To miss school is to miss a chance to learn. Unnecessary absences
are always discouraged.
Absences
are excused in the case of illness, funerals or weddings of close relatives,
family vacations, or visits to college campuses, (for seniors considering
college). These absences may be excused if the following procedures are
followed.
1. Parents
of students seeking permission to miss school
for any
reason are asked to submit a written request to
the school
office in advance. Requests for permission to
miss school
must come from the parents, not the
student. In
emergencies, a phone request will be
considered.
2. The
school office will ask the student bringing the
parental
request to contact the teachers for assignments
for each
class to be missed. The office may require that
some of the
work to be missed be completed before
final
permission is granted.
3. All work
missed must be made up at the teacher’s
convenience.
The student must take the initiative in
completing
missed work. The usual rule is the student
has two
days for each day missed to make up work.
Students
will be given permission to miss school for doctor and dentist appointments
provided a note from his/her parents is brought to the office before school on
the day of the appointment. If necessary, the school will issue a pass for
early dismissal from a class. Students need to sign out at the school office
prior to leaving. Leaving campus without permission will be considered an
unexcused absence.
A student
who misses classes because of illness may not participate in extracurricular
activities that day unless the student has been in class for at least half the
day.
CCS reserves the right not to grant permission to miss school, particularly when the student is not going to be accompanied by a parent. Absences for hunting, shopping, haircut appointments, “sleeping in”, or when proper arrangements have not been made in advance are unexcused. Unexcused absences will cause a 2% deduction to be made in the quarter grade for every class missed. The office may also take disciplinary action to discourage further absences of that type. Any student who is absent for more than ten days or partial days in any one semester may be asked to show cause why credit should not be denied for the classes missed.