Welcome back Krystal Comets!! We are very excited for the 2023-2024 school year! Please read through this document for important information and some answers to commonly asked questions. You may also share this information with family members that will be helping with drop off and pick up. Also, check out our Informational Slideshow for more details about our school procedures.

Start Date 

Thursday, August 10th

On the first day of school, parents may choose to walk students on campus through the main gate or kindergarten gate.  Parents are not permitted to enter the indoor hallways or classrooms.  Once students enter the building, we will have staff members in the hallways showing them to their classrooms.

Daily Schedule for Kindergarten - 6th Grades

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Student Drop off (if your child is eating breakfast they may be dropped off as early as 8:40)

9:10 - 3:27 p.m. Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri Instruction

9:10 - 2:31 p.m. Wed Early Out

1:56 Tk/Kinder Half Day Dismissal (12:59 on Wed)

Arrival and Dismissal Procedures

Please review the detailed arrival and dismissal procedures at the end of this document.  If you have not done so already, please fill out our transportation form ONE time for EACH student.  This form is used to designate how your student will be going home for the 2023/2024 school year.  Any future temporary changes may be emailed to michelle.karlen@hesperiausd.org

Transportation Form: https://ggle.io/66az

After School Program: Think Together

An Interest Form will be sent out soon and our Think Together staff will contact you with more information on whether your child qualifies based on the state’s criteria and space availability.  The program will run each day for Tk-6th grades, after school until 6:00pm.

Grade Level Supply Lists and Expectations

Visit our website for grade level supply lists.  krystalschool.org (click ‘Menu’, ‘Parent’, and then ‘Grade Level Supply Lists and Expectations’)

Lunch and Snack Breaks

• Lunch and breakfast will be available to all students. Students may choose to bring a lunch from home or grab a lunch from the cafeteria, free of charge.
• Students will be given a recess break each day.  Students may bring their own snack to school. Students are also encouraged to bring a water bottle each day as we now have a water bottle refill station.

Uniforms

• Students are expected to be in uniform when on campus. As a reminder, we will be having our uniform exchange. Uniform drop off will be Aug 1st-3rd  and uniform “shopping” will be August 4th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
• Krystal Dress Code: https://bityl.co/CkCb Students must also continue to follow the district’s dress code on special spirit days or other events.
• It is expected that all Krystal Comets follow the dress code and reminder slips will be sent home with students not in full uniform. More than 3 dress code slips will result in disqualification from quarterly Comet Club 360 events.

Attendance

• Any student arriving late to school (after 9:10) must check in with the front office before going to class.
• Any student leaving school early must be signed out by a parent/guardian or person listed on the emergency contact list and must be signed out at least 15 minutes prior to the end of the school day.
• ALL absences must be reported to the front office so that they may be verified.  You may call the front office or email our attendance specialist alicia.gutierrez@hesperiausd.org
• More than 3 absences or 3 tardy/early outs of any kind will result in disqualification from quarterly Comet Club 360 events.

Arrival Procedures

• Gates open at 8:40 for those eating breakfast, all others should arrive between 9:00-9:10. Instruction begins at 9:10am.
• Students should only be dropped off in the drive-up lane OR in the side parking lot (and walked up to the sidewalk or gate by a parent).  It is unsafe to allow students to exit cars in the parking lot and have them cross traffic by themselves.  

• Walk-up Arrival

• Park in the side parking lot (closest to Farmdale). This helps us significantly with the flow of traffic and is safer for our walk-up students.
• Walk along the sidewalks to drop your child off at the main gate or kinder gate.
• All children MUST be walked to the sidewalk, absolutely NO drop offs permitted in the parking lot.

• Drive-up Arrival

• As cars pull into the sidewalk/drop off zone, students should be ready to exit the car (backpack on and hugs goodbye).  
• Cars will pull up as far as possible along the sidewalk/drop-off zone.  Once cars have pulled forward, all students/cars along the sidewalk may then exit the car anywhere along the drop-off zone and walk towards the entrance gate located near the grass field.
• Kinder students will also exit the car anywhere along the sidewalk/drop-off zone and will enter through the kindergarten gate.  Please be sure to pull all the way forward before stopping to drop off your kinder student.
• A proctor will be out front supervising students being dropped off.

Dismissal Procedures

• Dismissal begins at 3:27 (2:31 on Wednesdays) for grades Tk/K-6th.  Tk/K early out dismissal is 1:56 (12:59 on Wednesdays).
• Families should always have a sign with their child’s name and teacher name written LARGE and CLEAR to display on their windshield for drive-up pick-up or to hold up at walk-up pick-up.
• Right turn only as you exit the parking lot.

• Drive-up Dismissal

• Pull all the way forward in the pick-up line.  
• We will call for your children as you pull along the sidewalk and they will meet you at a cone (please have your child’s/teacher name displayed on a sign in your windshield).

• Walk-up Dismissal

• Park in the side parking lot.
• Wait in your child’s grade level line.  If you have multiple children, stand in the oldest child’s line.
• We will call for your child when you reach the front of the line, please have your sign with you (with student name and teacher name).
• It is unsafe to cross Farmdale, please use the crosswalk at the corner of Farmdale and Krystal Dr. when crossing to the dirt lot.

• Walker Pass

• Students with a permission slip to walk home will be escorted off campus to the corner of Farmdale and Krystal Dr. They will then be crossed by a proctor.
• Any parents picking up students walking home may wait in the dirt area at the corner of Farmdale/Krystal or in the dirt area behind the campus. Since students are released independently in this area, it is recommended that you arrive ten minutes prior to dismissal to ensure that you will be there when your child is crossed.
• Students walking home may not be picked up at the gate, families must wait in the designated dirt waiting areas.

***See below for arrival and dismissal maps