Attendance

• Cars must enter a line of traffic leading up to the campus and pull up in front of Bement House to discharge or pick up their passenger(s). No students should be dropped off or picked up before the vehicle reaches

Barton House.

• Cars should proceed through the drop-off lane and exit out at the north end of Bement House. Do not pull around the vehicle in front of you once your students are dropped off or picked up. Wait to exit in sequence so traffic flows smoothly. Do not make U-turns; proceed north. • Drivers are not permitted to exit their vehicles when dropping off or picking up in the designated drop-off/pick-up area. • If you arrive early to pick-up, please remember to turn off your car engine and avoid idling in front of the school. Massachusetts legislation requires drivers to turn off vehicle engines if parked for more than five minutes in a school zone.

• Cars may not double park or cut in line approaching the school. If there is no space at the end of the line of traffic waiting to drop-off, please proceed around the block and try again. • Students must not enter or exit a car on the street side of the car.

• Please do not turn into the school parking lot or block the driveways of

Bement’s neighbors. • Please do not make U-turns on the street after dropping off or picking up your student(s).

Attendance

Attendance will be taken daily at 8:10 a.m. Students who are late to school will be marked tardy. • Should your child be absent or tardy, please call Toni Costa at, 413-773-5967 or email Toni Costa tcosta@bement.org as well as the student’s homeroom teacher/advisor.

• Parents of students who are dismissed early should call, email, or send a note from home excusing their child. • Students who are dismissed early must be checked out to a parent or an authorized adult by a Bement faculty or staff member. • Absences, tardy days, and early dismissals will be recorded on students’ reports each term and will be recorded cumulatively throughout the year.