Attendance

Call the attendance line phone number for all absences. By law, you must be here and attend classes all day, every day. Absences must be phoned in by a parent or guardian before 3 p.m. on the morning of your absence. When we are unclear as to the reason for an absence, the attendance auto dialer will make a notification call after 5 p.m. The school principal will determine whether an absence is excused or unexcused based on district and Summit Ridge Middle School policy and the information received from your parent or guardian. Reasons for excused absences include temporary illness or injury, absences approved by an administrator, absences for an extended period due to physical, mental or emotional disability, and/or being in the custody of the court or law enforcement authorities. Excessive absences will be monitored and legal action may be initiated.

Students are expected to be on time to class. Students who are late to class without a pass from another teacher/main office will be counted as tardy. Without this signed pass your tardy will be marked in attendance as “unexcused.” Unexcused tardiness is not acceptable and will be dealt in the following way:

1st tardy

• Teacher warning, let student know the consequence for the next tardy, document in admin conference

2nd tardy

• Teacher will assign a consequence and call parent (hold for next class, minutes owed)

3rd tardy

• Teacher will contact parent and assign another consequence, document in admin conference – Admin Lunch detention

All absences that are 2 or more days require a pre-arranged absence form to be filled out and returned to the office 3 days prior to the student’s absence. In order for the absence to be excused, the student must be in good academic standing, have no unexcused absences, and have 4 or fewer excused absences in a trimester or no more than 7 excused absences for the school year.

Pre-arranged Absence Form

It is essential that students who are absent from school make up the work missed during their absence. It is the responsibility of the student to check teacher websites for assignments missed during an absence. District policy states that for each day of an absence, the student has two academic days to make up the missed work. Absences due to suspension will be considered unexcused and make-up work may be penalized up to one letter grade from the grade earned. 

Parents or guardians must come to the office and sign their student in or out when their student arrives or departs the building during regular school hours. 

Parents or guardians who sign a student out must have an ID and be identified in Infinite Campus as having permission to pick up the student. Students may not leave school grounds without permission from the office. 

Contact information

Any changes to phone numbers (cell, home and work), address, emergency contacts or people authorized to pick up the student should be changed immediately in the student’s Infinite Campus account. 

• Update and manage your information: Infinite Campus

Pick-up & Drop-off Information

The importance of regular, daily school attendance as a basis for academic achievement cannot be overemphasized. Attendance is a shared responsibility of the student, the families and the school.

It is the family’s responsibility to ensure their student attends school and to notify the school when their student is absent for a legitimate reason, such as an illness or family emergency. Each family should also ensure their student’s school has their correct contact information so that the school is able to communicate about any attendance issues that may arise.