Parking and Pick Up
As you may have noticed, in the interests of student safety (and reducing the frustration associated with pick up) we are once again targeting the following of proper procedures for picking up students.
As we were re-working our policies this year, one of our staff members came across a letter concerning parking from June 3rd, 1981! Pick-up was apparently a challenging experience back then too. At that time (and for many years thereafter) pick up was accomplished in something akin to a conga line for cars. Staff would be assigned to be outside in order to determine which parents were first second and third in line and then relay the message into the school to send those particular kids out (in my imagination they used semaphore flags!). All children in the School were required to be lined up in an orderly fashion in the hallways completely dressed and ready to go when their name was called.
At that time 180 children were being picked up – we now have 710 children to pair up with their parents ...
Our NEW 2013 policies, first and foremost require that you not use the pick-up/drop-off lane for waiting for your son or daughter. If you arrive at school and your children are not waiting for you on the sidewalk, you should wait in one of the surrounding parking lots. We have designated Hawksworth Field and the new parking lot in front of the tennis courts as cell phone waiting lots.
If this doesn’t work we may have to return to the old system. I’m hoping to use semaphore flags from my office window!
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
