PICK-UP & CARPOOL
-Students in Kindergarten thru 2nd grades MUST BE PICKED UP AT THE CLASSROOM at the end of class. If a person other than a parent is to pick up child, you MUST make prior arrangements with the child’s teacher. Students will NOT be dismissed otherwise. Students in Kindergarten thru 2nd grades will not be sent to carpool for pickup.
-Students in 3rd thru 8th grades and CIC will be dismissed thru carpool at the end of class. Carpool drivers should enter the parking lot from PROVIDENCE ROAD only. Drive straight, past stop sign, to entry area of Parish Center.
-If you are parking and entering building, do not park in spaces along carpool traffic lanes.
-If you are picking up at carpool, please pull as far forward as possible, while remaining in view of the entry area.
-Please do not park in areas marked with orange cones.
-DO NOT PLAN TO MEET YOUR CHILD at any other area of the parking lot or campus. Students MUST REMAIN in the Parish Center entry area as they wait for pick up.
-Students MUST BE PICKED UP on time. Sunday classes end at 4:45 pm and 7:30 pm. Wednesday classes end at 7:30 p.m. There are no arrangements for childcare or supervision for children who are not picked up on time.
-After picking up your child, please drive through the parking area and turn LEFT at the road that leads up the hill to the exit on SHARON LANE. You must turn RIGHT onto SHARON LANE.

EMERGENCY/INCLEMENT WEATHER
In case of extremely foul weather, St. Gabriel will issue notice of class cancellation through a variety of outlets:
-St. Gabriel Website – www.stgabrielchurch.org
-WBTV, Channel 3 (Cable channel 2)
-WSOC, Channel 9 (Cable channel 4)
-WCNC, Channel 36 (Cable channel 6)
-WBT Radio, 1110 AM and 99.3 FM
-Recorded message on the Faith Development Center main phone number, 704.366.2738
-Recorded message at 704.362.5047, extensions 210, 219 and/or 228
-On Wednesdays, if public schools classes and/or after-school activities have been cancelled, Faith Formation classes will also be cancelled.
-We will also make every attempt to get information about cancelled classes delivered by phone and/or email.

BE ON TIME FOR CLASS!
-Children WILL NOT be allowed into the classrooms more than five (5) minutes before the beginning of class time.
-There is NO CHILDCARE before or after Faith Formation classes.
-Any student who arrives more than five (5) minutes after the start of class will be considered “ABSENT”—unless prior arrangements have been made with the catechist(s) or extenuating circumstances exist.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
-More than three absences per semester will require parent contact. A child may not be able to advance to the next grade level after six (6) absences.
-SPORTS and other extra-curricular activities DO NOT constitute acceptable reasons for excused absences.