Lunch Guidelines

• All kindergarten through fifth-grade students each lunch from 12 – 12:45 pm each day. The lunch tables are located on the lower yard and children are organized by classroom.
• There are four paid staff members who serve as our regular yard supervision. In addition, we typically have several parent volunteers who help out as well.
• Families have the option of ordering our PTA lunch or bringing lunch from home.
• Due to several students with severe allergies to nuts, our school community has come together to refrain from sending snacks or lunch items that contain nuts. Many parents send sunflower or soy butter as substitutes for peanut butter and the children seem to love it. We appreciate everyone pitching in to keep our children safe.
• Children are expected to sit and eat until at least 12:17 pm. After that time, those children who are finished eating clean up the table and raise their hand to be excused by a yard supervisor.
• Reusable containers are encouraged for lunches brought from home.
• The Green Team, a group of Park students, helps children to sort their lunch trash into receptacles for recyclables and compost to minimize our waste.

Playground Rules

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.
• Help others to feel included
• No running on tan bark
• One at a time on slides and monkey bars
• No climbing up slides
• No pushing, fighting or play fighting
• Nothing but head and hands above bars
• No jumping between benches
• No chasing (tag games are okay)
• Use only walls that say “Ball Wall”
• Use conflict resolution to solve conflicts
  • Find a Peaceful Playground Coach
  • Walk away
  • Use “rock, paper, scissors”

If you are interested in volunteering for lunch supervision, please call Jennifer Doores at 389-7735.