School News - Week Ending August 29th

Drop Off Reminders

Please pull up as far as you can to drop off your student. Students should ONLY exit the vehicle from the passenger side of the car, Cameron Street is a public road and there is neighborhood traffic using Cameron Street while drop off is taking place.

Do not park your vehicle in the drop off lane and then come into the building. This is confusing to other parents dropping off their student. If you need to come into the office in the morning you need to pull up past the school and park.

After you have dropped your student off for school you can do one of three things:

1. Pull forward and turn right into the parking lot which will bring you out on Carson Ave.

2. Pull forward and turn into the all that will bring you out onto Mc Dougal.

3. Pull forward and continue on Cameron Street that will bring you out onto Troy Avenue.

DO NOT drop off your student and then do a UTURN on Cameron Street. This is illegal and dangerous! We had an incident this week in which a student was nearly hit by a vehicle. We appreciate your support in the safety of our staff and students.

Thank you for your patience while we navigate our dismissal process. With the changes in aftercare, there has been an increase of students being picked up after school. The cones in the parking lot are picked up between 2:55 and 3:00pm which allows for everyone to pull in and begin forming lines.

Because of the changes, we are dismissing the kindergarten class five minutes earlier than the rest of the students to give them a chance to get our younger students out and into their cars. Because of this, we will need to put the cones down by Door 7 at 3:07pm. At that time, you will need to pull up into two line behind the cones and wait for the rest of our students to come out of the building. Once the students are in their vehicles, we will pull forward the second wave of cars. Once you are parked and no cars are moving, we will let the second round of students come out to the cars.

Please do not stop when you see your student, pull forward as far as you can. Your student will be released once all the cars have stopped moving.

Some of you may have seen that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis received a grant from Eli Lily. Part of this money will be used to fund professional development for our teachers.

Due to this opportunity Central Catholic will have some additional early release days for students, so our teachers may attend this professional development.

Students will be released at 1:15pm on the following days:

• September 3, 2025
• October 1, 2025
• November 5, 2025
• December 3, 2025
• February 4, 2026
• March 4, 2026
• April 1, 2026

Families, your students will need to be picked up at 1:15pm on these days or if your student is registered for the after school enrichment program they may stay at school to attend this program.

We are sharing this information now, so that you make arrangements for your students on these days. Students are expected to attend school on early release days. We do understand this can be a challenge for some families, which is why we are sharing this information with you now.