Regular attendance, punctuality, and participation in classes are necessary for success at Concordia Lutheran School. Therefore, students whose attendance falls below 85%, through either excused or unexcused absences throughout the school year, may be held at the same grade level during the following school year.
Concordia expects all students to attend class. The parents must report all absences to the school in writing or by telephone. If your child will be absent, please call the school office between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. We need to know the status of your child’s attendance. If the student is less than 1 hour late, he or she will be counted as tardy. After 1 hour the student will be counted as half-day absent.
Tardiness
- A tardy is defined as not being in the classroom at the beginning of the school day. No child should be allowed to be continually late. For every five unexcused tardies in a quarter, the student will receive one absence.
- Students who arrive after 8:15 a.m. should report to the office for a tardy slip. Please help your child learn responsibility by insisting that he arrive on time for school.
One responsibility of a teacher is to help develop the habits of successful people. Teachers who deem the attendance patterns of the student to be a problem are authorized to take corrective action.
- When calling the office to notify of an absence, parents should request any make up work and advise as to whether the work is to be picked up after school in the office or sent home with a sibling or neighbor or via email.
- Please inform the teachers of planned absences at least one week ahead of time to allow proper listing and gathering of assignments.
- Habitual absences will be addressed on an individual basis.
- Please make every attempt to schedule appointments outside of school hours.
Concordia Lutheran School highly discourages vacations during the academic year and still we support the option of parents that affect their students. In the case of planned absences, parents are required to come to an agreement with the classroom teacher for how the missed work which is presented will be addressed.
- Staff will be on duty at 7:50 AM each school day.
- Students arriving before 7:50 AM must report to Concordia Care.
- Students who remain at school after the regular dismissal time of 3:00 PM, must be involved in an official extra-curricular activity or be enrolled in the after school child care program.
- No student is to be in the school building before or after school hours without adult supervision.
- Fever: Fever is defined as a temperature over 100 degrees. Students may not return to school until he/she has been fever free for 24 hours without the aid of a fever reducer such as Tylenol or Advil.
- Diarrhea: Diarrhea is defined as 4-5 loose stools within a 24-hour period. Students may not return to school until 12 hours after the last episode.
- Vomiting: Students may return to school 12 hours after the last episode and only after they are able to tolerate food.
- Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis): Children must be treated with prescription antibiotic drops for a full 24-hours before returning to school.
- Acute Infections: This could include but is not limited to any infectious disease that can be transmitted to others such as: upper respiratory infections, strep throat, scarlet fever, chicken pox, etc… Any infection requiring an antibiotic will require that child be excluded from school until they are fever free and on the antibiotic for a full 24 hours.
- Persistent Cough: A persistent cough can be warring to a child; resulting in fatigue, disruption the classroom, and further spreading of germs. In this case, the child may need to stay home until the condition improves.
- Skin Conditions: Any undiagnosed sore that can not be covered or untreated skin eruptions will require a doctor’s written clearance before the child may return to school.
- Chicken Pox: Student may not return to school until they are fever free for a full 24-hours and all the lesions are dry and crusted.
- Head Lice: Students may return to school once the first treatment is complete and verification has been made that the child is nit (egg) free.
If you child has any of the conditions listed above, please inform the school when calling in your student as absent. Certain conditions, such as Chicken Pox, must be reported by the school to Winnebago County Health Department.
All policies in the handbook
are subject to interpretation and enforcement by teachers and administration.
