Excused and Unexcused Absences
When a student has been absent, a written excuse signed by the parent or guardian is required, and the excuses are kept on file for a period of one year. An acceptable excuse includes illness, attendance at medical or dental appointments, funeral services for family members, quarantine directed by County or City Officials or emergency or special circumstances as determined by the school authorities. Please make every effort to keep medical and dental appointments scheduled during the school day at a minimum, as frequent absences of this nature are detrimental to the student’s classroom performance. We also ask that the appointments do not conflict with dates of standardized testing. Medical or dental appointments during school hours will be marked as an absence.
Excused absences include illness, medical or dental appointments, funeral services for family members, quarantine directed by city or county officials, or emergencies or special circumstances as determined by the school. Schools may establish a policy for determining what constitutes excused and unexcused absences. An absence may be consider excused with acceptable documentation. This merely denotes that the reason for the absence has been accepted by the school. The absence is still recorded in the register as it serves as a record of whether or not the child is physically present on campus. Excessive absences may result in the loss of academic credit. An official report card will not be issued if the child exceeds 15 absences in the trimester. If a report card is not issued in two or more trimesters in one academic year then the student will not be promoted to the next grade at our school.
If parents/guardians wish to temporarily take their child out of school for family reasons, the principal and teacher should discuss with the parents/guardians the possible effects of such an absence. It is advisable that the school keep on file a record of the recommendation made to the parents/guardians.
Physical education is an important aspect of the curriculum. It is expected that every student will dress in the P.E. uniform on P.E. day(s), and participate in the activities. To be excused from class it is necessary to have a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian. For prolonged absences from the P.E. program, a doctor’s excuse is needed, and no grade will be issued.
