Attendance Procedures

Daily attendance at school is important. If you must be absent, a parent/guardian must inform the school of that absence within 24 hours of the absence. Parents have several ways to notify the school if a student is absent:
1.  Call the attendance office in the morning (201-599-7200 ext. 7211) in advance of the absence.

2.  Email Ms. Ioele at [email protected].

3.  Log into your Genesis Parent Portal by 9:00am for the current day How to Notify Attendance Office

FAILURE TO DO ANY OF THE ABOVE REQUIRES A NOTE TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT ON THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER THE ABSENCE.
Parents/guardians can view their child’s daily attendance, grades and discipline by visiting the 
Genesis Parent Portal. Class attendance is taken every period, and if a student is unaccounted for, the teacher will mark that student UNVERIFIED, which becomes an unexcused absence in 24 hours, unless a parent/guardian sends a note to school on the day the student returns.
STUDENT ABSENCE NOTES
An absence note written by a parent/guardian only should be presented to the attendance office by 8:00am on the day the student returns to school. The absence note should contain:
a. name of student
b. date or dates of absence
c. reason for absence
LATE TO SCHOOL PROCEDURES
Students arriving after 8:00 a.m. must report to the main lobby and sign in at the attendance 
kiosk. Notes explaining the tardiness should be given to Ms. Ioele. It is the responsibility of the 
student to be ON TIME to class and school. Tardies to class may affect a participation grade. 
Continuous tardies to school/class may constitute disciplinary action by the classroom teacher or administration.
CUT POLICY
A student who is absent from class without an excused reason is considered to have a "cut/truancy".  This includes: those periods which are missed at the beginning of the day without an excused reason. (Ex. Oversleeping is not a valid reason.) Absences from school without notification will be recorded as cuts/truancies. Cutting class is a serious offense. Students who cut face the following penalties:
* no makeup work
* loss of credit for the day's work; detention; parental conference; suspension from school and 
activities; loss of credit.
The number of cuts/truancies that can result in LOSS OF CREDIT ARE
Semester Course – 3 cuts/truancies
Year Course – 5 cuts/truancies
Notification will be mailed to all parents.

LOSS OF CREDIT - APPEALS
If you lose credit in a class because of attendance or cuts/truancies, you may file an appeal to the Vice Principal within five days of receipt of notice. Parents/guardians will be notified about possible loss of credit. Appeal forms will be sent to parents. Appeals are acted upon at the end of the semester for semester courses or on or about mid-June for full year courses.

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