Attendance

The importance of regular, daily school attendance as a basis for academic achievement cannot be overemphasized. Attendance is a shared responsibility of the student, the families and the school.

It is the family’s responsibility to ensure their student attends school and to notify the school when their student is absent for a legitimate reason, such as an illness or family emergency. Each family should also ensure their student’s school has their correct contact information so that the school is able to communicate about any attendance issues that may arise.

The following are examples of excused absences:

• Funerals
• Legal Obligations
• Illness
• Religious Observations
• Injury
• Extenuating Circumstances determined by the principal
• Medical Procedures
• School Sponsored Activities
• Visiting parent/guardian who is an active duty member

Any other absences are considered unexcused. Please call the attendance line at 303-982-8663 by 9:30 am on the day of the absence to report any absence or tardy. Absences or tardies reported without a specific reason will be recorded as unexcused. All absences or tardies must be reported within 24 hours or they will remain unexcused.

Examples of unexcused tardies include, but are not limited to:

• Running late
• Business call/meeting
• Overslept
• Lost Keys
• Alarm clock failure
• Misplaced homework
• Car trouble
• Bicycle problems
• Traffic Construction
• Parents running late
• Spending time w/Parent
• Late night-student is sleeping in
• Dropping off/picking up other people, students, children

Tardies are excused or unexcused based on the same guidelines as the Attendance Policy.