Attendance

Attendance Handout In gradelink there are two types of attendances: We are going to be going over **Daily Attendance.** ** Attendance Statuses for student at Saint Francis of Assisi 8/26/08 ** **First day of attendance** – Need to be marked on the first day of attendance to the school. This is the E on grade link and the blue book. **Transfer-** Record after the last day pupil attended before transferring to another school. **Tardy-** (Logged as 1 point against student record) is the current status in Gradelink instead of Late in the blue book. ** Morning Half-day AM Absence **- (Logged as .5 against student record) This is when a student is absent before 10:00AM in the morning and it is not medical related. This is the same for a full day of school or a 12:30 half day of school. ** Afternoon Half-day PM Absence **- (Logged as .5 against record) non medical related absence. Absence after 10:00 AM  This is the same for a full day of school or a 12:30 half day of school. **Whole day absence**- (Logged as 1 point against the student record) **Morning Medical absence**- (Logged but doesn’t count against the student record) –If student leaves for medical reasons but MUST provide a doctors note or the absence turns into a Morning or afternoon half-day absence and then it will count against the student record. Please get the doctor notes to the office. **Whole day Medical**- If a student is gone for the whole day for medical reason (example: could be educational testing)  ·   Established an END of Day Absence policy – if a student leaves from 2:00 on during a full day of school or within the last half-hour of a half-day of school then this will count (.25) against the student’s attendance record.  ·  **  Marisol is will input data on the first 7 columns of the attendance fields but the teachers will be responsible for Afternoon Medical, First Day of School, Transfers, Whole day absences-(Educational testing)  **
 * Daily school attendance- This shows on the report card.**
 * Classroom attendance** for teachers or departmental teachers
 * Time cut off is 10:00am **. After 10:00 AM then status switches to an afternoon half-day absence.