Welcome to Adams Junior High Attendance

Absences / Tardies:

• Please notify the Attendance Office for absences via the Online Absence Form EACH FULL DAY absence, preferably before 12pm. This online absence form is for full day absences only.  Email the appropriate Attendance Clerk or send a note with your student to report an absence for a previous day.
• All tardies /absences are unexcused unless accompanied by:
1. A doctor's note for a healthcare appointment. Excuse notes need to be received by the school the day the student returns or within 5 days of absence. After 5 days, notes will no longer be accepted.   
2. A parent note explaining the reason the student is tardy/absent (reason must be in accordance with District Policy for excused reasons).

Student Pickup:

• You MUST present a picture ID when checking out your student. The ID must be a non-expired, government issued ID.
• If someone other than a parent/guardian or emergency contact is to check out a student, the Attendance Office MUST receive written permission, along with a copy of the guardian’s photo ID. Please include the student's name, grade, the legal name of the person picking up the student and their relationship to the student, the reason for leaving and the specific date and time the student is being picked up.  This note needs to be dropped off at the Attendance Office or sent via email the morning of the early dismissal. Students will not be released at any time to a rideshare service such as Uber, Lyft, etc.
• Half day absence/Early Dismissal – Generally, please allow 10 minutes for us to pull your student from class.  To avoid a longer wait, you have the option to send a written note to Attendance in the morning (with your student) for same-day parent pickups.  Your student will receive a pass to come to the front office at the time you specify. [This is highly recommended if picking up during PE/Athletics period.]
• No Student check outs after 3:30 PM (12:30 PM on Early Dismissal Days).

Attendance Errors/Corrections:

• Please contact the teacher as the first point of contact regarding a student's presence/absence/tardiness in class, especially if you have received an automated call from the District.  Contact the teacher the same day if possible.
• For healthcare appointments and teacher corrections, please allow 24-48 hours to update the system.  Parents can access their student's attendance history on the Home Access Center to verify corrections.
• To view your student’s attendance history, go to Home Access Center and select the Attendance Tab.  Days with absences will be color coded.  To see detailed information, hover over the date to see the period and reason.

Compulsory Attendance Notifications (CAN letters):

• A CAN letter will be mailed when your student has one or more of the following, including full or partial days (which include individual class periods):
1. A student has three (3) or more unexcused absences in a four-week period.
2. A student has ten (10) or more unexcused absences in a six-month period.
• If you receive a CAN letter you have only five (5) school days to resolve it with the school Attendance Clerk.

Failure to Attend School Notifications:

• A Failure to Attend School letter will be mailed when your student has excessive absences for personal illness for one or more of the following, including full or partial days:
1. A student exceeds five (5) consecutive personal illness days.
2. A student has eight (8) cumulative personal illness days in a six-month period.
• All future absences will require a statement from a physician or health clinic to be excused.
• Send a doctor's note when possible to avoid having too many personal illness absences.  Also, if your student has scheduled appointments, try not to make the appointment during the same class period each time.

Attendance for Credit:

• All absences, excused and unexcused are counted for the purpose of determining attendance for credit.  For each course/class in which a student falls below the 90 percent threshold, a review of the record will be conducted and the student may be required to complete a plan developed by the principal or designee in order to gain credit or be promoted.

For more details concerning attendance laws and violation consequences, please refer to the Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct and the Student Handbook.