HMS Attendance
Attend today and Achieve tomorrow
Does Attendance really matter?
Regular school attendance is essential for a student to make the most of his or her education – to benefit from teacher–led school activities, to build each day’s learning on the previous day’s, and to grow as an individual. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of instructional materials; therefore, the student and parent should make every effort to avoid unnecessary absences.
Regular school attendance is critical to your student succeeding in school and in life. Students miss fundamental reading and math skills when they do not attend regularly causing them to have to work harder to catch up while slowing down classroom instruction so teachers can help him/her catch up. When your child is absent they lose an opportunity to learn and engage with his/her teachers and classmates.
How many absences are too many? State law requires a student attend 90% of the days class is offered. "Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence. By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school. When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating."
--Attendanceworks.org
Henry Middle School Hours:
School Hours - 9:05 a.m. - 4:20 p.m.
See the complete Attendance Policy in the LISD Student and Parent Handbook:
Student Parent Handbook 2023-24 (English) - pages 27-32
Student Parent Handbook 23-24 (Spanish) - pages 28-34
HOME ACCESS - TRACK ATTENDANCE AND GRADES
Leander ISD has a useful tool to help parents and students track their attendance along with grades. The HOME ACCESS program allows parents an opportunity to view this information online. The HOME ACCESS link can be found on the HMS home page under the "Campus Info" section. In addition, parents will be notified when their child is absent through the District’s communication system.
If you need to update or change your contact information please contact our campus registrar with the updated information at kari.swartz@leanderisd.org.