School Policies and Procedures

To read about our Little Rouge PS policies and procedures please read the following Start Up package.  Included in this document are the consent forms required to be completed by all students at Little Rouge. 

SAFE SCHOOL REMINDERS – Please Help Us Keep All Our Students Safe!

 We have a number of safety procedures in place to try to keep your children as safe as possible while they are with us. Below are a few procedures that we would like to bring to your attention:

Walking to School and Safe Play

Students should always be crossing the street at the corner (and not in the middle of the street) and looking both ways before crossing if there is no crossing guard.  Older siblings should be making sure that their younger siblings are with them as they cross safely.

As well, some students are playing with soccer or tennis balls as they are walking.  If they lose control of the balls and they roll out into the street, they should not be darting out after them.

Little Rouge Strives to Be A NUT SAFE SCHOOL

Due to the severe allergy to peanuts and/or nuts of several of our students, we are asking that no peanuts or nut products be brought into the school for snacks, lunches, or class parties.  We are also asking that no home-baked products be brought into the school, either, as we are unable to guarantee the occurrence of cross-contamination by nut products in your home.  If you are sending in store bought baked goods, please ensure that there is a label from the vendor indicating that the product is nut-free.  Thank you for your support of our efforts to maintain a safe school environment for all of our students.

SIGN IN/OUT for Visitors/Volunteers

From time to time parents/grandparents come to the school during recess and go out to the yard to look for their children. For safety reasons, we ask that all visitors and volunteers, whether family members or other community members, sign in at the main office when entering the school.  You will then get a “Visitor” badge to wear while you are here.  If there is an urgent matter and you need to locate your child during recess, we will page your child from the office and have him/her come in from the yard to see you.  Although it may be tempting to do so, please do not go straight from the parking lot to the yard.  For the safety of the children, Staff on Yard Duty have been asked to approach any adults on the yard without a Visitor/Volunteer Badge to re-direct them to the office.  Thank you for your support and understanding in this matter.

SAFE ARRIVAL

Ensuring the safety of your children is our priority.  PLEASE REPORT ABSENCES DAILY.  

Attendance is taken both in the morning and the afternoon each day.  If you know your child will be absent, please call the office as soon as possible.  

You can leave a message after hours at:   905-202-5960. In the case where we do not hear from a parent and we have been unable to reach a parent to verify an absence, it is the policy of York District School Board to contact the police and report the child as missing.

FOOD RESTRICTIONS

For health, religion and dietary/allergy reasons, food should not be provided for children’s birthdays.  Non-food items such as pencils, stickers, erasers etc. are instead a fun way for a child to celebrate a special day.  Thank you for your support of this initiative and the well- being of our students.

KISS-N-RIDE

The traffic flow through the school’s parking lot is quite substantial before and after school and we need to be focused on the safety of the children entering and exiting cars and those walking to or from the building. Parents driving cars are asked to drop off/ pick students up in the KISS-N-RIDE area only of the parking lot and to proceed with extreme caution through this area. Please have students exit the car on the side with the curb – not into the parking lot.  When entering or exiting the KISS-N-RIDE area please be careful to watch for students or staff who are walking by or supervising this area.  We do not want anyone to be injured.  Please do not enter the bus loop to drop off/pick up students. It is strictly to be used by school buses only.

Please DO NOT PARK in the bus loop and the KISS-N-RIDE loop as these are designated fire routes.  If you need to get out of your car, you must park your car in a parking spot.  There are additional parking spots located on the road in front of the school as well.

The City of Markham parking enforcement is always in the area surrounding the school and we do not want any of our families being ticketed for parking illegally in these areas. As mentioned earlier, these are designated fire routes and the fine for stopping or parking in these loops is $250+. In addition, no one should be parking in the handicapped parking spots in the parking lot unless they have a permit.  The fine for parking in a handicapped spot without a permit is $450+.

Your cooperation in these matters will ensure the safe arrival and departure of all our students, staff and parents. Thank you!​