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Attendance Policies

    • When children are late, a parent or guardian must check them in at the office.
    • According to State guidelines, students arriving between 8:55 am and 9:05 am are tardy. Students who arrive after 9:05 am are considered absent for the first period of school. An absence for more than one hour a day will be counted as a half-day absence. When a student’s tardiness becomes frequent or disruptive, the student will be referred to the principal or a counselor for counseling, parent conferencing, and/or disciplinary action.

    • Parents or guardians must submit a signed excuse statement within two days of a student absence or the absence will be marked unexcused. After two unexcused absences in one month, a parent-student-principal conference will be held. Washington attendance laws require the school to notify the juvenile courts after a child accumulates seven (7) unexcused absences in one month or ten (10) absences in one year.

    • If your student will be absent, please let the office know by 9:00 a.m.
    • The following are valid excuses for absences and tardiness. Assignments and/or activities not completed due to an excused absence or tardiness may be made up in a manner provided by the teacher:
    • School-approved activity: A staff member must authorize this absence, and you must notify the teacher before the absence.
    • Illness, health condition, family emergency, or religious purposes: Parent’s must notify the school office by 9:00 a.m. and send a signed note of explanation with the student on his/her return to school.
    • Disciplinary actions or short-term suspension: As required by law, students who are removed from a class or classes as a disciplinary measure have the right to make up assignments or exams missed during the time they were denied entry to the classroom.
    • Pre-approved absences: Must be pre-approved by the principal and the parent and not impede on the student’s educational progress.
    • For more information, check out our Student Handbook.

    • We require all visitors and volunteers to check in with the office and wear a visitor badge at all times. Visitors are welcome to join a student for lunch. Please call the office before 9:10am to order lunch. Visitors may not attend classes.
    • Students are not allowed to leave school grounds without prior arrangement through the office. You must check in at the office when picking up a child for an appointment. We will call the student from the classroom to meet you in the office. We will not release a child to any person other than those identified as an emergency contacts on the child’s Student Enrollment Form on file in the school office.

    • All potential volunteers must fill out the volunteer application form. All volunteers will be subjected to a criminal background check through the Washington State Patrol and must be approved before volunteering. Forms may take 7-10 days to process. Volunteers must sign in at the office and wear a badge at all times while on campus.