UCHS Attendance
UCHS Attendance
PLEASE USE OUR GOOGLE FORMS TO:
Student Walkout Report (must be completed with student email)
TO REPORT AN ABSENCE:
Please allow 24 to 48 hours for reported absences to be updated. Absences not verified by a parent/guardian within 5 days will be marked as unexcused. All questions regarding unexcused absences must be directed to Administration.
Parent or Guardian must submit a Google form or call the Attendance Office.
Attendance Line: 619-605-2800 - press option 2 for Attendance. This line will take you directly to a voicemail message which is monitored frequently throughout the day.
Provide the following information. Please speak clearly when leaving the information so we can accommodate you as quickly as possible.
Student first and last name
Student ID #
Student grade level
Date/s of absence
Reason for absence
Your relationship to the student
Phone number on record for your student
TO REPORT STUDENT ARRIVING LATE TO SCHOOL:
Parent or Guardian must submit a Google form or call the Attendance Office.
Attendance Line: 619-605-2800 - press option 2 for Attendance. This line will take you directly to a voicemail message which is monitored frequently throughout the day.
Provide the following information:
Student first and last name
Student ID #
Student grade level
Date/s student is late
Reason for arriving late
Your relationship to the student
Phone number on record for your student
LEAVING EARLY FOR MEDICAL/DENTAL/PERSONAL BUSINESS
Blue Slips will be given for students who need to leave school for medical, dental, court appointments, funerals or extreme family emergencies and must be obtained from the Attendance Office BEFORE leaving campus.
A parent or guardian must notify the Attendance Office in advance, at least 2 hours prior release time, by Google form or phone to arrange for an early release (blue slip).
Attendance Line: 619-605-2800 - press option 2 for Attendance. This line will take you directly to a voicemail message which is monitored frequently throughout the day.
Students are to remain in class until they have been excused by an office staff member via a pass with instructions to go to the Attendance Office to pick up their blue slip prior to the scheduled release time.
Students may not leave campus without the blue slip and will be released only to contacts in PowerSchool.
Leaving school grounds without a blue slip is considered a truancy.
For same day re-admittance, returning student must present blue slip to attendance office before going to class.
When picking up a student, parents/guardians will be required to show ID and sign the student out before taking the student off campus.
Students will be allowed to walk home with parent permission and it will be indicated on the blue slip.
Student drivers will be allowed to drive home or to their appointments with parent permission and it will be indicated on the blue slip.
Whenever possible, please schedule appointments outside of school hours.
Provide the following information:
Student first and last name
Student ID #
Student grade level
Date/s and time the student is leaving
Reason for arriving late
Your relationship to the student
Name of the authorized adult who will be picking up your student. The adult must be listed as one of the student's emergency contacts authorized to pick up the student
Phone number on record for your student
LEAVING EARLY DUE TO ILLNESS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
If a student becomes ill during the school day, they must request a pass to the Health Office.
The School Nurse or Health Tech will evaluate the student and arrange for an early release (blue slip) if they determine the student is ill and should be sent home.
Students may not leave campus without a blue slip. Leaving campus without a blue slip is considered a truancy.
When picking up a student who becomes ill during the school day, parents/guardians will be required to come in to the Health Office to show ID and sign their student out before taking the student off campus.
Students will be released only to contacts in PowerSchool.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Contracts will NOT be offered the first 5 days of school or the last 5 days of school. A request of a contract must be prior to the requested time frame.
Requesting a contract for Independent Study – Job Aid For Parents English / Somali / Spanish / Tagalog / Vietnamese
The UCHS Staff will start the process of notifying your teacher
You will be contacted by the Attendance Office regarding next steps for the contract.
Please have your child check the online class portal (Google or Canvas) to stay current classroom assignments and information.
Please email Janelle Aleksic (Associate Principal), if you have any questions: jjavier@sandi.net
Illness: Absences due to illness for 3 or more consecutive days require a note from your doctor to be excused.
Medical or dental appointments: A note from the doctor or dentist is required.
Death in the Family
Court Appearances
Religious Observances
Extreme family emergency (please be specific)
Spending time with an immediate family member who is an active-duty member of the uniformed services and who has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support position.
Attendance at an employment conference when the student’s absence has a written request from the parent and approval by the principal or a designated representative.
Transportation problems
Oversleeping
Family activities
Out of town for vacation or trips
Personal matters
The first bell rings at 8:40 am, indicating for you to go to your class. The tardy bell rings at 8:45 am. Students are expected to be in their seats and ready for instruction. Any student not in their assigned seat at the time of the bell is considered tardy. These absences are marked “T” in PowerSchool and are unexcused.
Medical appointments are the only excused reasons for lateness. These are marked “L” in PowerSchool and are excused. Students with excessive tardiness due to medical reasons will be referred to our school nurse for additional support.
Students arriving more than 30 minutes late for any class incur a period absence. These are marked “W” in PowerSchool and are unexcused.
NOTE: If a student has been marked absent or tardy from a class in error, the student is responsible for having the teacher make the correction. The teacher will notify the Attendance Office of the change. If you receive a call that your child was absent and you believe it to be an error, please check PowerSchool or contact the office.
TARDY POLICY (6-Week Period)
TARDY CONSEQUENCE
1–2 Tardies - Teacher conference with student
3–6 Tardies - Teacher counsels student and contacts parent and lower citizenship grade
7+ Tardies - Referral to Associate Principal for disciplinary action. Who then telephones/contacts home and requests parental involvement or assistance. Progressive lower citizenship grade.
Student may raise their citizenship grade by making up absences and tardies at Saturday Success School (CASSAS) and/or after school with the teacher. Each hour served clear one absence. Each tardy is 30 minutes.
A student not complying with the above procedures may be given Saturday School or suspended from school for defiance. The San Diego Unified School District considers any tardy of more than 30 minutes to be truancy. The review of the number of tardies starts over at each 6-week grading period.
After any absence, parents are requested to provide absence verification to the school office when the student returns to school. No student shall have his/ her grade reduced or lose credit for an excused absence. A student with an excused absence will be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence. Upon satisfactory completion of the assignment or test, within a reasonable period, the student will be given full credit. Tests and assignments will be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the student missed during the absence.