Absences

• Send a parent note or a doctor's note with your child within 3 days of returning to school to receive an excused absence.
• Note must include: 1) Student's Full Name 2) Date of absence 3) Reason 4) Parent Name 5) Parent Cell Number 6) Parent Signature.  
• If you have access to a printer at home, you may use the absence note template.  Whether you handwrite the note or use the template, you must turn in a hard copy to the school.
• Only 3 excused absences will be allowed per semester.
• Students must turn in absence notes before the 1st period tardy bell.

Perfect Attendance

• A student must attend all 7 class periods each day to receive a perfect attendance award at the end of the school year.
• Checking out early will count against perfect attendance.

Tardy Procedures - Tardies are cumulative and not per class.

• 1st - 4th Tardy = Warning
• 5th - 6th Tardy = Detention
• 7th - 9th Tardy = Thursday/Saturday 3-hour Detention
• 10th+ Tardy = ISS/Possible OSS Assignments

Excessive tardies could result in ISS.  First period tardies may result in revoked student parking privileges.

For more in-depth information regarding student attendance, please refer to the Student Handbook and/or the following Board Policies: