikes near our school grounds. By keeping our large playground strictly for our staff and student body, this allows playground staff to keep their attention on our students instead of investigating the purpose of other adults who enter our playground. During school hours, the playground is reserved for students and staff only. Thank you for understanding and respecting this important safety protocol.

Birthdays are a special time especially when a party outside of school is planned. To promote an inclusive environment, party invitations can only be handed out at school if all students in the classroom receive one. We understand that students may have a smaller friend group than their entire classroom of peers, so parties that are exclusive to select friends should be arranged outside of school.