New Family Guide & FAQ's
MISSION
Westfield Friends School lights a brilliant path for children. As a Quaker school, we honor the Divine essence in every student; we find power and wisdom in our differences; and we seek truth through active, joyful, collaborative inquiry. Our graduates go on to lead lives of conscience and consequence. The world we seek for our children begins here.
Newly Enrolled Families REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
COVID Best Practices
As the 2022-2023 school year starts, COVID-19 remains a serious illness. Westfield Friends COVID Working Group met to review our layers of disease mitigation strategies. Our work continues to be informed by the NJDOE updated recommendations for schools July 2022, the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CHOP PolicyLab. Our goals are to protect vulnerable community members, decrease the likelihood of an in school outbreak, and keep Westfield adequately staffed.
We encourage all families to speak with their pediatricians about vaccinating their children. The COVID-19 vaccine is now approved for use with children as young as 6 months.
Below are some of the disease prevention and mitigation measures the school may take. Additional procedures may be added as the incidence of COVID cases or other communicable diseases rise in the region.
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Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures
- The speed limit is always 11 miles per hour; there is always the risk of a child being in the way of your car.
- Adults should remain in their cars.
- Allow staff to help your child with their book bags and other materials.
- Plan for your children to exit on the right side of the car.
- Do not use your cell phone while dropping off and picking up your child.
- Pull away as soon as your child(ren) are safely out of the car, to make way for others.
- Do not block Riverton Road, Police and Fire personnel have asked us to be sure to keep the roadway clear
- Cinnaminson Bus will be pulling in the driveway to drop off our students. Please follow all School Bus Safety Rules and please do not pass any bus on the left side.
- Our goal will be to have your child out to the car by the time you arrive at the pick-up station.
- For their safety, children will only be loaded into the side of your car where they are waiting. Children will not walk around vehicles. Please remain inside your vehicle.
- To keep the process flowing smoothly, we ask that you remain in your car and allow the staff to assist your child with bags, etc. However, staff will not fasten your children into their seats.
- Once your child is safely in your car, you will proceed out and exit the driveway as usual.
- If your child has forgotten something, pull into one of the available parking spaces
- If a student is not waiting for you when they are expected to be, you will be asked to pull forward and wait for your child, so as not to hold up the line.
Drop-off & Pick-up Procedures for Extended Day
Morning Session Drop-Off 7:30 - 8:00 AM (All Students - Preschool Building)
- Enter the parking lot near the Meeting House, driveway closest to Route 130, across from Bagelati.
- Slowly bare right and proceed around to the back of the preschool building, where your student will be greeted by the morning care teachers. Before your child exits the car, the morning Extended Day staff person will ask about your child's health and if all is well will assist your child out of the car.
Afternoon Session Pick Up 3:00 - 5:00 PM (All Students - Main Building)
- All students should be picked up at the atrium doors at the front of the school.
- Parents should enter the main school driveway and park in the main school parking lot that faces Riverton Rd.
- Ring the doorbell on the atrium door where a teacher will bring your student to you.
- All students must be signed out by a parent or guardian.
Student Health Records
