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MORNING DROP OFF / TARDY

Regular Morning Carpool: 7:35-8:00 am — The faculty and staff assisting with morning drop-off will indicate when students can begin exiting their cars.  If you arrive after 8:00 am, please park and walk your child into the front lobby.​

 

AFTERNOON PICK UP / EARLY DISMISSAL

  • Early Dismissal ends at 2:30. If you arrive after 2:30, you will need to pick up your child in the dismissal line.

  • If you are picking your child up for early dismissal, please email your child’s teacher and copy uds@uniondayschool.com.

  • If you are picking up for early dismissal, please park in spaces at the front of the school, do not park in the carpool drop off/pick up zone.

  • Please do not enter campus for regular carpool before 3 pm.

  • According to Union County Sheriff's Office any parent blocking traffic could face the possibility of being ticketed. Cars cannot wait to enter the property in our designated turn lane, you cannot pull over off the road onto the farm’s property (this is private property), and the surrounding neighborhoods are not areas to park and wait.

     

PICK UP BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN PARENT/GUARDIAN

You must inform your child(rens) teacher(s) by email before 2pm if someone other than a parent/guardian is picking up your child(ren) in regular afternoon carpool

  • You can make pick up changes in the School Dismissal Manager before 2pm.  It is advisable to send a brief email to your child's teacher to ensure they see the change.

  • If this person is picking up your child for early release, you must also include uds@UnionDaySchool.com in your email to the classroom teacher

  • If this person is picking up your child from After Care, you must also include The Superlative Club in your email to your child(rens) teacher(s)

  • You must call the school to inform our receptionist of any changes to your child(rens) dismissal plan if you make those changes after 2pm


     

ABSENCES/ATTENDANCE

  • Absences can be reported in Infinite Campus' parent portal account.

  • Please include our registrar on any emails you send to a teacher regarding your child(ren)’s absences, including, if applicable, any digital doctor/dentist notes.  registrar@uniondayschool.com

  • If you send your child(ren) to school with a paper note excusing a prior absence, please instruct your child to turn it in to their classroom teacher

  • Any questions or concerns about attendance and absences should be directed to Mrs. Patterson  at registrar@UnionDaySchool.com


     

COMMUNICATION WITH FACULTY/STAFF

  • When you email faculty with questions or concerns, please allow a 24 hour turnaround for a response

  • The UDS policy for contacting teachers is through UDS email or the school phone. Please note, classroom teachers are often unavailable to speak on the phone during the academic day. Teachers will not be corresponding via cell phones/text messages. 

  • If you need to get a message to your child’s teacher quickly, please call the school at 704-256-1494 and your message will be relayed to your child’s teacher

  • If you wish to meet with a faculty or staff member, you must schedule a meeting in advance via email/phone. The daily schedules of faculty and staff cannot accommodate parent/guardian walk-in requests for meetings


     

VISITOR AND VOLUNTEER POLICIES

  • All visitor, volunteer, and field trip chaperone policies are listed under Parent Resources


     

NURSE’S OFFICE

  • All policies, information, and necessary forms relating to allergies, medication, illness, student medical information, and the nurse’s office in general, can be found under Parent Resources


     

HAVING LUNCH WITH YOUR CHILD

  • If you would like to come and have lunch with your child, you must email their teacher the day before you plan to come. Your ID will be checked at the front desk and you will be issued a visitor badge. Lunch begins at 11:30 and ends at 12:00. You do not need to pass the volunteer background check to be able to have lunch with your child

  • If you are bringing outside food for lunch, please check with your child’s teacher to see if your class has food allergies

  • If you are eating with more than one child from different classrooms/grade levels, you may be asked to eat in a shared space, please be flexible about where you are directed to


     

ORDERING HOT LUNCH

Please click on the PDF below for complete instruction on how to register for hot lunch this year.  

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Questions about a lunch order or to report problems with an order, please contact info@schoolhousefare.com

VISITORS/PARENT BATHROOMS

Parents and visitors must use the designated faculty bathrooms; they are not allowed to use student bathrooms. There are faculty bathrooms on the first and second floors; please ask a faculty or staff member to direct you to these bathrooms.


 

UDS SPIRIT WEAR / UDS PARENT ASSOCIATION

Spirit wear can be purchased through PTO and school store (see links below).  Staff and faculty will not be able to assist in answering questions/providing information about Spirit Wear, please contact the PTO with any inquiries about their spirit wear orders. 


 

UDS SPIRIT ROCK

Spirit Rock is opened for purchasing.  You may secure the rock and pay through your Infinite Campus parent portal account.  


 

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