Tardiness
Classes begin at 8:30 am each day. Students must report to homeroom by 8:30 am. When a child arrives on campus after 8:30am, he or she must check in at the Main Office and receive a "Tardy Slip" to be admitted into class. Parents are expected to provide a written note to the school explaining the reason for the tardiness. Frequent tardiness will not be tolerated. According to Board Policy 411, student who are ten (10) or more minutes tardy for a class shall be considered as absent from the class.
Classes begin at 8:30 am each day. Students must report to homeroom by 8:30 am. When a child arrives on campus after 8:30am, he or she must check in at the Main Office and receive a "Tardy Slip" to be admitted into class. Parents are expected to provide a written note to the school explaining the reason for the tardiness. Frequent tardiness will not be tolerated. According to Board Policy 411, student who are ten (10) or more minutes tardy for a class shall be considered as absent from the class.
Excused Absences
Board Policy 411 identifies excused absences as those incurred by the following:
Board Policy 411 identifies excused absences as those incurred by the following:
- Illness of the student: However, students absent for three or more consecutive days due to illness are required to present written certification from a physician attending to the nature of the illness and the duration for which the student should be excused from school. In addition, school administrators may require written clarification from a physician for the number of days of absences due to illness if a student's past attendance records show patterns of illness or reasons for the absences due to illness, which the administrator finds questionable.
- Scheduled medical or dental visits.
- Death in the immediate family. Immediate family is defined as mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, guardian or caretaker, brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister, and grandparent.
- Required appearances at court or other legally related proceedings.
- Lack of available bus transportation: provided the student relies on bus transportation to go to school.
- Travel: which has the prior approval of a school administrator.
- Natural catastrophe or disaster.
- Participation in authorized school related activities or compliance with administrative actions taken by the school, such as field trips, conferences called by administrators or counselors, suspensions, going home because of illness or injury, etc.
- Observance of holidays recognized by a religion of which the student is a member. The school administrator shall have the final authority to decide whether an absence is considered as excused within the limits contained in this policy. In order for school administrators to determine if an absence is excused or unexcused, parents must provide a note that explains the nature of the absence (or a doctor's certification if the absence is three or more consecutive days.)
Unexcused Absences
If a student returns from an absence without a parent's note or doctor's certification, those absent days will be considered as unexcused.
If a student returns from an absence without a parent's note or doctor's certification, those absent days will be considered as unexcused.
Truancy
The following definitions are taken from Title 18 Guam Code Annotated (Education). According to Section 6401, a truant student is one who is found to be absent from school without a reasonable and bona fide excuse from a parent for more than three (3) days during any school year. According to Section 6402, a habitual student is one who has been reported as a truant, three (3) or more times. If any pupil is a habitual truant, the principal or a designee of the school shall request the Superintendent to file a petition concerning such habitual truant in the Family Court.
The following definitions are taken from Title 18 Guam Code Annotated (Education). According to Section 6401, a truant student is one who is found to be absent from school without a reasonable and bona fide excuse from a parent for more than three (3) days during any school year. According to Section 6402, a habitual student is one who has been reported as a truant, three (3) or more times. If any pupil is a habitual truant, the principal or a designee of the school shall request the Superintendent to file a petition concerning such habitual truant in the Family Court.
Pre-Arranged Absences
Parents who request for pre-arranged absence must fill out the appropriate form in the Main Office. Approval of such requests is at the discretion of the principal or his/her designee. Factors such as the students' attendance, grades, and behavior may be taken into consideration by the school administrator.
Parents who request for pre-arranged absence must fill out the appropriate form in the Main Office. Approval of such requests is at the discretion of the principal or his/her designee. Factors such as the students' attendance, grades, and behavior may be taken into consideration by the school administrator.
Off-Island Pre-Arranged Absence Request
School administrators will generally excuse off-island absences for up to ten (10) school days if prior approval is given to the parent's pre-arranged absence request. School administrators are under no obligation to excuse off-island absences if such approval is sought after the off-island absence occurred. Administrators may, however, excuse such absences if circumstances warrant doing so. The nature of the trip will be taken into account along with the student's attendance, grades, and behavior.
School administrators will generally excuse off-island absences for up to ten (10) school days if prior approval is given to the parent's pre-arranged absence request. School administrators are under no obligation to excuse off-island absences if such approval is sought after the off-island absence occurred. Administrators may, however, excuse such absences if circumstances warrant doing so. The nature of the trip will be taken into account along with the student's attendance, grades, and behavior.