Student Life Student Attendance Policy
Regular attendance is important if the student is to receive the full benefits of his/her
educational and residential opportunities. Unless there is an illness, students are required
to be in school. Students may receive an excused absence from school for the following
reasons:
- religious holidays
- required court appearances
- illness, medical/dental appointments
- death/illness of immediate family members
- inclement weather
Residential students who will arrive at their residence hall later than the scheduled arrival
time, will leave the residential hall before a closed weekend or vacation, or who will not
return to school after a closed weekend or vacation, must have their parents call the appropriate residential hall staff to notify them of their child's attendance.
How:
- The parent will write or call the child's residential program Assistant Dean when the child will be
absent from the residential hall.
- The student will give the letter to his/her assistant dean, and this Assistant Dean will
document on the attendance chart to communicate with necessary staff.
- If a student who tends to ride on the bus from home is not planning on riding the bus,
the parent must call the child's residential program staff with an explanation of when and
how this student will arrive at school. If an assistant dean notices that the
student is not on the bus, he/she will immediately call the student's parents to follow up on
the student's whereabouts.
- Please plan ahead. Do not wait until the last minute to ask for early dismissal or
absence.
- The assistant dean shall be notified if the student will be leaving early for a
closed weekend or when the student may be absent from school.
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