Regular attendance and good daily work are essential to pupil and school success. Absence from school is one of the chief reasons students make low or failing grades. The first and one of the most important efforts a student has to make is to be present for every class.

In accordance with Board of Education policy, a student in grades six through twelve who misses a class more than eight times unexcused in any quarterly grading period shall not receive a passing grade. Any exception to this policy will be made by the principle and then only when special circumstance exist witch made the absences unavoidable.

The maximum number of absences for activities, whether sponsored by the school or an outside organization, which removes a student from the classroom shall be ten (10) for any one class period of each school year.

In the event that a school activity is cancelled but school is not, all students need to attend school. Homework and book problems will be worked out due to the cancelled event. If a student does not attend school that day, he/she will receive an unexcused absent and the teachers do not have to allow the student to make up the work.

Exception to this policy may be made by the principal when circumstances existed that made the absences unavoidable or when the student's level of knowledge and skills of the course content is so high it would be minimal benefit to the student to repeat the class.