Attendance

Each day, attendance will be taken at 8:30 am. It is at 8:30 a.m. that the door is closed and we start our day. Coming in before this allows students time to unpack their folders, snack and hang up their backpacks. It also gives them time to go to the bathroom, get a drink, or get a pencil, as needed. At the beginning of the year we want to establish a consistent structure that will prepare each child to relax and be ready to learn. A child is marked tardy at 8:31 a.m. Anyone arriving at school at 8:30-8:45 must be walked to the classroom by the parent or carpool driver and taken to the office for a tardy slip. The children are not allowed to walk to the classroom alone, for safety reasons. Please be aware that tardies interrupt the flow of the routines I am setting, which changes the flow of the classroom. Any child arriving after 8:30 must get a tardy slip from the Middle School office three doors down, BEFORE the child is admitted in the classroom. Attendance will be corrected by the office for our records and in case of an emergency.

If your child is sick, please email me and call the office to let us know.

__//If your child will be gone from school due to a trip, please let me know ahead of time, so I can get their work together, if possible//__.