Attendance

Regular attendance in school is very important to maintain continuity in the education of children, and it has a direct impact on a student’s level of academic achievement. 

If your child is going to be absent or late for school, parents are requested to call 435-833-1906 between 8:30 and 10:30 AM. If your child does not arrive at school, we want to be sure he/she is safe.

Following an absence, please send a dated note explaining the cause of the absence: otherwise, the absence will be unexcused.

School Attendance is a student/parent/school responsibility. 

It should be primarily the responsibility of the home and student to promote consistent, daily, punctual attendance as directed by Utah State Law, U.C.A. 53A-11-101 et. seq. 

It should be primarily the responsibility of the school to provide, monitor, and adjust appropriate curriculum and educational opportunity as directed by Utah State Law. 

With that being said, if your child is sick, they need to stay home. If students have any symptoms of COVID-19 or other communicable diseases, please keep them home, and excuse them through the office. 

Communicate with your child’s teacher as well so that information from class can still be learned. 

The administration and staff of Middle Canyon Elementary School believe that students need to be in class and on time every day. 

We expect students at Middle Canyon Elementary School to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered to them. 

Therefore, we ask that you please call the school office and let us know when your child is going to be absent. 

The following is a copy of the Tooele County School District’s policy regarding excused absences. This policy will be followed throughout the District this year:

“A student may be excused for a reasonable period of time from school in cases of illness, medical or dental appointments, death in the immediate family, or acts of nature which may endanger the child. All other absences shall be unexcused unless the building principal, prior to the absence and at the request of a parent, agrees to excuse the student for a specific purpose.

Pupils should be excused only for that part of the school day necessary to satisfy their specific need for absence. For pupils with excused absences, they shall be afforded the opportunity to make up any school work missed as a result of the absence. It shall be the student’s responsibility to ensure that all makeup work is completed and turned in.

Students absent from school in connection with school-sponsored activities shall be counted as present and shall be allowed to make up all work for missed classes. If missed work is not made up or is not acceptable, the student’s grade shall be reduced accordingly.”