Attendance
IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE:
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INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS: 8:00AM-3:30PM
ARRIVAL:
Student are encouraged to arrive at school at 8:00AM. They will grab their breakfast in the cafeteria and eat it in their homerooms. Arriving at 8:00AM gives our students time to get settled, so they are ready to begin instruction promptly at 8:30AM. Students who arrive after 8:30AM will be marked tardy. Please note that students cannot be dropped of earlier than 8:00AM.
CHECK-IN:
Students who arrive to school after 8:30AM should report to the front office to sign-in before reporting to class.
CREDIT FOR ATTENDANCE
TARDINESS
NOTES EXPLAINING ABSENCES:
When students are absent, they are missing instruction. Upon return to school, students must be responsible for notes and assignments missed. Students should bring notes to justify their absence and give them to their homeroom teacher who will submit the notes to the data manager each week. Notes excusing absences should have the student's first and last name and the date absent and the date returning to school.
DISMISSAL:
School dismisses at 3:30PM. Students are usually dismissed by grade levels. Bus riders will exit to the rear of the building. Car riders will exit out the front. Car riders should be looking out for their rides in order to expedite the traffic flow.
Early Check-Out:
Students who have appointments after school must be checked out before 3:00 PM. The school will not check students out between 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM. Persons checking out students may be asked to present an picture ID to verify that they are on the student's Reunification Form.
See Board Policy 4400 for a list of excused versus unexcused absences.
English: attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AW-PRESCHOOL-FLYER-FINAL-5.7.15-1.pdf
Spanish: attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Spanish-AW-PRESCHOOL-FLYER-FINAL-5-7-15.pdf
INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS: 8:00AM-3:30PM
ARRIVAL:
Student are encouraged to arrive at school at 8:00AM. They will grab their breakfast in the cafeteria and eat it in their homerooms. Arriving at 8:00AM gives our students time to get settled, so they are ready to begin instruction promptly at 8:30AM. Students who arrive after 8:30AM will be marked tardy. Please note that students cannot be dropped of earlier than 8:00AM.
CHECK-IN:
Students who arrive to school after 8:30AM should report to the front office to sign-in before reporting to class.
CREDIT FOR ATTENDANCE
- To be counted present for the school day, a student shall be in attendance at least one-half of the student school day.
- Students who check out of school before 12:00 Noon will be counted absent for the day.
- A student shall be considered present for that portion of the day that he/she is present to attend an official school activity at a place other than the school with the approval of the principal.
TARDINESS
- A student shall be seated or at his assigned station for work at the time appointed for the school day or class to begin, or be recorded as tardy for the day or class.
- Students who arrive at school after the beginning of the school day or leave school prior to the end of the school day will receive a tardy.
- Students may receive ASD or ISS once they have been counted tardy for three school days.
NOTES EXPLAINING ABSENCES:
When students are absent, they are missing instruction. Upon return to school, students must be responsible for notes and assignments missed. Students should bring notes to justify their absence and give them to their homeroom teacher who will submit the notes to the data manager each week. Notes excusing absences should have the student's first and last name and the date absent and the date returning to school.
DISMISSAL:
School dismisses at 3:30PM. Students are usually dismissed by grade levels. Bus riders will exit to the rear of the building. Car riders will exit out the front. Car riders should be looking out for their rides in order to expedite the traffic flow.
Early Check-Out:
Students who have appointments after school must be checked out before 3:00 PM. The school will not check students out between 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM. Persons checking out students may be asked to present an picture ID to verify that they are on the student's Reunification Form.
See Board Policy 4400 for a list of excused versus unexcused absences.
