Please arrive at school during the designated drop-off and pick-up times (see below) for your child's grade and display your child's color-coded family name card on your dashboard to help us manage the traffic efficiently. You may register your children for drop-off and pick-up supervision to consolidate your morning and afternoon routines.
For students' safety, do not drop students off in the front parking lot. To avoid traffic backing up onto the street, please use both lanes when entering campus. As you drive around the Main building to drop off students in the designated locations, use the lane closer to the building if you have Lower School students or the outer (right) lane if you have Middle School students.
If you wish to enter through the front door, you may park in the front parking lot and walk your children to the front door or their classrooms. The front doors (1) are open from 7:45 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. (M, Tu, Th, F) and 8:45 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. (W).
Drop-off Time
Grades
Drop-off Location
7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (M, Tu, Th, F)
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (W)
5 – 8
Parents drop off along the south side of the building (see blue arrow on map). Please pull car as far forward as possible toward the front of the building (X). Students exit the car on the left side and enter through either the main hallway door by the gym (7) or at rear of the Main Commons (8).
8:15 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. (M, Tu, Th, F)
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. (W)
K – 4
Parents drop off along the sidewalk behind the building (see red arrow on map). Students exit the car on the left side and enter through either the K/1 door (6) or the playground door (5).
Afternoon Pick-up
All students will stay in class until called to the pick-up area. Display your child's color-coded family name card on your dashboard to help us manage the traffic efficiently. Use both lanes and follow the "zipper merge" described above.
To avoid backing up onto the street during afternoon pick-up, please use both lanes when entering the campus, choose the shorter lane and merge into one lane just before the gravel lot. As a rule of thumb, merge late and cooperate to most efficiently move traffic along. Please use this “zipper merge” process at both drop-off and pick-up. Watch the video!
Pick-up Time
Grades
Pick-up Location
11:45 a.m. (M, W, F)
2/3-Day K
Loop door (3)
2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Full-Day K
Kindergarten door (6)
2:45 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
5 – 8
Parents pull car up to the Main Commons door (8). Students exit through that door (under awning if raining).
Student drivers will enter through either the front entrance or the Nagel Commons rear doors
Afternoon Pick-up
To avoid traffic backing up onto the street, afternoon pick-up times are staggered. Parents should arrive no earlier than the listed dismissal time; if you have students in multiple grades, please arrive at the later dismissal time. Please pull all the way forward when waiting for your child and do not block the east parking lot so our student drivers may exit.
Upper School students with younger siblings may also walk over to the Main building and find their parents in the front parking lot. Parents should pull into a parking spot; do not stop in the Main building pick-up line to wait for Upper School students.
Dismissal Time
Grades
Pick-up Location
3:00 p.m.
All students dismissed.
3:05 p.m.
9
Parents pick up freshmen at the front entrance.
3:10 p.m.
10
Parents pick up sophomores at the front entrance.
3:15 p.m.
11 – 12
Parents pick up juniors and seniors at the front entrance.
In the morning between 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., parents park and walk their children through the main gate to sign them in at their classrooms.
We start class at 8:45 a.m., but we have morning activities and free play until 9:00 a.m.
A greeter will be there to welcome you at the main gate.
Parents walk their children to class.
As parents depart, they should use one of the gates by the Preschool office.
After 9:00 a.m., check in your child in the Preschool office as all the gates will be closed.
Pick-up
Between 11:30 a.m. – noon, parents drive up, following the route indicated on the map above and staying in their cars. Display your child's family name card on your dashboard to help us manage the traffic efficiently. All students stay in class until called by radio and then are escorted to their cars at the main gate.
Although the school day officially ends at 11:45 a.m., classes begin their closing activities at 11:30 a.m.
To reduce the number of parents picking up at the same time, parents are welcome to pick up their children beginning at 11:30 a.m. We encourage the P3 families to come at that time to start the pick-up process.
If your child's car seat is on the passenger side of the car, we can more safely load your child out of the flow of traffic.
Cubs Club Pick-up
Between 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., following the conclusion of Cubs Club classes, students are brought to their cars in the pick-up line as described above.
Carpooling
Current Bear Creek families interested in forming a carpool with other Bear Creek families may access our school directory.
Log in on MyBC/Parents, then select Parent Portal. (New parents will have access to the Parent Portal in mid-July.)
The Parent Portal will open in a new tab. Select the School Directories button (or Directories at the top of the page).
On the Households tab, look at Nearby Student Households for a list of Bear Creek families who live close to you with contact information and grade levels of children in each family. Given the unique nature of each family’s transportation needs, we encourage you to contact other families and design a plan that is most convenient for you.
