Attendance Information

Please know we have a new streamlined process for attendance reporting by parents/guardians. Now, absences and lateness must be reported through Infinite Campus; either through the web-based version or the app. This new approach will allow for more accurate and timely reporting of student attendance. Use this new process now. Please click here for instructions. 

The district will provide each student and parent/guardian with a copy of the attendance policy. All students and parents/guardians will be required to sign and return a statement indicating that they have read and understand the policy. Failure to do so will result in a delay of your child receiving his/her/their schedule.

 

Attendance 

All students have a right to educational opportunities that will enable them to develop to their fullest potential. We believe that daily attendance is essential for student success and will have a positive impact on students’ academic, social, and emotional development. It is a fundamental responsibility of parents/guardians to ensure students’ punctual arrival and daily attendance. The school day commences at 8:25 a.m. and continues until 3:07 p.m. All blocks are 55 minutes long, with a five minute passing time between blocks. Responsibility entails meeting one’s obligations. One of the most important obligations a student has is to attend all of their classes unless they must be absent for a valid reason. Much learning is based upon the information presented, exchanged, and explored in class. A student’s presence in class is therefore taken into account in the evaluations of student progress. Lack of attendance, coupled with other factors of a teacher’s grading policy, may result in course failure. Students must be present the entire school day in order to participate in any school-sponsored performances or competitions/games after school. If a student shows a pattern of absences, coaches and advisors will be notified.

 

Student Responsibilities:

1. Attend all classes on time every day
2. Sign in through the main office when arriving to school late and sign out through the main office when leaving school early even if you have a form on file
3. If you are leaving early from a class, wait to be called to the main office by school staff. Students who are ill during the school day and must, therefore, miss or be late to a class are required to report to the nurse, or the absence/ lateness will be classified as unexcused. 
4. If a student is tardy for the first period, the office must receive notification from a parent or guardian explaining the tardiness in order for us to determine whether or not it is excused. 
5. For blocks B-F, obtain a late pass and present it to the teacher. 
6. Be aware that three tardies will result in a detention. 
7. Make up any assignments from the absence although not every teacher will assign credit for the work.

 

Parent Responsibilities:

1.Discuss the attendance policy with your child and reinforce our expectations.

2.Ensure students’ punctual arrival and daily attendance.

3.Be clear on the legal reasons for which an absence is excused, including, personal illness, medical or dental appointments, bereavement, court appearance, school-sponsored activities and trips, approved college visits, inclement weather, religious observance, authorized meetings with school personnel, and military obligation.

4. Absences and lateness are to be reported through Infinite Campus/Campus Parent Portal; either through the web-based version or the mobile app. This new approach will allow for more accurate and timely reporting of student attendance. Please click here for instructions. 

5. If your child is tardy please be sure to report the lateness via  Infinite Campus/Campus Parent Portal.  Upon arrival to campus students are to report to the attendance clerk to sign in and  receive a late pass to class. Please note: Tardiness will be considered unexcused if the parent does not notify the attendance office or if the student does not  sign in.  

 

 

View the Comprehensive Attendance Policy here.