How the guides look after students

Up to 14 children

with 2 adults

Ages 6 to 12

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training

• Arrival and pickup

  A guide is at the door at 8:30 and on the porch at 3:00. Only the adults on a family's pickup list may collect a student, and we ask to see ID until we know you.

• Visitors

  Visitors ring at the door and sign in on the clipboard by the hooks. A parent who volunteers signs in the same way.

• Weather and drills

  We practice fire drills on a calendar the guides keep, and we walk through our plan for a tornado watch with the students each fall and spring.

• The yard and the field

  Outdoor time stays inside the yard, the garden and the field, in sight of a guide. On trail days both guides walk with the group.

• Allergies

  Tell us about allergies at the visit; we ask privately once you enroll. Both guides keep each student's plan within reach.

• Illness

  A student with a fever stays home until the next morning, and a guide calls a parent when a student is unwell at school.