What should I do if my child was ABSENT?
Send an excuses slip, from the blue district excuse book, the FIRST DAY your child returns to school.

What about MAKE UP WORK?
In kindergarten, we don't have homework. Work completed in class the day your child is absent will be saved for him/her and given to him/her when they return to school and can be finished when parents have time.

What if I want to take my child out of school for a FAMILY TRIP?
Parents should send a note to school or call the office (432-8691 ex. 1700) and request a pre-arranged absence form. Once the form is completed and returned to school, I will gather and send schoolwork home. I make every effort to send school materials home with a child before an extended absence from school. Many classroom activities, experiences, and discussions students miss cannot be duplicated or made up.

Suggestions for when to keep kids home from school.

Keep a child home from school when he/she is contagious, and/or has a temperature of 100 degrees or over. 

We recommend no fever for 24 hours before returning to school.

We recommend you keep a child home until there has been 24 hours after the last time the child vomits.

If your child is ‘borderline’ sick, send him to school with a note so you can be contacted easily. 

Send kids to school with self-care skills and comfort products they need (e.g., frequent hand-washing advice, tissues, medication with a permission form to be given to the nurse.  SEE MEDICATION POLICY),

To prevent illness:
Make sure your child gets plenty of rest, eats right, dresses right, and washes his hands often.

EXCUSES FOR ABSENCE: 
The day your child returns from an illness, send an excuse form from the official, blue District Excuse Book.
After an absence of five (5) consecutive days, a doctor’s excuse must be presented.  A child having a doctor’s excuse need not submit an excuse from the book.
District policy states that a parent’s excuse form will be accepted with limitations.  In the elementary school, the limit is an accumulation of ten (10) days.  All excuses for absences must be turned in within three days after the return from absence.  Otherwise the absence may be recorded as unexcused.