Resources for Families
Drop-off & Pick-up
Drop-off
FIRST DAY: Parents/Guardians are allowed to walk their children into the classroom.
ALL OTHER DAYS: School doors open at 7:30AM, school starts promptly at 8AM. Students must be either dropped in the car line or walked to the front doors. Children must not be left unattended to enter school.
LATE DROP-OFF
ARRIVAL AFTER 8:01AM: Students arriving at 8:01AM or later are considered late and must be checked in at the front office by a Parent/Guardian. Remember that all adults entering the building are required to present a physical State ID to the office staff.
EARLY PICK-UP
TRANSPORTATION CHANGES: Transportation changes must be submitted or requested prior to 2PM every day. Please choose your method of pick-up (car riders or walkers) and stick to it for the entire year, barring an unforeseen circumstance or emergency only.
EARLY DISMISSAL: Remember that if your child needs to leave early, early dismissal ends at 2:30PM every day. After 2:30PM, daily dismissal is in effect.
PICK-UP
ALL DAYS: Dismissal begins at 3PM and ends at 3:25PM every day, unless otherwise announced.
Car Riders: Students may be picked-up in the car line, whereby authorized parties must display the Dan Mills placard in the front of the car with the student’s name on it.
Walkers: Students may be picked-up on foot by authorized parties waiting at the left side of the building near the loading dock and displaying a sign with the student’s full name.
LATE Pick-up
ALL DAYS: If a Parent/Guardian arrives after 3:25PM, they must walk to the front of the school (exiting their vehicle, if applicable) and sign the student out on the Late Pick-up Form with the Late Duty teacher.
ATTENDANCE
The Dan Mills attendance recording system accounts for every minute a student is not in the building. These minutes accumulate and could eventually add up to an entire school day missed. Frequent absences and tardiness inevitably affect children’s learning.
ABSENCES
If a student is late or absent for any of the following reasons, the absence may be excused if written documentation is provided by either the Parent/Guardian or a healthcare provider (up to 10 submissions):
Student’s personal illness (may return to school after being symptom-free for 24-hours)
Doctor, dental, or therapy/mental health appointments
Bereavement/death in the family (up to three days excused)
Military deployment of Parent/Guardian
1 day for deployment
1 day for return
<10 days for service member’s temporary leave of absence mid-deployment
Head lice (up to 3 days per infestation)
Recognized religious holidays observed in child’s faith
Court appearances or legally-mandated meetings
Unexpected emergencies
If your child was or will be absent, please use the link here or the QR code below to send the office a direct notification of the absence and reason (excused/not excused).
Dan Mills Dress Code
BOTTOMS
PERMITTED: Jeans, pants, shorts, capri pants, skirts or skorts (any color acceptable)
NOT PERMITTED: Clothing with holes, pajama bottoms, lounge pants, leggings -unless underneath clothing.
TOPS
PERMITTED: T-shirts, Polo shirts, sweatshirts, light jackets (Solid, striped, patterns), Dan Mills spirit wear (ALL), hoodies (*hoods may not be on head in the building!).
NOT PERMITTED: Violent, potentially disruptive words, graphics or illustrations: this includes clothing promoting any violent video games, TV shows, or movies.
Tank tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, sleeveless tops.
Footwear
PERMITTED: Tennis shoes are preferred for safety reasons. Shoes with a strap on the back are also permitted..
NOT PERMITTED: Flip flops, sandals, high heels, house shoes, slippers.
*Hats/beanies will NOT be allowed to be worn in the building
Master Schedule
SCHOOL LUNCHES
The Dan Mills school lunch menu and calendar can be found here.
MNPS Family Portal
Information on the Family Portal can be found here.
MNPS School and district Calls
To ensure families will receive school and district calls, Parents/Guardians can:
Call the Blackboard Phone Hotline at 855-502-STOP (855-520-7867) from the phone line that is not receiving calls, or
Opt-in to Text (SMS) messages: Reply START to 60680 from the phone line that is not receiving messages.