Robertson Family Newsletter
October 2025
Fall Conferences
Conferences begin next week, and we are excited to welcome families to hear all about their children's progress. Dismissal will be at noon Monday - Friday to allow time for conferences. Each teacher is scheduling conferences so look for confirmation from your child's teacher on the date and time for your conference. If you need to know the date and time of your child's conference during conference week, please call the main office at 509-573-1600 and our office staff can support you.
Harvest Festival and Halloween
Our annual Fall Festival will be Thursday, October 23rd from 5:30-7:00. We will have games in the gym and trick-or-treating around the school. Trick-or-treating will be at two different times to allow families to move through the pods and reduce wait times. We encourage students to come in their costumes, but ask that there are no masks, gore, violent depictions, or weapon props allowed. All students must be accompanied by an adult during the entire event. We hope to see you there!
Important Dates
- Wednesday, October 22nd: Wednesday Half Day
- Fall Festival - Thursday, October 23rd 5:30-7:00
- Monday, October 27th - Friday, October 31st - Conference Week, Noon Dismissal
- Veteran's Day - No school Monday, November 10th and Tuesday, November, 11th
- Thanksgiving Break - November 26th - 28th
Dismissal Procedure Reminders
For the safety of students, please be aware of our dismissal procedures and adhere to our procedures, as well as the direction of staff. We know the parking lot can get busy at dismissal time and everyone is trying to get somewhere, but we are working hard to keep traffic from backing up on Powerhouse Road and keep traffic flowing at smoothly as possible. With so many students getting picked up we know our system is not perfect and that some days you may wait longer than others. We appreciate your patience, cooperation, and civil treatment of our staff.
*Please help us be a good neighbor and do not park in the apartment complex to the east of the school on Powerhouse Road. We have had complaints that families are blocking residents from leaving in their vehicles. See below for suggestions on where to park or when to time pick up to avoid traffic congestion.
Busses:
All busses will enter from Lincoln Ave, travel down the lane, and enter the Powerhouse Parking lot by the gym.
Walkers:
If you are walking to pick up your student from Powerhouse Road, please wait at the flagpole until you see your student and then you may go to them.
If you are walking to pick up your student from Lincoln Ave., please enter from the parking area on Lincoln Ave.
We have staff at the crosswalks on both Lincoln Ave and Powerhouse Road before and after school to help students cross the streets safely.
Car Pick Up:
- If you pick up your child on the Lincoln Avenue side of the school, be aware that there are limited parking spaces. If all parking spaces are full, do not park in the middle of the parking lot. This is where busses enter and parking in the middle blocks busses from entering and causes traffic to back up. There are also families of middle and high school students that pick up before our dismissal. If cars are blocking traffic, this can create congestion and safety hazards.
- If you pick up on the Lincoln Avenue side of the school and all parking spaces are full, you can park on N. 28th Ave and wait. We have staff to safely cross students in the crosswalk at Lincoln and N. 28th Ave. You may also consider arriving a few minutes after dismissal to allow traffic to begin to flow.
We will provide families with a car tag which has your student’s name and the name of their teacher. Please be sure this tag is displayed from your review mirror or windshield so staff can see it clearly. This helps us make sure your student is ready when you pull up to the pick up area. If you need a car tag, please call the office at 509-573-1600.
If you pick up on the Powerhouse side of the school, we have four lanes for cars to pull into. Please fill up Lane 1 (closest to the sidewalk) first by pulling all the way up to the last pole in front of the gym. Next, fill up Lane 2, then Lane 3, and Lane 4 in that order.
Please pull forward as close as possible to the car in front of you so that we can keep as many cars off Powerhouse Road as possible.
Once students are dismissed from school, we will have the cars in Lane 1 pull forward first, followed by Lane 2, Lane 3, and Lane 4. This is similar to the system used to load ferries. Staff communicates by radio to notify when the last car from a lane has pulled through to keep it fair to the cars that arrived first.
Lane 4 is not for parking, retrieving your child and leaving. All four lanes are for families to stay in their cars and pick up students on the curb. If you want to park and walk to get your child, park in a parking space. If you are concerned about finding a spot, consider waiting to arrive for a few minutes after dismissal to allow the parking lot to begin emptying.
Please stay in the lane you arrived in for the safety of others. We have a system for moving traffic so please do not think your line will not move.
Please do not leave your car if you are in one of the lanes as this can block traffic.
Please do not park behind the parked cars that are in parking spaces as it causes congestion and safety hazards.
Please do not park in the crosswalk in front of the gym and be sure to stop for families crossing. If you are in the parking lot, please use the crosswalk to come get your student from the sidewalk. For the safety of your student, we will not release students to walk through the parking lot to their family member or car.
For the safety of students and families, please do not walk through the cars waiting in the lanes or ask your student to walk through cars to get to your car while waiting in lanes.
Robertson Elementary
2807 West Lincoln Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
(509) 573-1600