Attendance

Attendance Policy

Every Student, Every Day!

It is important that your child attend school on time and every day. This will give us the opportunity to teach and them the opportunity to learn and achieve at high levels.

Attendance Guidelines:

• By law, 10 is 10 – Students are allowed 10 excused absences (all or part of a day) per school year.

• Families should notify the office before or by 8:45AM regarding any absence.

• To ensure that an absence is considered excused, notes from any professional appointments should be submitted.

• Attendance will be taken 4 times per day based on the periods of following:                         

Period 1	8:40-10:30
Period 2	10:30-12:15
Period 3	12:15-2:00
Period 4	2:00-3:40

 

• If your child is absent more than 5 minutes from any period, they will be marked absent for that entire period of school.

• Early departures are also counted as partial absences.

• After 5 unexcused absences (all or part of a day), communication from school to home will be generated in letter form and an opportunity to meet and discuss attendance may follow.

Research has made significant connections between a student’s school attendance and their academic achievement, social development, and general feelings about school.