ATTENDANCE POLICY/PHONE-IN ATTENDANCE CHECK

It is the responsibility of parents to communicate to their children the importance of attending school regularly and being punctual.  Extended pupil absences adversely affect their school performance and when this occurs, parents will be informed.

Keheewin School will be operating a daily phone-in attendance check to: 

1.     ensure that the child you send to school actually gets to school, and

2.     inform the school when the child will be away and that he or she is safely at home.

Hopefully, this system will provide peace of mind to both parents and school staff.

1.     Parents are asked to phone the school each day the child is away.  One phone call is necessary for prolonged absences.

2.     Teachers will take attendance and the office will match the absentees to the phoned-in list.

3.     If a child is absent and there has been no phone-in, a parent will be phoned to confirm the absence.

4.     Please use our automatic answering service (438-3874) to leave messages regarding absences.  Leave your child’s name, teacher’s name and room number or grade.

Our answering service hours are:

Weekdays - 4:00 p.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Weekends - 24 hours a day

Note:  Normally, children who are too ill to go outside for recess are too ill to be at school.  This is particularly true in the case of severe colds. Children coming to school with severe colds are unable to function well at school, provide a source of infection for other children, and would probably recuperate faster at home.