Highland Car Rider Procedures & Tags
Car Rider Tags
Car Rider Tag Registration Form
As an important safety measure, we require all cars to have a Highland-issued Car Rider Tag (with a unique tag number) for any students who will be picked up via our car rider line. (Handwritten or outdated tags are not permissible.)
For the safety of all Highland students, if you arrive for pickup without a Highland-issued Car Rider Tag, you will need to show ID at the flagpole or by walking into the office at the end of dismissal. ID will be required and the person picking up must be listed in PowerSchool as a contact. Thank you for your patience as this will ensure all students get home safely and securely. (If you need to update your contacts, please log into thePS Parent Portal to make adjustments.)
Each family will be issued two Car Rider Tags. If more are needed, they can be purchased for a nominal fee of $2 at our front office. ID will be required in order to purchase additional Car Rider Tags.
Car Rider Tags will be issued at Open House, on the first day of school, or upon registering your child at Highland during the school year.
If you have a tag from the previous school year and it has a unique car tag number, you may keep it and use it for this year.
If you need to update your tag with an additional child, please fill out the registration form linked above.
Morning Car Rider Drop Off Procedures
Starting the second week of school, parents will no longer be permitted to walk their child to their classroom in the morning. Parents may walk their child up to the building and say goodbye at the door.
Always use crosswalks when walking students into the building.
For safety, students should enter from the right side of the vehicle only.
Highland Elementary's tardy time is 7:50. Please make sure to enter the car circle line for drop off early enough to ensure your child will be able to enter the building by this time.
Afternoon Car Rider Pick Up Procedures
Parents may NOT walk up during dismissal to pick up their child. Between 2:20 and 3:00, pick up must be done through the car circle line. All early check-outs must be completed before 2:20 in the office. After 2:20 parents must use the car circle line.
Students will meet their cars at a colored cone where a staff member will help them into their vehicle.
For safety, students should enter from the right side of the vehicle only.
To keep our car circle moving smoothly, if you need more time to settle your child into your car after you pick them up, you may pull into the parking lot to rearrange or buckle up.
If your child is not at a colored cone and you have to wait for them, a staff member will motion for you to pull forward to the flagpole while you wait for your child to come to your car.
Highland Walker Procedures & Tags
Walkers should follow the sidewalk that is designated with the Walkers sign at the top of the grassy hill on Bonnar Bridge Pkwy. This sidewalk is protected by a fence along the car rider line.
In the morning, parents may walk with their child up to the crosswalk.
In the afternoon, parents may walk to the gym doors (near the blue theme rock), present the yellow walker tag, and pick up their child. For afternoon dismissal, it is the parents responsibility to communicate with the teacher before 2pm that their child will be a walker.
If you need a yellow walker tag, please contact Mrs. Goras directly at wendy_goras@abss.k12.nc.us..
For safety reasons, we do not allow bikes, scooters, or skateboards on our campus during school hours (7:15am-6:00pm).