Attendance Policy:

  • Prompt and regular school attendance by students is important to support their growth, development, and daily learning.
  • Students who are late but attend/participate in at least half of an instructional day will be marked tardy.
  • Students who miss more than half of the instructional day will be marked absent.
  • If your child is going to be absent, please email your child’s teacher and also email Megan Mayfield, our school secretary who manages student attendance, at [email protected]. The “Report an Absence” button our school website (https://bsd405.org/enatai/)  connects you this email address.
  • To excuse an absence, you must alert the school within 48 hours of the missed day.

 

 

Excused Absences

Excused absences or late arrivals considered appropriate by the school district include the following:

  • student illness
  • family emergencies
  • special religious observances
  • Pre-arranged Medical/Dental appointments,
  • Absences which, according to the school administration, after consulting with the parent/guardian may be deemed appropriate but not covered in the above stated instances.

Absences for reasons other than stated above need to be pre-arranged. Please ask at the front office for a “Request for Excused Absence” form to fill out.

 

We strongly discourage families from taking vacations during school days.  Every absence has an impact on your child and their classroom, and extended absences have been shown to have a negative impact on a student’s education.  In addition, there is no expectation that teachers provide homework during a planned absence. 

 

Unexcused Absences/Tardies

The following are considered unexcused absences:

  • no call or written response from the parent within 5 days of absence
  • vacation (unless approved)
  • missed bus, late ride, and/or traffic

*If a student misses more than half of the day, it is considered an absence.

Excessive tardies are disruptive to a child’s education. In order to be sure that your child is on time and ready to begin class at 8:00, please bring students prior to the 7:55 bell.


The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.