​Attendance

Students are expected to attend school every day, unless there is a valid reason for an absence. Under California law, all children who are between the ages of 6 and 18 must be enrolled in school.  A student who is absent from school more than 3 days in one school year or is tardy in excess of 30 minutes on each of 4 days or more in the school year, without a valid excuse, is a truant.  Issues of excessive absences will also call for a conference with parents and the administration. Doctor appointments, family emergency and death of a family member are the only valid excused absences.  All other reasons are unexcused.​

Absence

If your child is going to be absent from school, please call the office before 8:10 am so the teacher may be notified. All absences must be checked by the office. When a student returns to school after an absence, he/she must have a written excuse presented to the teacher.  These notes are necessary for a student's official record. All attendance is recorded by the homeroom teacher into the Jupiter Grading program and will be reported on each trimester report card.​

Make-up Policy for Missed Classwork and Homework: Students in grades 4 thru 8 are assigned "Study Buddies" in order for students to provide assignments/homework information for one another if one is absent. All class work and homework assignments are to be made-up within one day for each day absent (i.e. days to make-up missed assignments). Tests missed due to absence need to be made-up promptly.​