Please review these safety rules with your child.

• Follow a safe route to and from school.
  - Always follow the directions of the crossing guard.
  - Do not walk through John Adams or the Santa Monica College campus.
  - Enter and exit school from 14th Street near the school office.
  - Do not enter or exit from the parking lots.
  - From 16th Street, enter and exit using the pedestrian gate, not the parking lot
• Once at school, do not leave campus for any reason unless you are with an authorized adult who has signed you out through the office.
• Communicate clearly with your parents before you leave home each day about after-school play dates, appointments and child care arrangements.
• Wear a helmet and follow all safety rules for bikes, skateboards, skates and scooters.
  - Only 4th and 5th graders may ride bikes, skateboards, rollerblades or scooters to school unless accompanied by an adult.
  - Get off your bike immediately upon entry to the school grounds and lock it on the bike racks.
  - Get off your skateboard, skates or scooter immediately upon entering the school grounds and leave them in the front office.
  - Never ride bikes, skateboards, skates or scooters on school grounds before, during or after school.
• Stay in supervised areas before and after school.
  - Playground supervision begins at 8:10 a.m. Monday-Thursday and at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
  - Remain in the cafeteria until dismissed to the playground.
  - If you are enrolled in CREST or Playground Access, go directly to your program when dismissed from class.
  - After school, Playground Access supervision ends at 5:00 p.m.
  - There is no Playground Access program on rainy days.
  - Do not wait in front of school for pick up after 3:10 p.m. Ask permission to use the phone and then go to a supervised playground to wait.
  - Students in grades 1-5 may not play or wait on the Kindergarten yard.
• Use the Five Q's and follow all Behavior Standards while on school grounds before, during and after school.
• Parents:
  - Do not drop your child off in the parking lots! Parking lots are for staff use only.
  - If you must park your car, there is 30 minute parking on the west side of 14th Street and south of the driveway on the west side of 16th street.
  - The east side of 14th is for drop-off/pick up only at certain hours. During midday, this area is also 30-minute parking.
  - All adults visiting school grounds must enter through the front office, sign the visitor's log and receive a visitor's badge.