Attendance Policies:
Late Arrivals/Tardies: Students who arrive on campus after 8:00 a.m. must sign in at the front office. Tardies are excused for the same reasons that absences are excused. Parking privileges may be revoked for excessive tardies to school; see parking applications for details.
When a student is tardy to class, the teacher shall assign teacher detention. When a student accumulates 3 tardies in a semester, the teacher will make parent contact. When a student accumulates 5 tardies in a semester, the teacher will submit a discipline referral, and the student will serve 3 days ISS. Teachers will continue to refer students who show a pattern of tardiness with each additional tardy after 5. Each additional referral will result in ISS placement. Additional interventions will be put in place when a student is excessively tardy.
Over 10 minutes tardy to class without a signed pass from a teacher or administrator is considered skipping.
Early Dismissals: Students who need to leave school before regular dismissal must bring a signed note from their parent/guardian stating the time of and reason for the early dismissal. Included in this note must be the telephone number where the parent can be reached during the morning. This note should be brought to the front office prior to first period. A student who returns to school the same day after an early dismissal should check in at the front office before returning to class.
Please Note: If a student is present in school for any part of a day and a long-term assignment is due in any class that day, the assignment must be given to the teacher in person before the student checks out.
Students who sign out under false pretenses will be disciplined.
Early Release: All students who are approved to be released early should have identification to verify early dismissal. Students must leave campus when scheduled.
Lunch Sign Outs: Absences due to students signing out to eat lunch off campus will be unexcused. Students will not be allowed to make up missed work.
A student who signs out to eat lunch off campus more than once per year shall have his/her parking privileges revoked. Signing out for lunch will be considered a violation of the compulsory attendance law and may subject the student to disciplinary consequences for truancy.
EMERGENCY CARDS
All students are asked to have parents/guardians fill out and sign an emergency card, which will be kept on file in the clinic. Names of relatives or neighbors who have permission to check the student out in an emergency should be listed on the cards as well as names of doctors, etc. All students must have a card on file. As soon as information changes, students should notify the front office. The emergency card will be used only in the case of a valid emergency. It will not be used on a regular basis when parents cannot be reached.
NO SENIOR SKIP DAY
There is no Senior Skip Day. Sometimes students tell parents this in order to miss school. All such absences are unexcused.
VISITING COLLEGES
Seniors and juniors may use two school days per year to visit out of town college campuses. Appropriate forms may be picked up in the guidance office and must be completed prior to the visit. Forms are also available on this website under "Forms" on the homepage.