Penguin Walk is a great way for your child to enjoy a walk in the park to and from school every day.
An alternative to picking up your child in front of the school is to have them picked up at Kelly Park West. Having established a great partnership with Parks and Recreation, students have an opportunity to walk to school on both school and park grounds all the while being supervised.
A map of Penguin Walk may be helpful to visualize morning and afternoon procedures.
Every Friday a dessert food truck will be at Penguin Walk at dismissal (~2:15 pm). They will be parked in the playground/tennis court parking lot of Kelly Park West. A portion of the proceeds are donated back to our school. What a “cool” way to end the day!
Morning Walk
In order to have your student walk to school via the Penguin Walk, please drop them (and backpacks, etc.) off between 8:30-8:45 am at the boat trailer parking lot in Kelly Park West to the volunteers waiting at the gate. Please do not drop off a student if no school staff or volunteers are present. The students will begin walking to school at 8:30 am while school staff and volunteers supervise the walk and the drop off the gate. We stop Penguin Walk at 8:45 am in order to ensure plenty of time for travel to the school. A golf cart will transport the baggage at 8:45 am for any later arrivals. If you drop your student at the Penguin Walk gate, they will be expected to walk the entire length of the trail to the main courtyard for entry to the school. Parents are allowed to walk with your students all the way to the courtyard. Please simply inform the golf cart driver that you are inside the school gate so you are not accidentally locked inside the fence so we can wait for your exit.
Afternoon Walk
Students must be signed up through the front office to use the Penguin Walk option in the afternoon as there are additional responsibilities and conditions for participation. Students will be walked by school staff and volunteers from the P.E. pavilion through Kelly Park West to in front of the concession stands in the soccer fields. Students and staff arrive approximately 10 minutes after school release (3:40 on M, T, W, R or 2:25 on F). Students will be held there with their baggage until retrieved by an authorized adult with a placard for each student. The golf cart, school personnel and all students not picked-up will return to the school on the golf-carts by 25 minutes after the dismissal bell (3:55 on M, T, W, R or 2:40 on F). Any student returned to the front office will be checked into aftercare with the appropriate fees applied for daily drop-ins.
Canceling Because of Weather
Every effort is made to conduct Penguin Walk, however, on occasion, it must be canceled due to inclement weather or other circumstances. You will receive a message if Penguin Walk is canceled.