Every Student – Every Day!
Attendance Guidelines

We want your child with us every day and on-time to give us the opportunity to help them learn and achieve at high levels.
 

• By law 10 is 10 - Students are allowed 10 excused absences (all or part of a day) per school year.
• Please notify the office prior to or by 8:45 AM regarding any absence.
• To avoid unexcused absences, please be sure to bring a note from any professional appointments for it to be considered excused.
• Attendance will be taken 4 times per day based on the periods as listed below.

 

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 period.

• Early departures are also counted as absences.
• You will need to work with the building principal in advance for any absences after 10 excused absences.
• After 5 unexcused absences (all or part of a day), we will invite you to meet with us to help develop a plan to improve your child’s attendance.
• 10 excused absences could be any combination of the following:

  -Personal Illness or Illness in the immediate family which requires the student to be  absent because of family responsibilities
  -Funeral
  -Religious holiday
  -Family trips that can be taken only during the normal school term. 
  -Professional or court appointments that could not be scheduled outside the regular school day
  -Serious personal or family crisis
  -Special circumstances that show good cause which are approved in advance by the school principal.