Policies & Procedures

ATTENDANCE POLICIES

Students will receive a grade based on workshop attendance and participation unless otherwise noted by the facilitator. A grade and .25 credit will be given at the end of the year for students who participate in at least one workshop per term. (Multiple workshops in one term are not substituted for whole year participation.)

Students will be excused from 8th period Options (study hall) on the day of any workshop in which they are enrolled. Students who attend two workshops on one day will be excused from Options that day and also the following day.

Students MUST REPORT TO EVERY WORKSHOP SESSION unless they are absent from school on the workshop day or have an early dismissal from the office. Students may consult the schedule in this catalog for workshop cancellations, in which case they are expected to remain in the cafeteria for 3rd period workshops. If 8th period workshops are cancelled, the student is excused from school at 2:28.

FOR EXCUSED ABSENCE/LATENESS, EMAIL MR. SWAN: mastermanvista@phennd.org

If a student has to miss a workshop FOR ANY REASON, including a class trip, an email must be sent to Mr. Swan prior to the day the workshop meets.

EMAIL MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT LINE:

ENRICHMENT ABSENCE, (ADVISORY), ( STUDENT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME)

The information in the email must include:

• Name of the workshop
• Day and period of the workshop
• Reason for absence
• Staff member in charge of the activity necessitating the absence, if applicable
• Parent phone number if coming from parent

If a teacher is meeting with a student, the email requesting workshop absence must come from the teacher. For absences, an email must come from a parent and include a parent phone number.

Absence Examples:

1. School trip:

• Student may send an email stating workshop that will be missed, date of anticipated absence, subject and teacher sponsoring the trip. Mr. Swan will be able to check the trip list that is emailed out to staff members to confirm absence

2. Illness / absence from school:

• Parent should send an email the morning of the workshop absence and include phone number

3. Teacher requires emergency meeting with student:

• Teacher should email Mr. Swan for student to be excused

Failure to submit an email will result in detention and a decreased grade for the workshop.

TERM GRADES: Perfect attendance = 97 One absence= 92 Two absences = 87

Three absences = Dropped from workshop.

Arriving late to the workshop also affects the grade. Arriving late twice = one absence. Grade will appear as an average at the end of the year for those students who qualify for credit. Unexcused tardies or absences may merit a detention.

COURSE CREDIT

Students receive .25 credit for the year only if they complete at least one Enrichment workshop each term of the year. (Students will have enough credits by the end of senior year to fulfill the graduation requirements without the additional Enrichment credit.