Report a Student Absence
REPORTING - An absence from school must be reported daily by 8:00am. Please use the Absence Reporting Form or call the Main Office at 773-445-7711. In addition to the absence reporting, the parent/guardian should send an explanatory email to the homeroom teacher.
LATE ARRIVAL & EARLY DEPARTURES - If a student is arriving late or departing from school early, a parent/guardian must notify the Main Office and the homeroom teacher in advance. Teachers often do not have time to check their email during the school day as they are with their students. Please ensure to email or call the Main Office if you are requesting a same-day early departure for your students.
SCHOOL POLICY REGARDING ABSENT WORK: Absent work should be picked up in the Main Office between 2:45pm - 3:15pm. Absent work may also be sent home with a sibling or neighbor. Arrangements to complete missed work and tests must be made with the individual teachers within two school days upon return. In the case of an extended absence, parents are encouraged to arrange a meeting with all of their child’s teachers to ensure clear communication regarding missing work and instruction.
WHO TO CONTACT
EXCERPT FROM SCHOOL HANDBOOK REGARDING ATTENDANCE
Daily attendance is required. Medical and dental appointments should occur outside of school hours when possible. During the school year, the school discourages extended vacations/prolonged absences. Students should be in school each day and be on time. At morning arrival, the doors open at 7:45am. Students arriving past 7:55am will be marked tardy. Students are dismissed by homeroom in a staggered exit from 2:55pm - 3pm. Occasional 11:50am and 1:30pm dismissals are noted on the calendar. Full-day Preschool students dismiss daily at 2:50pm. Any student still on campus at 3:05pm (2:55pm for Preschool), without parental or caregiver observation, will be sent to After Care.
ABSENCE REPORTING
An absence from school must be reported daily by 8:00am. Please use the Absence Reporting Form on the school website or call the Main Office at 773-445-7711. In addition to the absence reporting, the parent/guardian should send an explanatory email to the homeroom teacher.
LATE ARRIVAL & EARLY DEPARTURES
A parent must notify the Main Office and the homeroom teacher if a student has a planned late arrival or early departure. All students should be escorted by an adult caregiver to the Main Office and signed in or out for a late arrival or early departure.
TARDINESS
A student is considered tardy if they are not in the building by 7:55am. When tardy to the building, a student will receive a tardy notice from the school administration. Tardies are recorded in PowerSchool. After a student’s third tardy per trimester, each additional tardy will be assessed a processing fee of $3, which will be added to the tuition statement on a trimester basis. These fees are non-negotiable.
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHEN ABSENT
Students absent from school may not attend any after-school activities or events on the day of an absence.
Daily attendance is required. Medical and dental appointments should occur outside of school hours when possible. During the school year, the school discourages extended vacations/prolonged absences. Students should be in school each day and be on time. At morning arrival, the doors open at 7:45am. Students arriving past 7:55am will be marked tardy. Students are dismissed by homeroom in a staggered exit from 2:55pm - 3pm. Occasional 11:50am and 1:30pm dismissals are noted on the calendar. Full-day Preschool students dismiss daily at 2:50pm. Any student still on campus at 3:05pm (2:55pm for Preschool), without parental or caregiver observation, will be sent to After Care.
ABSENCE REPORTING
An absence from school must be reported daily by 8:00am. Please use the Absence Reporting Form on the school website or call the Main Office at 773-445-7711. In addition to the absence reporting, the parent/guardian should send an explanatory email to the homeroom teacher.
LATE ARRIVAL & EARLY DEPARTURES
A parent must notify the Main Office and the homeroom teacher if a student has a planned late arrival or early departure. All students should be escorted by an adult caregiver to the Main Office and signed in or out for a late arrival or early departure.
TARDINESS
A student is considered tardy if they are not in the building by 7:55am. When tardy to the building, a student will receive a tardy notice from the school administration. Tardies are recorded in PowerSchool. After a student’s third tardy per trimester, each additional tardy will be assessed a processing fee of $3, which will be added to the tuition statement on a trimester basis. These fees are non-negotiable.
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHEN ABSENT
Students absent from school may not attend any after-school activities or events on the day of an absence.
ABSENT WORK
Absent work should be picked up in the Main Office between 2:45pm - 3:15pm. Absent work may also be sent home with a sibling or neighbor. Arrangements to complete missed work and tests must be made with the individual teachers within two school days upon return. In the case of an extended absence, parents are encouraged to arrange a meeting with all of their child’s teachers to ensure clear communication regarding missing work and instruction. Homework will vary by grade level, subject, amount, and time. It is expected that homework be done outside of the school day.
Absent work should be picked up in the Main Office between 2:45pm - 3:15pm. Absent work may also be sent home with a sibling or neighbor. Arrangements to complete missed work and tests must be made with the individual teachers within two school days upon return. In the case of an extended absence, parents are encouraged to arrange a meeting with all of their child’s teachers to ensure clear communication regarding missing work and instruction. Homework will vary by grade level, subject, amount, and time. It is expected that homework be done outside of the school day.