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GENERAL INFORMATION
ATTENDANCE (School
Attendance Procedures, State of Hawaii, July 2010)
Students need to attend school daily and be in class on time so that
optimum benefits of education can be achieved. Excessive absences and tardies
are unacceptable and prevent maximum teaching and learning from taking place.
In order to ensure students’ accountability for their attendance and to ensure
consistent data collection, the school will process and maintain attendance on
a daily basis.
All absences will be recorded as
UNEXCUSED if a note or parent call is not received. If a student
is going to be absent, a parent needs to contact the school (233-5727) by 9:00
a.m. The first 3 days of absences due to illness will be excused with a daily
parent call only. After 3 days of absences, a doctor’s note (with clearance to
return to school) is required for consecutive days absent due to illness. Please note that a student is marked absent for every period missed.
Our automated phone system will be calling every student marked absent, so we
thank you ahead of time if you have already made contact with the school.
ALL ABSENCES WILL BE RECORDED AS UNEXCUSED unless the following criteria are met with verification. The
school will only excuse absences when written documentation (note) is submitted
within three (3) days upon the student’s return to school, and absences are for
one of the following reasons:
1. Illness, injury, quarantine (chicken pox,
measles, etc.), verifiable by a doctor’s note (required after the third
day of consecutive absence due to illness). If your child has excessive
absences, we will ask to speak to your child’s doctor so we can assist in
keeping your child in school, and you may be requested to get a doctor’s note
for every day of absence.
Doctor/Dental appointment verifiable by a doctor’s note
Death in the family
Court attendance or approval
Special cases pre-approved by the Principal
School authorized activities, which may include but are not limited to:
a. On campus activities,
such as: appointments with a counselor or
Administrator, treatment
in the health room, assigned detention
or in-school suspension
Off campus activities, such as: student council related activities,
field trips
Other activities pre-approved by the Principal or designee prior to the
activity/absence occurring
Unexcused Absences include, but are not
limited to:
Babysitting
Caring for the elderly
Entertaining visitors
Cleaning for home inspections
Family vacations (on/off island), trips*
Parent request without explanation
Personal business
Youth Camp*
Sports competitions*
*Note: Parents must notify the school administration in writing at
least 2 weeks in advance of any extended absences due to family vacations,
youth camps, and/or sports competitions. Administration has the
discretion to determine if the absence will adversely affect student academics
and/or if attendance is a concern and discuss those concerns with the parents
and student. These absences will be recorded as unexcused.
Requesting Homework for Absences:
If a child is absent from school for three (3) or more consecutive days,
the parent/guardian may request for homework by calling the school office at
233-5727. A 24-hour notice is needed for teachers when a homework request is
made. You may pick up the homework at the front office after 2:30 p.m. of
the day following your request. You may call the front office to confirm
that there are assignments for your
child before coming to the school. Also, please check your child’s
Jupiter Grade site for homework postings and/or downloadable assignments.
Class Cuts: Absolutely no
make-up work will be given for class cuts.
Tardies
·
Any student that
is tardy upon arriving to school will need to check in at the office.
·
The school will
only excuse tardies to school when written documentation is submitted and
tardies are for one of the following reasons:
o Medical/dental appointment with doctor’s note
o Student detained by teacher/school official with note from person who
detained student
o
Delayed school bus
o
Unusual weather
circumstances (approved by Administration)
o
All excused absence
reasons apply
An administrator must review all other reasons before a tardy is
excused.
Unexcused tardies include, but are not limited to:
1.
Overslept/late start
2.
Missed the bus
3.
Babysitting
4.
Personal business
5.
Car problems
· From class to class any
student not in the classroom/assigned seat will be marked as late.
Consequences
Excessive absences/tardies/class cuts will affect a student’s academic performance and may be subject to the following consequences:
Excessive absences/tardies/class cuts will affect a student’s academic performance and may be subject to the following consequences:
Detention or in-school suspension
Parent conferences
A petition submitted to Family Court
