CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

esponsibility to obtain the missed assignments and class work by contacting other
students in the class. After two days, arrangements for make-up work may be
made through the Student Services Office.
Family trips and/or vacations should be planned to coincide with school vacations,
especially at Christmas and spring break. Students should not ask for extra days
at these times. Should a family choose otherwise, it must be understood that the
student bears full responsibility for all work while he/she vacations. No extra
instruction or extensions will be given for the completion of assignments or
projects.
If parents choose to take students on family vacations that do not correspond to
scheduled intermissions, the student is marked absent for those days missed.
Homework, class work, and a schedule for make-up tests will be given in order to
ensure continued academic progress.
Excessive absences may result in loss of credit or dismissal. If a student
accumulates ten absences from school or from any class in any semester,
the administration reserves the right to deny credit for a course or courses.
If it is determined that a student’s absences/tardies are excessive, a letter will be
sent or a parent conference will be held to determine a plan of action to ensure
more regular attendance and/or punctuality.
Students who exceed the number of accepted absences may be denied academic
credit for coursework due to insufficient instructional time.
Truancy
Truancy means any absence of one or more days from school during which the
Attendance Office has not been notified in writing of the legal cause of such
absence by the parent or guardian of the absent pupil.
In cases of apparent truancy, contact is first made with parents or guardian.
Students who have been truant are considered to be absent without excuse.
Academic work missed during the defined period of truancy is subject to no credit.
IL (25) 22:12
Unexcused absence from class or assemblies is not tolerated. An unexcused
absence is regarded as truancy and all classroom activities missed during such
absences are recorded as failures. Students will not be permitted to make up tests
or assignments missed during unexcused absences. The Deans reserve the right
to determine whether or not a student’s absence is unexcused.
Tardiness
Students are expected to be in Homeroom Advisory and in classrooms on time, in
dress code, prepared to work. Students who come late to Homeroom Advisory
and/or to class will receive an automatic detention. Traffic patterns, car trouble,
and other morning interruptions do not excuse tardiness.
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