2025-26 Handbook Highlights

Attendance

Consistent attendance and on-time arrival is vital to the success of your child’s experience at Sunstone. If your child will be absent, tardy, or needs an early pick up, please email your campus attendance and your child’s Guide, or call the office. The school will contact you in the morning if your child is absent and we have not heard from you by 9:00 a.m.

Drop Off @ Milwaukie

Please make every attempt to arrive on time and make late arrivals a rare event.

  • Toddler: 7:30-8:25 a.m.
  • Children’s House: 8:10-8:25 a.m.
    • Beforecare: 7:30-8:10 a.m.
  • Toddler & Children’s House First Wednesdays: 8:30-8:45 a.m.
    • Toddler & Children’s House classrooms start at 8:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month (excluding September and January), for classroom management and planning.
  • Middle School: 8:20-8:50 a.m.

Pick Up @ Milwaukie

Late Pick Up & Fees

  • Toddler: 3:00-5:30 p.m. (3:00-5:00 p.m. during Spring and Summer break)
  • Children’s House 3pm: 3:00-3:15 p.m.
  • Children’s House 4:30pm: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
  • Children’s House 5:30pm: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
  • Middle School: 4:00-4:15 p.m.
    • Late pick up is not an option for Middle School students. Staff may have off-campus engagements scheduled shortly after 4:15pm. Please be considerate and pick-up your children on-time. If an emergency situation arises, please call 503-768-3847 ASAP.

Drop Off/ Pick Up Map Milwaukie

Drop Off Procedure Milwaukie

Toddler & Children’s House

  • Park in the parking lot of the North Clackamas Park Complex and Ball Fields, and walk your child to their classroom door through the gate (see map above). Please knock on the classroom door and wait for staff to greet you. You can say your brief goodbyes at the door.

Middle School

  • Please follow the counter clockwise pattern in the parking lot of the North Clackamas Park Complex and Ball Fields, and drop your adolescent off near the gate. Please keep your goodbyes brief so everyone can make it to school on time. Your child can walk to our Middle School building on their own.

Pick Up Procedure Milwaukie

Toddler & Children’s House

  • Please park in the North Clackamas Park Complex parking lot and walk through the gate to your classroom. Please knock on the classroom door and wait outside for staff to dismiss your child. Please give each other plenty of space and wait your turn.

Middle School

  • Students will start coming out of our Middle School building at 4:00 p.m. Please wait for your child in the North Clackamas Park Complex parking lot. You may wait outside of the gate, or in your car.

Full Policies/Procedures

You can find the full drop off/pick up policies and procedures, including late arrival, early pick up, and late pick up fees in your handbook.

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Drop Off @ Woodstock

Please make every attempt to arrive on time and make late arrivals a rare event.

  • Beforecare: 7:30-8:10 a.m.
  • Drop Off: 8:10-8:25 a.m.
  • Toddler & Children’s House First Wednesdays: 8:30-8:40 a.m.
    • Toddler & Children’s House classrooms start at 8:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month (excluding September and January), for classroom management and planning.

Pick Up @ Woodstock

Late Pick Up & Fees

  • Toddler: 3:00-5:30 p.m. (3:00-5:00 p.m. during Spring and Summer break)
  • Children’s House & Elementary 3pm: 3:00-3:15 p.m.
  • Short Aftercare 4:30pm: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
  • Long Aftercare 5:30pm: 3:00-5:30 p.m.

Drop Off Map Woodstock


Drop Off Procedure Woodstock

Beforecare

  • Toddler and Children’s House Beforecare will be held in the classrooms.
  • Elementary Beforecare will be held in Lupine North (NE corner of the courtyard).

Please park in the parking lot and ring the office through the gate keypad (push “Directory>School” on the keypad to the RIGHT OF THE GATE, and a staff member will release the gate lock).

Walk your child through the courtyard to their Beforecare door. Please knock on the door and wait for staff to greet you. You can say your goodbyes at the door.

