No! Your child does not need to be potty independent to start at Maple Street. Maple Street Teachers are Potty Professionals and we will work with you and your child to make their potty learning journey smooth and fun!

Yes, Maple Street asks all families to keep all lunch and snack free of peanuts and tree nuts.

Please send your child with a delicious nutritious snack for the morning and lunch each day. No peanuts or tree nuts!  There are refrigerators and microwaves available for student lunches as needed.

Bottles are not allowed without a doctor’s prescriber’s note. Children may use labeled sippy cups when they are sitting. Please so not send in Candy, soda, peanuts, or tree nuts.

Breastfeeding is encouraged at Maple Street, please feel free to breastfeed in the lobby or classrooms. Additionally, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding and need special accommodations such as grown-up sized chairs, please let us know.

Lunchboxes left at school will not be cleaned by the staff, please don’t forget to pick up your child’s lunch box!

Please send children in play clothes that are weather appropriate and can get messy, as Maple Street is a creative, messy place, and close toed shoes that they can run in. Sneakers are preferable. (please no flip-flops or party/dress-up shoes).

Additionally, please bring a spill-proof water bottle that closes and seals with a covered lid, and label it with your child’s name.

Maple Street is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Please do not allow children to bring jewelry or anything else of value that may get lost or stolen.

Please bring the following with you on the first day of school, labeled with your child’s name, and be prepared to replenish throughout the year as necessary.

• A full change of clothes including a shirt, pants, socks, underwear and a sweater in a ziploc bag. Please label each article of clothing with your child’s full name.

• A blanket and crib-sized sheet with your child’s full name in a sealed ziploc or other sealable plastic bag.

• Sunblock

• Diapers (if your child wears diapers), and diaper ointment with your child’s name on it.

• Wipes

• A family photo

• Thoroughly check your child’s cubby each day for soiled clothes, sheets, an lunchboxes. Staff are not responsible for dirty items.

Please do not bring:

• Pillows (They are not allowed by the Department of Health unless you have a physician’s note)

• Unlabeled clothes, sippy cups, and other items that may get lost.

• Fancy clothes or jewelry that may get lost, dirty, broken, or stained.

• Toys that are large, difficult to share or may be used as weapons. Teachers should be consulted if children want to bring in toys.

• Lunchboxes left at school will not be cleaned by the staff, please don’t forget to pick up your child’s lunch box!

If you would like your child to celebrate his or her birthday with the school, you may bring a snack for the entire class. Please do not bring anything but the snack (no decorations, toys, etc.) For those children whose birthdays fall during the summer, pre or post birthday celebrations can be arranged with your child’s teachers.

If your child will be having a party outside the school, please be sensitive and do not distribute invitations in school unless the whole class is invited.

If your child will be absent, please contact the school to inform the teachers. If your child misses school, there will be no make-up days of any kind.

Please keep your child at home when a fever is present, if s/he has unexplained rashes, vomiting and/or diarrhea, conjunctivitis (pink eye), or other contagious diseases, such as chicken pox, lice, impetigo or ringworm. Please keep your child home when mucus from a cold is extensive or cloudy.

Maple Street does not admit children who are unvaccinated except in the case of a medical exemption. A standard health form filled out by your child’s doctor must be submitted prior to the first day of school, and then again on each birthday. Health forms and other forms are maintained in a confidential file, away from the classrooms.

For more detailed Health information, please continue to the Health section below.