Outside Recess Guidelines

With cold weather approaching, please be sure to send children with appropriate winter clothing for outdoor recess. In addition, please label your child’s items as our lost & found box continues to grow. In most cases, we use the thermometer to determine if the children go outside for recess. If the temperature is below 20 degrees (with or without the windchill) the kids will stay inside for recess. Otherwise, we head outside for fresh air as long as the conditions on the playground are safe. Decisions regarding recess are made as close to the lunch block as possible to allow for the sun to (hopefully) work some magic. If the temperatures are below 20 degrees in the morning, the children enter the building and wait in the gymnasium until the start of the school day