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Attendance

Absences - To get an absence excused please report an absence through your parent connect ( you can view instruction video here )  or call our main line at 742-7300 indicating the day(s) and reason your student is absent. If you do not call, please send a note to the office on your student’s first day back with a note explaining the absence to get an admit slip. The student will be allowed one (1) day make up work for every one (1) day of authorized absence, however, they may have no more than five days total to complete make up work. The student must be at school ½ day to be able to attend any special activities during the school day or any activities after school hours.

Prearranged Absences - If an emergency arises during the school year and you must take your student out for more than five days, you or the student will need to come to the office to pick up a Pre-acknowledged Absence Form. Absences of five days or more must obtain administrator approval. Please note that some prearranged absences will be considered unexcused. For more information on prearranged absences refer to the student handbook.

Blue Passes - Students cannot leave the school without making arrangements with the attendance office.We will not release students after 3:45 unless arrangements have been made in advance. If students must leave the building at some time during the day, please follow these guidelines:

1. The parent/guardian must send a written note with the student the morning of the appointment, high school graduations, 8th grade celebrations, last day of school, or other reasons. The note must contain a contact phone number for the day that you need to leave. Give the note to the front office staff before school starts. If you must call to ask for a blue pass for your student please do so 2 to 3 hours prior to the appointment to allow the front office the appropriate time to prepare your student for leaving.
2. We understand that emergencies do arise, which may be reasons you will need to pull your student from school early without a note being sent in the morning. If this does occur, please call the school 45 minutes to an hour prior to picking up your student in order to give the front office staff ample time to get notification to your student and have them ready for pick up. When calling in to pick up your student due to emergencies, you must come in and present identification to the front office staff. Please keep in mind that the person picking up the student must be listed in contacts.
3. The front office staff will give you or the student a “blue pass” which permits the student to leave the campus, and if the student is returning, he or she must have the blue pass in order to return to class, which will be shown to their teacher upon entering class. When the student returns to school from an appointment, have the student stop by the attendance office so that the front office staff can record the time the student returned to school.
4. When a student is ill, they must see the school nurse, who will blue pass students out of school. Students are not permitted to use their phone in the classroom during school hours to request an adult to pick them up from school. If the school nurse determines that your child must go home due to illness, the nurse will call home and issue a blue pass.
5. Also, please keep in mind that the end of the school day is a very busy time. If you must call to give your student a message at the end of the day please do so by 3:30 to ensure that the message is delivered in a timely manner. Request that are made 1 to 5 minutes before the bell rings may not be honored due to time constraints.