ACG Senior School Curriculum Overview - The Academic Colleges ...

30ATTENDANCE POLICY STATEMENTSTATEMENT OF AIMPunctuality and the development of the responsibility for regular attendance are among the School’sinstructional goals. Daily class attendance is a condition for fulfilling the Year Level requirement andcurricular obligations. Regular attendance contributes to a student’s general academic and schoolprogress.RATIONALE1. Interaction between students, the teachers and their involvement in the total schoolenvironment are critical components of the learning process.2. The learning process is a progressive activity that is supported by regular class attendance.3. When students are absent from a class, the missed learning opportunity can never becompletely recovered.4. Reading set material and performing satisfactorily during assessments, does notcompensate for the loss of insight gained during class lessons and discussions or the loss ofinformation acquired through an explanation.5. Students do not maximise their opportunities for learning when they are absent fromclasses.GUIDELINES1. Permissible absences are those for a personal illness or injury, medical and dentalappointments, death in the immediate family, religious holidays, and other emergencies orunusual circumstances. Family vacations are not considered excused absences.2. A student is allowed a maximum of 20 days absence during the School year.3. If a student registers at the School during the School year, they are allowed to miss amaximum of 2 days per month of attendance.4. When a student is absent, the School office will contact the family of that student to ‘checkon the student’ and inform the family of the need for good attendance.5. When a student has been absent for 15 days, the School office will inform the family byletter of the need for good attendance.6. When a student has been absent for 20 days, the office will inform the family by letter of theneed for good attendance and that their son / daughter is in danger of not moving into thenext Year Level, due to absences. The family will be invited to a meeting with the classroomteacher and Head of School at this point to discuss the attendance data.7. When 20 or more days have been missed a ‘Year Level review meeting’ will take place inearly June to make the Year Level assignment for the student for the new school year.ATTENDANCEStudents are expected to attend School every day, all day long. If a student is absent or late for a validreason, he/she will be excused only by a parent’s phone call or note.EXCUSED ABSENCE OR LATENESSAbsence or lateness will be excused for the following reasons:• Illness. If students are ill, they should not come to School.• Dental or medical appointments. However, these should be made outside of School hours if at allpossible.Senior School Curriculum Overview 2011/2012