Attendance
Regular school attendance is essential to learning. It is important for you to be prompt for all your classes. Successful students are seldom absent or tardy. Students must attend school if they wish to participate in after school or evening activities.

Absence
When you are ill or if you need to miss school because of a visit to the doctor, your parents should call school at 532-8540 between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Parents may also call during non-business hours the night before and leave the school a message regarding your student's absence. If you are absent for three or more days, parents may request assignments, which may be picked up at the school office between 3-4 p.m.  Students who seek an excused absence for religious ceremonies or holidays that are normal school days will have such days counted as an absent day. It is the student’s responsibility to ask teachers for any work missed due to absence.

Planned Absence
Vacations should be planned to coincide with the regularly scheduled school breaks, which are identified on the school calendar. If your family chooses to take a vacation at another time, the school office must be notified in writing and district policy regarding vacations will apply.

Tardiness
A late arrival to school requires an explanation.  If you arrive late for school, you must immediately report to the office with a note or phone call of explanation from a parent, doctor or dentist.  You must also arrive on time for all classes during the day.  If you are late, you must have a pass to gain entry to a class. Chronic tardies may result in disciplinary actions being taken by the administration.

Truancy
A truant is defined as a child who is absent without valid cause. A chronic truant is defined as one who is absent without valid cause for 10% or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days (weekends and holidays do not count in this 180 day period). When it is determined that a child is truant, the parents or guardians are informed of their legal responsibilities, and the school will take appropriate disciplinary action.