Dropping Off and Picking Up (Updated August 2023):

It is our goal to create the safest experience for the students as they are dropped off and picked up each day.

The map illustrates the flow of traffic into the NCCE parking lot and through the orange cone drop-off area. We ask you to please keep a few things in mind when you are dropping off in the morning.

• Please be patient and follow the cones.
• When you get to the last walkway #5, turn left, keeping the walkway to the right of your vehicle. You can continue toward the school, turn left at the sidewalk and move forward until you get to walkway #2, by the last traffic cone. This will allow for more vehicles to line up behind you to let their students out.
• Once you come to a stop along walkway #5 or in front of the school, your student should exit your vehicle and stay in the walkway or on the sidewalk. 
• Encourage your students to exit the vehicle on the right, if possible.
• Please do not pass cars that are dropping off students, as some of them might have to exit their car on the left and then walk around the car.
• This drop off applies to all of the grade levels, Y5 through 6th grade.
• You are also welcome to park in the lot, if you choose to walk your child to the sidewalk. Please park by crosswalk 2 and use crosswalk 2 to walk your child across. 

Montessori and Preschool (3 year old and 4 year old classrooms) parents please use State Street to enter and exit the parking lot. You may not cross the walkways in front of the school to leave. Make a loop and leave by the St. Thomas Parish Office to go back to State Street. Please follow the traffic flow on the diagram.

Our Multi-Age Preschool has a designated parking area to walk their student to the door.

In the afternoon, please pull into the lot and go to the furthest available walkway for grades Y5-6th. Please do not park your vehicle in the entrance to the parking lot or stop at the entrance, this prohibits other cars from proceeding to line up along lanes 3-6. 

We ask that you stay in your car and let your student come to you, as there are trained crossing guards to help our students. 

Adhering to these procedures will promote the safety and efficiency of the morning drop-off and dismissal participation, as well as minimize surrounding street traffic impact.

Montessori and Preschool parents (3 year old and 4 year old classrooms) please use State Street to enter and exit the parking lot. You may not cross the walkways in front of the school to leave. Make a loop and leave by the Parish Office to go back to State Street. Please follow the traffic flow on the diagram. If you do not have children in these programs, we ask that you please do not use this lot for pick up. 

Our Multi-Age Preschool has a designated parking area to walk their student to the door.

Please give other vehicles patience and grace, as safety is everyone’s top priority.