Reporting an Absence
To Report a Student Absence, parents may do one of the following:
– Contact their homeroom teacher and both Ms. Melendez at tmelendezmoreno@cps.edu and Mrs. Marchan at dmarchan14@cps.edu.
– As an alternative, parents may fill out the attendance form on the main page to report an absence.
Parents are no longer required to submit a note to excuse an absences. Parents or guardians are allowed to call or email stating their name, their relationship to the child, the reason for absences, and the date of their absences. Absences will only be excused if the parent or guardian is sending the email or calling.
The following are considered excused absences:
- Student illness
- Doctor Appointment
- District Directed Self Quarantine
- Observance of a religious holiday
- Death in the immediate family
- Family emergency
- Circumstances which cause reasonable concern for your child’s safety or health
- Attending a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran
- A student’s parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the uniformed services and has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat/support posting
- Other situations beyond the control of the student (per principal discretion)