Parent Information
Attendance is Everyone's Responsibility.  Here's how:

• Arrive to school and class on time.
• Notify attendance office of student's absence in a timely manner.
• Plan family vacations during non-school days.
• Try to schedule doctor appointments for your child after school hours.
• Allow your child to stay home only when he/she has a contagious illness or is too sick to be comfortable at school.
• Help prevent child illnesses from spreading at our school by getting your child vaccinated against flu and chicken pox.
• When your child has a doctor's appointment in the middle of the school day, bring him/her to school before the appointment.  The district receives full funding if a student attends for part of the day.

Good attendance benefits your child's education.  Every day a student misses school, he/she gets more than two days behind his/her peers, because he/she must make up missed learning and catch up with new learning at the same time.

Good attendance raises your child's chance to score well on tests.

Your child learns more about responsibility each day he/she attends school.

How can I help my child?

• Make sure your child goes to school regularly.

• Take an interest in your child's schoolwork.

• If your child starts to miss school, speak to the school and let your child know he/she must attend.

• If your child is ill, contact the school and explain the reason for the absence.

• Do not expect the school to agree to frivolous outings, such as shopping trips.

• Don't expect your older children to stay home and act as baby sitters for younger children.