School News

Tuesday, February 23rd will be Spring Picture day.  There will be a flyer coming home this week.  These picture packets will have to be ordered BEFORE picture day at mylifetouch.com and the picture ID is EVTSSKR9H.  

Second graders had to use their knowledge of adaptations and habitats to discover which animals were hiding in boxes and bags based on clues.  They had to guess an emu egg, ostrich egg, duck, rattle snake rattle, turtel shell and a shark in a jar.  

With Valentines just around the corner, we just wanted families to know how we would handle the celebration, while continuing to reinforce our safety protocols. Treats for class members will be brought on Feb. 12th. Students will sanitize before handing treats out, and then all treats will be taken home. Watch for further information being sent home by your child’s teacher.   

Listed below are the attendance procedures/policies on absences and tardies from Nebo School District.  Please read over them to and familiarize yourself with how attendance is marked.  

2.10. “Tardy” is when a student arrives at a class after the tardy bell has rung. Tardiness is considered a disciplinary issue as well as an attendance issue. If a student arrives to class over ten (10) minutes late but less than sixty (60) minutes late, the tardy may be considered a “late tardy.” If a student is more than sixty (60) minutes late to class, the tardy may be considered an “absence” for that day. It is the responsibility of the parent of any student who is tardy to verify with the school that the student was marked tardy and not absent. Each school, with the input and assistance of its School Community Council, may develop additional policies and procedures for dealing with tardiness as per Section 9 of this policy

3. PROCEDURES FOR EXCUSING AN ABSENCE

3.1. The decision to mark an absence “excused” is within the discretion of the school principal, consistent with this policy.

3.2. Parents may request that an absence be excused. To do so, the parent must contact the school and provide the reason for the absence. If possible, parents should contact the school prior to the absence, but for the request to be considered the parent must provide the reason and make the request within two (2) school days following the absence. When a parent knows that their student is going to be absent for two (2) or more consecutive days, the parent should contact teachers regarding the student’s assignments before the absence occurs.

3.3. Students having excessive excused absences exceeding all or part of five (5) days due to a stated illness may be required to provide a doctor’s note specifically addressing the dates the student was absent from school.

3.4. School principals shall reasonably accommodate a written request of a student’s parent or guardian to excuse the student from attendance for a family event or visit to a health care provider, without obtaining a note from the provider. Principals may evaluate requests to approve extended or excessive absences. Such absences may be excused so long as the absences do not negatively impact the academic progress of the student or otherwise fall outside the scope of a reasonable accommodation as defined in Section 2.9 above. Schools may require students to complete make-up work missed due to an excused absence. Schools may offer positive incentives for students to attend school.

3.5. The school principal has authority to grant exceptions to the above in situations involving unforeseen circumstances.