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In order to receive credit in a course (High School) or
a year in school (Middle School), a student must be
present at least 85% of the days of attendance provided
in the official ISK calendar. In the high school this
will be taken to mean 85% of all classes in a course.
For example, attendance of 85% of all algebra classes is
the minimum necessary to receive credit for algebra.
Students who are sent out of class for disciplinary
reasons will be counted as absent for that period.
Students sent out of the library during a class project,
for disciplinary reasons, will be counted as absent that
day.
The following ISK attendance procedures are in effect:
- Students must bring a note to the Director of Studies in
all cases where classes are missed. The student will
then be given an admit slip indicating whether the
absence is excused or unexcused. The student must show
this slip to each of his/her teachers. Students with
unexcused absences will receive “no credit” for work
misse
- Students must have a note form their parents or legal
guardian for an early dismissal from school.
- If a student becomes ill during school hours, he/she
must go to the office. A student who is ill must not
leave the campus until he/she has been dismissed by the
Director of Studies.
For
each school year, the minimum attendance requirements
per semester may vary from year to year. For example:
- First Semester
: Attend 72 days out of 85 school days.
- Second semester : Attend 81 days out
of 95 school days.
The required days of attendance are to assist students and
parents in regulating the amount of class time lost to
such things as travel for extracurricular activities.
A student who exceeds the attendance policy may appeal
the loss of
academic credit (or a year in school) by writing to the
Director of studies within three (3) school days of
notification that credit has been withdrawn or
non-promotion is suggested.
NOTE: In order to receive final exam credit all students
must be in attendance during final exam week. Early
exams are only given in exceptional cases. |
