Attendance Corner

SHORT TERM INDEPENDENT STUDY

If a parent/guardian knows their student will miss 3 or more consecutive school days, the parent/guardian needs to contact the Attendance office to request an Independent Study Contract.  If the contract is completed, the absences will then be excused.  Independent Study Contracts are limited to 14 days per student per school year. 3 to 5 days notice is preferred for teachers to get work assignments together.

If your student arrives late to school with outside food or drink, they will have to throw it away before going to class. Coming into class late with food creates a disruption. It is important not only for your student but for all students in the class, to be there on time so as not to miss out on valuable instructional time and to decrease the amount of disruptions.

1. All notes must contain the students first and last name

2. Students that are not signed out through the attendance office will be considered truant

3. When signing a student out, please be sure to PRINT their FIRST and LAST NAME

4. All absences or tardies over 5 days old will be considered truant

5. Any period cut MUST be cleared by the teacher of record within 5 days

In order to ensure that your student's attendance records are accurate, we encourage you to please monitor your student's Aeries attendance at least once a week. You have 5 days to clear any absences or discrepancies on your student's attendance. After that date, changes can not be made, so we urge you to please check this on a regular basis.

We want to let you know that getting your student released has become easier! When you know in advance that your student will need to be excused part of the day, just send your student to the attendance office prior to 7:00 am with a note from a legal guardian. The note must be dated and contain the reason and the time that they are to be released. We will then issue them an "Off Grounds Pass."  They will need to show this pass to the teacher and meet you out front at the appointed time.

Think about it......no looking for a place to park and having to come in to sign them out. Should you have any questions regarding this message, please feel free to contact the attendance office.