Holidays
Each student is allowed 5 floating holidays.
The parent is to notify the teacher in writing 3 days before the student will be taking a floating holiday.
Parents may request that work be sent home ahead of time so the student can work on it while they’re gone. The teacher should accommodate this request when possible; however, parents must realize that it may not always be possible for the teacher to send all work in advance.
For each day of absence, the student has one day to make up work. (Example: If a student misses 3 days of school, he has 3 full days to complete all make-up work.) This policy is the same for students who are absent due to illness.
Students may be allowed to work on make-up work during class time when their other regular class work is finished. Students should also expect to complete some of their make-up work at home. Students are not to be kept in from recess to complete absent work.
If a student is absent for several days in a row, it may not be necessary to require the student to make up every assignment that was missed. The teacher may choose to reduce the number of problems on an assignment or eliminate assignments that may be redundant.
In the case of teachers who give credit for in class participation, students who are absent should be excused from the grade without penalty.
Students must have advanced permission from their classroom teachers as well as school leaders in order to take floating holidays in the last 2 weeks of a semester. Permission will not be granted if the student will be missing a final exam or culmination of a significant learning project. There may be extenuating circumstances in which administrators will grant permission for a student to complete tests and projects a week early and still take floating holidays in the last 2 weeks of a semester.
