This information will be emailed to the Office Manager, Principal, and Middle School Teachers upon submission. The Principal will notify you by email if the absence request is NOT approved.
School Policy for Absences: All students are expected to attend school regularly unless presently ill, under a doctor's orders to remain at home, or involved in a parent-sanctioned absence due to a wedding, death in the family or other special event. Even though an absence is planned, only an absence for sickness or a family emergency such as a death in the family is considered excused. Trips should conflict with school only when other arrangements cannot be made. Parents are responsible to see that their child completes all missed assignments. Students who miss 20 or more days of school for any reason are subject to non-promotion.
When the request for absence form is submitted, an email will be sent to all middle school teachers to notify them of the pending absence. Due to the difficulty of forecasting lesson plans more than a week ahead of an absence, parents or students must contact teachers via email to request assignments no earlier than one week ahead of the absence. Parent Portal should also be checked to see if plans were updated.
Parents are strongly discouraged from planning absences at the end of a grading period. If the absence is planned at the end of the grading period, the student must take end of term tests prior to leaving.
