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Attendance

Attendance Policies

Regular attendance is always encouraged. It is extremely important to the success of our students. We realize children will sometimes become ill. If your child displays symptoms of illness (such as fever, sore throat, cough, rash, or other communicable diseases), please protect YOUR CHILD as well as others by keeping him/her home until fully recovered. When illness necessitates your child’s absence, please CALL THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LINE BEFORE 8:00 a.m. at 303-853-1358.

Please leave the following information:

  • Child’s Name (please spell) first and last
  • Date of absence
  • Reason for absence
  • Classroom teacher’s name
  • Your name and relation to student
  • A daytime phone number where you may be reached

Valuable instructional time is lost when a child is absent from school or signed out before the end of the day. Unless an emergency occurs, please schedule doctor appointments or other family activities late enough to allow students to remain in school for the entire day. 


Excused Absences:

Excused Absences are absences for which students have been granted permission to be out of school. They include, but are not limited to:

  • Illness or injury of the student
  • Family emergencies or death in the family
  • Medical or dental appointments that cannot be scheduled outside of school hours
  • Religious observances
  • Court appearances
  • School-sponsored events or activities
  • Other absences as approved by the school administrator

If it is necessary for you to pick up your child before the end of the school day, please come to the school office and sign your child out at the time of departure. To assure safety, students will only be released to the custodial parent or a designee listed on the emergency card. Please bring your ID for verification. If someone else is to pick up a child, please submit a request in writing to the school office. While we stress the importance of students being responsible, sometimes the need arises for items to be brought in during the day. Rather than disrupt the classroom with a delivery, parents should leave these items in the office and the student will be called to pick them up at the end of the day.


Tardy Policy:

Students will be counted tardy if they arrive after the tardy bell at 8:35 a.m. All students must go to the front office to receive a tardy pass before they go to their classroom. A note from the parent/guardian to the classroom teacher excuses a tardy. Notes must be received within one day of the tardy unless there are mitigating circumstances.

Perfect Attendance:

Perfect attendance will be awarded to students on a quarterly basis. Perfect attendance will be defined as students who come to school every day and are on time.

NOTE: If your child goes with you on “Take Your Child to Work Day”, it is an excused absence. This means that your child will NOT be a candidate for perfect attendance that quarter.