Attendance Information
You Miss Out if You Miss School
Regular attendance is vital to the quality of a child’s education. Parents are the key in establishing and maintaining punctual, regular attendance habits. The SKSD has specific attendance policies listed in student handbooks; parents are encouraged to review these policies with their students.
Early Dismissal
Best practice is to send your student with a note the morning of the day you need to pick your student up. Please designate the time of pick up and if someone else will be picking them up other than yourself. Your student will be issued an Early Dismissal Pass and be released at the appointed time. During school hours (not immediately before or after school) you may enter the staff parking lot and meet your student in the Main Office where you will check your student out. If a note has not been sent with your student in the morning you will need to come to the Main Office and request your student's release. We do not accept phone calls for early release.
Late Arrivals
Students arriving after school starts are considered tardy. Tardies can be excused, if the reason is allowed per SKSD policy, by a phone call, note or email to the attendance office and need to be done within 24 hours. Students arriving more than 15 minutes late are considered truant; need to be excused within 24 hours or will remain unexcused.
Absences
If a child is kept home for any reason, the attendance office should be notified within 24 hours. You may contact our attendance office directly by calling (360) 874-6170, by emailing meddles@skschools.org or by using the Attendance Application on your Skyward account to report your student's absence. School personnel will try to contact parents if this has not been done. If you didn't contact the school, please send student with a note when they return to school the day he/she returns from an absence.
Extended Absences - If your student will be missing school for a period of time. Please send a note at least 2 weeks prior. Your student should bring the note to the attendance office, where they will be given a pre-arranged absence slip to take to teachers
Homework Requests
Parents may request that their child’s teacher(s) provide makeup assignments after the 2nd consecutive full day of absence. To make a homework request, please contact the Main Office at (360) 874-6172. Requests made before 11:00 a.m. will be available for pick-up in the Main Office at 2:45 on the following business day.
