Attendance Information

Attendance Guidelines

SAFE ARRIVAL

There are 2 ways to notify Henderson HS when a student is absent. A parent/guardian/caretaker can:

Log in to Parent Portal and enter the correct code for the absence (directions for Parent Portal Attendance.) Using the Parent Portal or emailing the attendance office eliminates the need to send an excuse note, except for family vacations, college visits, or doctor’s appointments.
Email the attendance office at: hhsattendance@wcasd.net. The email from the parent account is accepted as a parent note.

Please use this link to read the WCASD Attendance Policy: WCASD ATTENDANCE POLICY. Families have a total of fifteen parent notes or a combination of up to five family vacation days and ten parent notes per year.

Henderson HS Attendance Procedures

Early Dismissal

If your student needs to leave early from school, please email hhsattendance@wcasd.net so that we can make teachers aware. These emails must be sent from a parent’s email address listed in our files. The email should include the student’s name, date, requested dismissal time, reason for dismissal, and if they are returning. The student will then come to the office and be given a pass to leave the building at the designated time. Early dismissals can only be excused if we receive a doctor excuse note.

Lateness to School

Lateness to school can only be excused for these reasons.

Doctor Appointment
Court Appearance
Funeral

Students who arrive late to school due to one of these reasons, must send in documentation to excuse the lateness. All other reasons given for being late to school are not excused. Every time a student accumulates 8 unlawful late arrivals to school, a late room shall be assigned. The number of unlawful late arrivals to school will be reset each semester.

Family Vacation

The family vacation form is found on the HHS website and must be signed by each of the student’s teachers and turned into the attendance office a week before the trip for administrator approval. There is a maximum of 5 days per year. Once this form is complete, a family vacation code will be entered into your student’s attendance for the dates approved.

Family Vacation Form

College Visits

College visits are non-cumulative absences and can be excused if documentation is sent into the attendance office. Accepted forms of proof are an email from the college that states the date of the tour, a dated parking pass from the college from the day of the visit, or a letter from the college admission office. Travel days are not excused but can be marked as parent excuse codes.

Cumulative Absences & Early Dismissals Include

Cumulative Absences & Early Dismissals Include:

Parent Excuse (PN) -10 days for the school year
Family Vacation (FV)- maximum of 5 days per year- Student must have a family vacation form completed and administrator approval prior to the trip
Unlawful Absence (LAW)- Absence for students 17 and under
Unexcused Absence (UNX)- Absence for students 18 and older
Unexcused Early Dismissal (UED)- Student has an early dismissal and a doctor excuse note has not been handed in

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