School Day/Attendance

SCHOOL DAY

Children may begin arriving at 7:30 a.m. The school day begins at 7:45 a.m. and ends at 3:10 p.m. for K-5. The school office will remain open until 4:00 p.m. Afterschool care for K-5 is provided by the Extended Day Program (EDP) immediately after school until 5:30 PM.

Children, 1st--5th, will attend Mass on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Kindergarten will attend on Wednesdays and Fridays. Preschool are welcome to attend when they are able. Preschoolers spend the first semester learning about Church behavior because attending Church as a class is quite different than attending with family. Mass will begin at 8:00 a.m. K-5 Students will assist in the planning and implementation of the Mass and other liturgical activities. Family members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

ATTENDANCE

Punctual attendance is an act of responsible stewardship by parents and students for their parish’s gift of Catholic education.

The compulsory education law of Kansas requires students between the ages of 7 and 18 to be in school. Being absent for such reasons as vacations, sporting events, school activities where the student is not a participant, shopping, babysitting, or travel is not acceptable, and parents should not ask for their children to be excused for such reasons.

The school shall take attendance daily and maintain a record of all absences and tardiness. Parents should contact the school prior to an absence or tardy and request that their child be excused that day. The school, however, retains the right to determine which absences and tardiness will be excused, which will not, and appropriate consequences for unexcused absences. The school should try to determine the reason for any absence on the day of the absence, and keep a record of attendance until the close of the school year. When a tardy or absence is determined to be unexcused, less than full credit shall be awarded for make-up work. When a student has missed more than five sessions of any class in a semester, the student may be required to make up work after school, on Saturdays, or in an approved summer school program before credit is awarded. Our school policy for making up time lost due to tardies is to schedule make up class time, at parent cost, after school, on Saturday mornings or at the end of the quarter, semester or school year. Teachers may make the appropriate recommendations subject to the approval of the principal. Parents will be informed.

When a student has missed ten sessions of any class in a semester or twenty sessions of any class in a year, the school will require the time to be made up, at parent cost, in a program approved by the school, and may retain the student in the same grade, if lack of progress so indicates.

There are students whose chronic health condition or other education need makes regular attendance difficult. Such needs are to be substantiated in a Health Plan or Learning Plan, and the attendance requirement may be adjusted accordingly.

ABSENCES AND TARDINESS

The Principal, School Secretary and Teachers assume the responsibility for checking the regular attendance of all students. All absences are reported to the principal daily. Records of absence shall be kept for all students.

Students who are absent shall be obliged upon their return to school to bring a written excuse stating the reason for the absence. These excuses must be dated and signed by a parent or guardian. They shall be kept on file until the close of the school year by the teacher. An excused absence is to be allowed for such reasons as illness or death in the immediate family. Doctor and dental appointments should be made outside school hours if at all possible.

If your child is going to be absent or late, please call the school before 8:00 a.m. Arrangements to pick up homework may be made at that time. Please see the guidelines regarding communicable illnesses before sending your child to school. Do not send your child to school if he or she had a fever (100.3 or above) or vomiting within the previous 24 hours.

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