ALA Attendance
American Leadership Academy believes that school attendance has a direct impact on a student’s level of academic achievement. Students achieve higher levels of learning and success when they have a regular pattern of attendance at school. On-time attendance is a critical starting point for high levels of student achievement. The opportunities lost through student absence and tardiness leave learning gaps that are difficult to fill. When early attention is given to an attendance problem, students have the chance to fix patterns that will affect their connection with the curriculum and the teacher. It is primarily the responsibility of the student to achieve daily, and punctual attendance.
To Excuse Your Student
Absences need to be excused within 5 school days and you may excuse a student’s absence by emailing alaattendance@alautah.net. Parents need to excuse absences by the end of each term and are only permitted to excuse up to three (3) school days per term if excusing after the five day guideline. IF you need to check your student out during the middle of the day, any time after 8:00 or before 3:30, you may come into the building and check them out with the front desk secretaries. If your student returns later in the day, they need to check back in through the school’s front office. If your student can drive themselves, please call prior to the student leaving or your student may be given an unexcused absence.
Tardy Definition
A tardy is defined as when a student is late to class within the first 10 minutes of class time. After a student is 10 minutes late, the student is marked absent. Tardies not only hinder a student’s ability to profit from instruction at the beginning of class, but they interrupt the teacher’s instruction and the work of other students who made the effort to be on time. In addition, tardy students are usually in the hallways interrupting other classes and the efforts of other students/friends to get to class on time.
Pre-Approved Absence
While excused absences let the school know that a parent is aware of an absence, the best approach is to pre-approve absences, so that parent, student, and teacher all know when and what a student will miss. Students are strongly encouraged to obtain pre-absence approval for missed classes. Arranging absence make-up before they happen shows responsibility and dependability.