COLLIERVILLE HS ATTENDANCE POLICIES
ATTENDANCE PHONE NUMBER: 901.853.3309
*This new make-up procedure will override the agenda book's make-up procedures.
CHS Make-up Work 2016-17
In the event of an absence, excused or unexcused, at least one day will be allotted to make-up work for each day missed. A student with an absence must request to make-up the work with the teacher of record. A student can earn full credit for complete and accurate work.
Please complete the attached absence note and send with your child upon return.
ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL
Parents are asked to call the Attendance Office the morning their student is absent and explain the reason for the absence. If the parent does not call the day of the absence, a parent note will be required from the student when he/she returns to school. Without a call or a note upon returning to school, the absence will remain unexcused. In cases of 10 absences, the student will be required to produce a doctor’s note to excuse any subsequent absences. Students who are absent from school are ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities held after school on the date of the absence. District policy determines if the absence will be recorded as excused or unexcused.
ILLNESS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
If your child becomes too ill to stay at school, it is required that the parent or the parent’s designee comes to the Attendance Office to sign the student out. This is for the safety of students who are too ill to stay at school. NO EXECPTIONS.
CHECK OUTS FOR DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENTS
A driving student may sign out without a parent coming to school for a doctor’s appointment if the following two requirements are met:
1. The student brings a note from a parent explaining the check out and the time the student is to leave.
2. The parent calls the Attendance Office prior to the check out to verify the note.
Without the note and phone verification the student will not be allowed to leave school.
ALL check outs for doctor’s appointments will be excused only after the student brings to the Attendance Office a “return to school” note from the doctor’s office upon returning to school.
LATE CHECK IN
Attendance is taken at the beginning of each class period daily. Students who arrive to school after 7:10 AM are required to check in through the Attendance Office immediately upon entering the campus. Failure to follow this procedure will result in disciplinary action. A parent must sign in students who arrive after 7:10 AM.
CHECKING IN WITHOUT A PARENT
If a student checks in late to school, the student can avoid receiving a tardy provided a parent calls the Attendance Office prior to the student’s arrival explaining the reason for the late arrival and the time we can expect the student to arrive. Saturday School may be assigned for being tardy to school if a parent does not call or accompany the student.
COLLEGE VISITS
Seniors are allowed two excused absences for college visits. A college visit permission form must be picked up from the Attendance Office one week prior to the visit.
This form must be signed by the counselor, a parent, and all the student’s teachers and turned in to Attendance at least one day prior to the college visit. Juniors are allowed one college visit day after verification that they have taken the ACT and the Guidance Department has received the score. Juniors in the Honor Graduate Program receive two college days. An eligible college visit must include an appointment with a school official and signed documentation to verify the visit.
COLLIERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ABSENCE NOTE