McKinnon Park Secondary School
Our school has a simple and efficient method for reporting your child’s absences. With Safe Arrival, you can report daily and scheduled absences.
Call the toll-free number 1-833-557-9420 to report an absence using the automated phone system. These options are available 24 hours/day, 7 days a week. Future absences can be reported at any time.
Please report all absences before the bell time for the current day. To ensure student safety, if your student is not at school and has not been reported absent, our staff will attempt to reach you and your contacts to confirm their whereabouts. If a student arrives late or needs to leave early, they must sign in/out. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the teacher and make up any missed work.
All students are to be in their homerooms by the bell time. All students (including those still in the halls) must stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem. Prompt arrival at school should be the personal responsibility of the student and not his/her parents. Students who arrive to any class late, without a legitimate reason, may be sent to the office for a late slip and assigned a lunch detention.
Signing In
All students who miss part of a day are to sign in at the office upon their return to school. Students will receive an admit slip to present to their teacher. Co-op and students without a Period 1 class are required to sign in at the office upon their arrival at school.
Signing Out
Students who leave school during the day must obtain a class excusal slip from the main office before homeroom. This slip must be shown to the classroom teacher at departure time and the student will report to the Main Office where he/she will sign out. Students under 18 will not be allowed to leave unless parents have notified the school (phone call or note). Students who leave at lunch and are not returning must call the school immediately, if they are 18 years old, or have a parent/guardian call to explain the absence.
Students who become ill during the school day must report immediately to the office or send someone on their behalf to explain the circumstances. The office will attempt to contact a parent or guardian. Students under 18 will not be allowed to leave until parental contact has been made. Please sign out before leaving.
High achievement is clearly related to good attendance.
Marks earned in courses taken at the year 3 and 4 level are frequently used as criteria for entrance to programs at the post-secondary level or the world of work.
After 15 days/classes of absence, a student’s continued registration in a course and/or at (enter school name) will be reviewed. This will involve parents of students under 18 years of age.
Exceptional Circumstances
The policy may not apply if absence is due to exceptional circumstances relating to:
Note that, by Ministry of Education policy, 15 consecutive absences in any class, regardless of the age of the student, will result in removal from the class(es). Parent/guardian will be notified in writing unless the student is 18 years or older.
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