Tardy

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Tardy ABSENCE POLICIES

• Mae Hensley Jr. High School
• 2009 - 2010

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Mae Hensley Citizenship Pledge

• Be aware of the time so you get to class before
  the tardy bell rings
• Be in seat before the tardy bell rings
• Have materials on desktop before bell rings
• At the sound of the bell, students are silent and
  ready for class to begin.

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Why was I tardy?

• What types of things might make me late to class?
• How can I avoid this so it does not happen in the
  future?
• How can my parents help me so that I am not late
  to 1st period?
• How can being late to class negatively affect
  your education and the education of others?

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Tardy to 1st Period

• Front gates to school will be shut and locked at
  800 am daily.
• Students will then go to the front office where
  they will receive a tardy.
• Being late to class can equal warnings,
  detentions, phone calls home to parents and/or
  home suspension.
• BE ON TIME TO ALL CLASSES!!

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Tardy to 1st Period

• Show up to school after 800am Go through the
  front office and receive late slip or detention
  form. This form will be presented to your 1st
  period teacher as you quietly enter the
  classroom.
• Students that do not present a pass will be given
  a tardy by the teacher.

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Semester Tardy Policy

• TARDY CONSEQUENCE
• 1 2---------------Warning by classroom teacher
• 3 4---------------One hour detention and parent
  contact
• 4 5---------------Two hours detention and
  parent contact
• 6 7---------------Two hours detention/loss of
  dance privilege/parent contact
• 9 10-------------1 day home suspension, parent
  contact, SARB
• 11 or more-------3-5 days home suspension, parent
  contact, SARB

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S.A.R.B

• School Attendance Review Board is a panel of
  people representing Mae Hensley Junior High,
  Ceres Police Department, Healthy Families, and
  Child Welfare and Attendance (school district
  representatives) to address students and parents
  of students with serious attendance issues.

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Absences

• Parents need to call the office and explain the
  reason for your absence.
• If the office is not informed of your absence,
  the school will call home to find out why you
  were not at school.
• If a student is absent for more than 20 school
  days, they may not be eligible for graduation.

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EVERY DAY COUNTS!!

• Being in school every day is essential for you to
  be academically successful.
• Being on time to all of your classes every day
  promotes your learning and does not disrupt the
  learning of others.
• Dont forget that EVERY DAY COUNTS!!

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Mini Review

• Question

• Answer

• If you received your 5th tardy to your 2nd period
  class, what is the consequence?
• What if I was absent from school today and my
  parent did not call to excuse my absence?
• What happens when I receive my 7th tardy to a
  class?

• 2 hours after-school detention parent contact
• The school will call home to find out why you
  were absent
• 2 hours after-school detention, loss of dance
  privilege