Getting to know Estabrook's standard procedures ...

Children may arrive at school any time after 8 AM. At this time, aides are available to supervise them. Please do not drop off your children any earlier.

Most mornings, children gather on the K-3 playground, which is to the right and south of the school. On wet and very cold days, children meet in the front lobby instead. In either case, at 8:30 the aides send the students to their classrooms to start the day.

To drop off your children, drive all the way to the drop-off areas. PARK IN THE LOTS AND WALK YOUR CHILD TO THE SIDEWALK.

To pick up your children, park in the parking areas. PARK IN THE LOTS AND WALK TO THE PORCH. Escort your child back to the car.

The bus schedules for all Lexington schools are printed in the Lexington Minuteman newspaper the Thursday before school opens. Your child will ride on either the first bus or the second bus for both trips, both to and from school. For further information, call the school office at 861-2520.

The school offers a full hot lunch for $1.50 and milk alone for $.40 a carton. Parents can also purchase lunch tickets from the school office. The lunch program begins on Friday, September 10.

The school offers milk/juice to kindergartners for snacktime. Parents prepay for the half-year program. Each kindergartner receives an order form, and additional forms are available at the school office.

All other students can bring a midmorning snack to school each day. You may want to consider sending something to tide your child over until he or she has lunch.

Students are released early each Thursday at 12:15. Lunch is not provided on Thursdays.

The after-school program at Estabrook will begin on Wednesday, September 8, for grades 1-5 and on Friday, September 10, for kindergarten. For further information call Lextended Day Director Irene Denty at 862-8318.

Dress your children in all-purpose clothing that suits the classroom, gym, art class, and playground. Label all garments so we can reunite lost clothing with owners!

If you’ve lost items of clothing, bags, etc., look outside the Music Room near the third/fourth-grade wing. Every two months, we will donate unclaimed items to charity. (Small/valuable items such as keys, jewelry, money will be held in the office.)