School Day Drop Off 8:10-8:25 a.m.

  • Toddler families can park in the parking lot and walk their child through the courtyard gate to their classroom door. Please knock on the classroom door and wait for staff to greet you. You can say your goodbyes at the door.
  • Children’s House families can park in the parking lot and walk their child through the courtyard gate to the double doors at the SW corner of the courtyard. A staff member will greet your child and you can say your goodbyes at the double doors.
  • Elementary families please use the drive-up drop-off lane along SE Knight St. (See map above). Form one lane along the curb. Parents stay in your cars. Students may exit the car SIDEWALK SIDE ONLY. Children use the cordoned off PEDESTRIAN LANE through the parking lot, and go directly into their classroom. Running in the parking lot is not permitted.

Pick Up Procedure Woodstock

3:00 p.m. Dismissal

  • Toddlers will be dismissed from their classroom. Please park in the parking lot and walk into the courtyard. Please knock on the classroom door and wait outside for staff to dismiss your child. Please give each other plenty of space and wait your turn.
  • Children’s House students will be dismissed from the gym foyer. Please park in the parking lot and walk into the courtyard. Please wait in the courtyard outside of the gym foyer and staff will dismiss children after visual confirmation of the child’s designated pick-up person.
  • Elementary students will be dismissed from their classrooms. We do not have enough parking space in the lot for all of our families so we ask that Elementary families please park along 54th Ave. and enter and exit the courtyard through the 54th Ave. gate. Please wait in the courtyard outside of your classroom door and staff will dismiss children after visual confirmation of the child’s designated pick-up person.

Aftercare Pick Up

  • Pick up is 3:15-5:30 p.m.
  • All families can park in the parking lot and walk to their pick-up location. Staff will dismiss children after visual confirmation of the child’s designated pick-up person.
    • Toddlers will be in the courtyard or their classroom.
    • Children’s House will be on the playground or gym.
    • Elementary will be on the playground or Lupine North (NE corner of the courtyard).
  • To enter the courtyard gate ring the office through the gate keypad (push “Directory>School” on the keypad to the RIGHT OF THE GATE, and a staff member will release the gate lock).
  • Please ensure the gate is closed securely behind you.

Full Policies/Procedures

You can find the full drop off/pick up policies and procedures, including late arrival, early pick up, and late pick up fees in your handbook.

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Late Pick Up & Fees

If you know you will be late, please email your school attendance or call the office, 503-768-3847.

3:00 p.m. Late Pick Up: Students who are not contracted for Aftercare and who are not picked up by 3:15 p.m. will be signed into Aftercare, and parents will be billed the Aftercare drop-in rate of $50. Parents can pick their child up from Aftercare anytime between 3:15 and 5:30 p.m. Families will be charged $5/minute/child after 5:35 p.m.

Aftercare Late Pick Up: Families will be charged $5/minute/child starting 5 minutes after their contracted pick up time. Short Aftercare will start charging at 4:35 pm. Long Aftercare will start charging at 5:35 pm.

Sick Policy

If your child is ill, please email your campus attendance and your child’s Guide with symptoms and any test results so that we can alert other families of contagious conditions and take preventative measures in the classroom. We will notify families of communicable conditions such as respiratory virus, strep throat, head lice, hand foot mouth, and other childhood diseases.

Quick Sick Policy Reference Guide

Important Note for Toddler Families:

Parents of toddlers should anticipate their child will miss about four weeks of every calendar year due to illness. Please plan accordingly. Children recover faster if they are given adequate time to rest at home. Toddlers who are unable to nap due to coughing or congestion may require early pick up at 3:00 p.m. or earlier.

Who to Contact: Important Numbers & Emails

Ever wonder who to contact for what? Please click below to see our quick reference guide with important phone numbers and emails. When in doubt, email or call the office and we will be happy to point you in the right direction.

Important Numbers & Emails