Whether your child is in Kindergarten or Grade 12, please familiarize yourself with this important information.
Students should arrive between 7:45am and 8:10am. School hours are: K1: 8:15am - 12:15pm K2: 8:15am - 13:00pm K3: 8:15am - 14:00pm (With the exception of Tuesdays, when we finish at 13:00pm)
Bus services are available before and after school, based on registration and availability. Buses and bus stops are organized and operated by SAPTCo. A KG staff member supervises the children on each bus.
KG children may not walk to and from home alone. Only children may ride on the school buses. Parents or caregivers must supervise their children at their bus stops, when they leave in the morning and arrive back in the afternoon.
If there is no one at the afternoon stop to collect your child, we will bring them back to school and will contact you to collect them. Please note that our bus supervisors can only release a child to their parents or regular caregivers. We expect children to follow appropriate behavior on the school bus. You can find more details about this in the KG Parent Handbook.
To register your child for the school bus service or to make any changes, please contact kg.office.coordinator@thekaustschool.org
Daycare services are available after school on a paid basis and provided by a separate organization, Building Blocks, which is located near to TKS Kindergarten. If you’ve registered your children, Building Blocks staff will collect them from Kindergarten. We ask you to confirm with Kindergarten reception and the teacher if your child is going directly to Building Blocks to ensure a smooth transition at the end of the day.
To register your child for daycare, please get in touch with our Registrar, Alyza Ali, at alyza.ali29@gmail.com
Parent drop-off / pick-up: If you drive your child to school, you must park in a designated parking space and walk your child to the main entrance or to the classroom. Dropping children in the parking lot is not permitted. Parents or school staff must supervise children at all times. At dismissal time, parents should collect their child(ren) from reception in each building.
*It is the responsibility of parents and students to communicate changes in transportation to or from the school to the homeroom teacher and reception.
Students arrive between 7:35am and 7:45am They may enter the building at 7:40am, and go to their homeroom classrooms at 7:45am to prepare for the day. We take attendance each day at 7:50am. If a student arrives late, they will need a pass from the reception.
Students should be aware of vehicles when walking to school, use the sidewalks provided and cross the road at the designated crosswalks.
If a student rides their bike to school, they need to ensure they follow the rules of the road, wear a proper helmet and park their bikes at a bike rack.
Bus services are available before and after school, based on registration and availability.
Please contact ges.reception@thekaustschool.org if you have a bus-related question. For other arrival and clarifications, please contact the Office Coordinator: elementary.office.coordinator@thekaustschool.org.
We will make a registration link available on the parent portal, but new families can simply stop by reception on the day of their intake interview, and the receptionists will assist them.
We expect children to follow appropriate behavior on the school bus. You can find more details about this in our GES Student-Parent Handbook.
If you drive your children to school, please ensure that you use the designated drop-off sites.
Students arrive between 7:30am and 7:50am. They go to their homeroom classrooms at 7:50am to prepare for the day. We take attendance each day at 7:55am. If a student arrives after 7:50am, they will need a late pass from the reception.
Most of our Secondary School students walk or ride bicycles to and from school. Some families drop-off and pick-up their children by car. There is one bus line from the Island serving the Secondary School campus.
If your child drives a motorized vehicle at KAUST, they need to be at least 17 years old and hold a valid driver’s license. They must leave their vehicle in the student parking area in the North Parking Lot during school hours. Students must not park their vehicles in the West Parking Lot nearest the Flag Pavilion entrance. All motorized vehicles, including electric scooters, must be parked outside of our school grounds, in the designated areas.
Bicycles are a great way to get to and from school. Bike riders have control over their own transportation without having to wait for their siblings, parents or a bus. Bikes are environmentally-friendly and can increase a student’s strength and endurance.
If your child rides a bike to school, it’s important that they’re safety conscious and aware of all right-of-way rules of the road. They must wear a helmet to ride a bike to and from school. If they don’t wear a helmet, we may hold their bike at school until the student brings his or her helmet from home. Students must park their bikes neatly in the bike racks provided.
