We the “Volunteers of the Carpool” would like to express our genuine appreciation to all of our “Fellow North Hills Parents”.   We’re grateful for your continued support in following key safety and security practices which ultimately protect each of our children! 

We would like to remind everyone by sharing a few tips below which we feel will help us, enable our children to arrive and leave campus safely each day.

·        Crosswalks are for everyone’s safety; please do not park on them.

·        Please do not park (and leave your vehicle unattended) in the “through traffic/fire lanes”.

·        Go with the flow of traffic; please do not cut in line (s)

·        Have ALL carpool numbers plainly visible until your child is in the car safely.

·        Adhere to ALL of the School/State Laws, (i.e. no talking on cell phones while driving in the car lanes, proper use of handicap spaces, etc…

We are daily giving our time; you can too ~ in many other ways, by following the tips mentioned above.   Thank you! 

ATTENTION Parents:

As part of our quest to continuously review processes and identify potential improvement opportunities related to increased security of our students, faculty and staff, NHP is doing the following:

Installed additional barriers in areas on campus, soccer fields and bonus lots to both guide and deter drivers on proper traffic flow through carline each morning and afternoon.

1.      Actively soliciting parent volunteers for both morning and afternoon carline duty;

2.      Actively reviewing faculty carline duty roster/assignments for both morning and afternoon carline for improvements;

3.      Potentially asking for parent funds to assist the school in obtaining the needed dollars to support additional Irving Police Officer presence on our campus during high traffic times;

4.      Reviewing whether to close off the bonus lot to NHP traffic to ensure safety concerns and/or potential liabilities and

5.      Considering banning any driver who does not follow the traffic pattern and safety procedures from being on campus.

PARENT HELP NEEDED: 

1.      PLEASE SLOW DOWN; the 2 or 3 minutes you save when not following rules/signage etc... is not worth risking the safety of our children. 

2.      Be respectful of each other, our students, staff and faculty when driving through the campus and/or on the back bonus/gravel lot.

3.      Please note that the soccer fields are not a racing track and also should not be used as a parking spot to drop off and/or pick up students.

4.      If you utilize the bonus/gravel lot (next to the equestrian center) to either drop off or pick up your children; please again slow down, follow the "one way, one way out flow" of the traffic and be respectful and safe.  The car line in this lot is NOT a parking spot, which means traffic flow should continue through without blocking others.  However, you may park in the lot in an orderly manner and wait for your child and then leave following the normal traffic flow.

Report any/all errant driving behaviors, including license plate numbers to campus directors.  We have an arrangement with the Irving Police Department to identify these driving challenges and will follow-up with drivers with support from the Irving police officers.

First THANK YOU for agreeing to provide support to North Hills during the 2012-2013 school year.  As you may know, criminal background checks are required each school year.  If you have already completed a North Hills Preparatory Volunteers-in-Partnership Volunteer Agreement (2012-2013), please know that we are working rigorously to get them processed by the end of August.  Your patience is appreciated. As the forms are processed our communications coordinator will send you a login information for Volgistics. If you do not receive your login information by end of August, please email sangeetha_v21@yahoo.com for status of your account on Volgistics.

If you have not yet completed the form and would like to volunteer, please stop by the office and we’ll be pleased to provide one to you.

The mission of North Hills Preparatory is to provide an education that empowers students to reach their highest potential and inspires a love of learning.

We will achieve this Mission by:

Providing a preparatory curriculum of the highest standards that encourages children to raise the level of expectations that they place upon themselves and motivates them to become successful leaders.

Creating a diverse community that embraces the ideals of responsible citizenship in an environment of respect for our world and its peoples.

Creating traditions and symbols that continually illustrate and reinforce our goals among all members of our community.

Middle School and Upper School parents will not be allowed on campus until after 3:40pm in order to alleviate major congestion issues during primary carpool. Please be aware that if you arrive on campus prior to this time, you will be turned away at the entrance by a member of NHP administration. All drivers picking up students during carpool should go over the “Carpool Considerations” post on the campus blogs for detailed instructions and look at the “CARPOOL MAP” for a visual of campus-specific carlines. NHP policy will be strictly enforced to ensure the safety and efficiency of our carpool system.  Thank you!