Attendance Incentive Program

School attendance is a crucial ingredient in the academic success of your child. Attendance in class has a stronger impact on academic progress than any other factor. From an educational standpoint, the process of determining and grading a student’s performance must include a review of such items as self-discipline, group interaction, and class participation which are not always captured or reflected on paper-and-pencil tests.

Accordingly, the Fell Charter School expects and requires that student’s maintain regular attendance in school. For the 2011-2012 school year, Fell Charter School would like to challenge your child to strive for perfect attendance. The criteria for the Attendance Incentive Program (AIP) are as follows:

1) Being on time for school each and every day, (classes begin at 7:45 a.m., students should be in the gymnasium no later than 7:40 a.m.)

2) Having no excused or unexcused absences.

3) If a student should have a medical, vision, dental and/or psychological appointment scheduled during a school day, he/she must return to school that day with a physician’s excuse.  If, however, the appointment is scheduled for 2:00 pm or later, a physician’s excuse must be provided to the homeroom teacher the morning of the following day.

4) If a student should become ill during school hours (7:45 a.m. through 3:30 p.m.) and the school nurse decides that the student must go home, this will not impact perfect attendance.

5) Emergency room visits must be accompanied by a physician’s excuse the following day.

*If your child meets the criteria for the AIP in the first quarter, he/she will be able to attend a school-sponsored event. Information will be provided each quarter and parent/guardian permission to attend will be required.

Perfect Attendance is defined as being on-time and present for the entire day of each and every day of school.  Leaving school for any reason will automatically disqualify a student from receiving a Perfect Attendance Award.

Remember…each student has the opportunity to win an Attendance Prize every quarter!!!!

—————

{Any transfer student will be eligible to receive either an AIP and/or Perfect Attendance award; however, attendance records from their previous school(s) will be taken into account.}