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Absence Excuse Notes
Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, students have 5 days, upon returning from an absence, to upload or submit an absence excuse note.
Students must now submit absence excuse notes via the AHS Absence Excuse Note form found here:
Please allow the attendance office ample time to update the attendance record.
If a student does not want to submit a digital copy of their excuse note, the teacher should send the student with the note to the attendance office.
The attendance office DOES NOT need the hardcopy of the excuse note if the student submits it digitally.
AHS Absence Excuse Form Details
The excuse note submission form requires students to answer basic questions about their absence and requires that they upload a copy (picture, pdf, Word document) of their excuse note as an attachment..
Students should only submit one form per absence or consecutive absences. The form will allow only one attachment per submission. If their excuse note is multiple pages, students must combine the pages into one file for upload. Students should use their iPad's camera to take a picture to digitize their excuse note.
Once the student submits the form, the student will receive a message that the form was successfully submitted.
If the attendance office has an issue with the form or the excuse, they will contact the student.
Student Directions for Submitting Absence Excuse Notes
- Use your ACS issued iPad to scan the QR code
- Ensure you are logged in to your ACS Microsoft account (This is your ACS email/Office 365 account. The form will display the username of the account used to open the form)
- Complete all form fields
- Upload your attendance note
- Submit the form
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Tardy Procedures
Tardy Guidelines
Tardy to Any Class
If a student arrives at school between 7:00 and 7:15, the student will go directly to the first class of the day. In order to have the tardy excused, he/she must provide a note from a parent or doctor. If a student arrives at school after 7:15, the student will check in through the attendance office and come to class with the yellow (unexcused) or blue (excused) slip.
Tardy will be notated in PowerSchool for any tardy whether excused or unexcused.
Excused approved tardies include:
- Personal illness
- Serious Illness of a Family Member
- Death in the Family
- Traffic Accident/Car Trouble
If you are unsure about a tardy being excused or unexcused, you may send the student to the attendance office.
Tardy discipline starts over every nine weeks.
Tardy Consequences
1st Tardy - Verbal Warning
2nd Tardy - Verbal Warning/Parent Contact
3rd Tardy - Detention
4th Tardy - Referral to Grade Level Administrator
This procedure is for all unexcused tardies for all class periods. This includes unexcused check ins to class.
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Attendance Policy
All absentee notes are required to be uploaded/turned in within 5 days of the student returning to school after the absence. No exceptions.
If a student misses 10 or more days of school, they are required to have a doctor's note for future absences. A letter will be mailed once the student misses 10 days of school.
If a student has 5 or more unexcused absences, they are considered truant and warning notices will be mailed to the parents. Students with more than 5 unexcused absences will not be allowed to make-up ANY missed assignments for future unexcused absences.
Unexcused Absences
Students are allowed 5 ALL DAY unexcused absences per year with NO penalties to their assignments.
After the 5th all day unexcused absence, a student cannot make up ANY of his/her work they missed if the absence is unexused.
If the absence is excused, they are allowed to make up all work.
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Check In & Check Out
Check In Procedures
Before 7:15
Students will go to the 1st class period of the day and check in with the teacher.
After 7:15
Students will check into school through the attendance office.
All students may sign themselves in school.
Tardy to Any Class
If a student arrives at school between 7:00 and 7:15, the student will go directly to the first class of the day. In order to have the tardy excused, he/she must provide a note from a parent or doctor. If a student arrives at school after 7:15, the student will check in through the attendance office and come to class with the yellow (unexcused) or blue (excused) slip.
Tardy will be notated in PowerSchool for any tardy whether excused or unexcused.
Excused approved tardies include:
- Personal illness
- Serious Illness of a Family Member
- Death in the Family
- Traffic Accident/Car Trouble
If you are unsure about a tardy being excused or unexcused, you may send the student to the attendance office.
Tardy discipline starts over every nine weeks.
Tardy Consequences
1st Tardy - Verbal Warning
2nd Tardy - Verbal Warning/Parent Contact
3rd Tardy - Detention
4th Tardy - Referral to Grade Level Administrator
This procedure is for all unexcused tardies for all class periods. This includes unexcused check ins to class.
Check Out Procedures
There are NO checkouts after 1:30.
11th and 12th grade students may check themselves out with a parent note that is provided to the attendance office before 7:00am. The attendance office MUST speak with the parent before 7:00am in order for the student to be able to checkout. If we are not able to verify the note before 7:00am, the student cannot check themselves out. NO faxes, phone calls or emails will be accepted.
If any student checks out who is on the Doctor’s Note List, a doctor’s note is required for the absence to be excused.
If your student needs a permit form, they may sign up Monday - Thursday on the clipboard outside the attendance office. The form will be available for pick up Friday after 12 p.m. noon.
The K-12 Makeup Work Policy (#6.200) can be found in the ACS student-parent handbook.
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Code of Honor
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Dress Code
View the AHS Student Handbook for extended guidelines.
Arlington Community Schools is committed to ensuring a safe and secure learning environment for each student. There is a clear relationship between neat, appropriate attire and a productive learning environment. Apparel or appearance that tends to draw attention to an individual rather than to a learning environment should be avoided.
High School Dress Code
In an effort to foster the most productive learning environment for students enrolled in AHS, the following dress code standards will be implemented:
- Pants must be worn at the waist at a safe length.
- Shirts or tops must completely cover the abdomen, back and shoulders with no midriff visible. Low-cut blouses, shirts, or tops are prohibited.
- Head apparel, such as hoods, hats, etc., except for religious or medical purposes, must not be worn inside the school building.
- Footwear is required and must be safe and appropriate for indoor and outdoor activity.
- Clothing and accessories such as backpacks, patches, jewelry, and notebooks must not display (1) substances such as drugs, alcohol, etc.;, (2) offensive, vulgar, lewd, or indecent speech, (3) gang related indicia; or (4) racially or ethnically divisive symbols or messages, shall not be worn.
- Skirts, dresses, and shorts must extend below the fingertip.
- Sleepwear, pajamas, and/or blankets cannot be worn in school.
- Clothing with tears or holes allowing skin to be shown cannot be worn at school.
- Sunglasses shall not be worn indoors at school except for health purposes.
- Facial jewely including tongue piercings or nose rings shall not be worn at school.
**Leggings or yoga pants may be worn with a shirt or top that extend to the mid-thigh.
School officials may also prohibit the wearing of clothing bearing any image which would substantially or materially interfere with school activities or the learning environment.
The principal may allow exceptions for school-wide programs or special classroom activities. The school administration will administer appropriate consequences for policy violations.
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Student Handbook
