Attendance

Arrowhead Child Check / Attendance Reporting: 610-831-5331

You may either contact the Attendance Office (610-831-5331) OR you may send an email to the office staff: Bgoff@methacton.org, Hparente@methacton.org and R marchegiano@methacton.org
You are requested to CALL OR EMAIL BEFORE 9:15 A.M.
If a call is made, the parent/guardian must also submit a written note explaining the absence within three (3) days. An email suffices as a written note.
Please include your child’s name, grade, teacher’s name and the SPECIFIC reason for the absence. It is requested that no additional information be placed on the voicemail or email.
Students are not allowed to report themselves absent.

Absences From School

Regular attendance and punctuality are vital to a successful school experience. Academic work must be made-up during absences.

Absences shall be treated as unlawful until the district receives a written excuse explaining the absence, to be submitted within three (3) days of the absence. A maximum of ten (10) days of cumulative lawful absences verified by parental notification shall be permitted during a school year. All absences beyond ten (10) cumulative days shall require an excuse from a licensed physician. A note from a licensed physician is also required when a student is absent from school for three (3) consecutive days. The Board considers the following conditions to constitute reasonable cause for absence from school:

1. Illness

2. Quarantine

3. Family emergency

4. Recovery from injury or accident

5. Required court attendance

6. Death in family

7. Family educational travel, with prior approval

8. Educational tours and trips, with prior approval

You may call Jennifer Johnson, the district’s Home and School Visitor at 610-489-5000, ext. 25406 with questions on this School Board / State Mandated Policy.

Tardiness

Students are expected to be in school, class, and other assigned areas on time. Tardiness includes being late for school, homeroom, and class. Lateness to school, class, or other assigned area is a disruption to the educational process, to the education of your child, and other children.

Please call the Child Check Line at your child’s school if your child will be late for any reason and leave a brief message.

If students arrive late to school, for any reason, they MUST BE “SIGNED IN” by a parent/guardian, at the main office. Students must be accompanied into the building by a parent/guard

Early Departure

Please make every effort to obtain medical appointments after school hours. When an early dismissal is necessary, a parent must report to the main office for the student to be called down. Photo ID (driver’s license) is required to sign students out of school early. As a courtesy, please provide a written request for an early dismissal to the teacher on the morning of the dismissal. No child may leave school alone other than at regular dismissal time for reasons of safety.

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