2017-18 Beginning of the year reminders
Drop-off and Pick-up
Drop-Off
7:45am: Breakfast doors open (breakfast served)*
7:55am: Teachers pick students up from the cafeteria
8:00am: Tardy Bell (student’s must be in class at this time)
8:00am (and later): Students are tardy and must report to office
*New morning arrival routine: All students will enter the set of double doors south of the cafeteria doors (to the left if you are looking at the cafeteria doors). Students will go through the cafeteria line for breakfast.
Pick-up
2:15pm: Dismissal
Kindergarten students are picked up on the northwest end of the school outside of their classrooms on the playground. Grades 1 and 2 are dismissed on the front porch. Grades 3-5 will be dismissed in front of the school from the door on the south side of the cafeteria. Teachers will walk students out and students who walk home can do so.
Parking and Driving
The portion of N. Emerald Avenue between Halleck and Kilpatrick will be closed at pick-up and drop-off. We ask that N. Halleck be used as a one way (eastbound) at drop off and pick up. See enclosed map.
To help reduce traffic and increase health and safety, if possible please park a block or two away from the school and walk.
Click the link to view Peninsula Drop-off and Pick-up Traffic Map
Volunteer Background Checks
PPS requires all volunteers to submit to a background check. Once approved, it is good for 3 years. If you are new to PPS or it’s been a while since you were approved go to
Security Services webpage to complete a new one (link below). It only takes a few minutes to submit the request, however it can take 3-4 weeks to process at the beginning of the year, so the sooner the better.
http://www.pps.net/security-services
Free and Reduced Lunch
Every year families need to submit an application for free or reduced lunch. The application must be processed and approved prior to students receiving lunch at a reduced cost. Submitting the application early can help to ensure that you won’t end up with an unexpected lunch balance. The application can be found online.
https://www.pps.net/Page/2464
Please note that if you have students at schools where lunch is free for all students, you still need to apply for Peninsula students.
Registration Verifications
Look for a verification form to be sent home with your student in the first weeks of school. It is very important that this form be looked over, any updates made, signed and returned to the school. This confirms your students rollover enrollment in our school as well as ensures that we have the most up to date contact and emergency information for each student.
*Always check the school calendar on our website for the most up to date calendar information.
Helpful Links:
Peninsula Website: www.pps.net/Peninsula
The best place to find information about what is happening at Peninsula is by looking at our website. The school calendar is also located on our website. The website and the calendar are updated regularly. If you do not have access to the internet, let us know and we will send home printed material.
Peninsula School Calendar: https://www.pps.net/Page/390
For the most up to date information regarding events, including field trips, at Peninsula please refer to the calendar on our website.
Volunteer Background Application: https://apps.pps.net/volunteermanagement/
All school volunteers must have a completed and approved background check. It only takes a few minutes to apply online and once approved it is good for 3 years. It can take 3-4 weeks for applications to be approved at the beginning of the year, so submit your application as soon as possible. You will be notified of it’s completion via email.
Free and Reduced Lunch Application: www.SchoolCafe.com
One Free and reduced lunch application need to be completed per family, per year. Applications completed online are processed more quickly than paper applications. If the student is not approved before the first day of school they will have to pay full price until it has been approved. Paper copies of the application can be found in the school office.
School Lunch Accounts: www.schoolcafe.com
Student’s school lunch accounts have a new host site this year, School Café. Funds can be added and managed online by going to their website. Cash or checks can be delivered directly to the cafeteria.
SchoolPay: https://pps.schoolpay.com/
SchoolPay is an easy way for parents to pay for school related items from home- no more searching for cash and hoping your child turns it in! All parents and guardians with an email address on file already have a SchoolPay account created for them and all of their connected students at a PPS school are under the same account. To get started go to password recovery and reset your password.
A SchoolPay guide can be found at: https://www.pps.net/cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/Domain/144/SchoolPay_Instructions.pdf
