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The School Day
The student school day officially begins at 7:40 a.m. and ends at 2:44 p.m., although the bus schedule may result in students arriving earlier or home later. The day is divided into a 10-period day including academic “core” courses, exploratory classes, and an intervention & enrichment session. Students participating in extracurricular activities do so outside of the school day. Practice for sports and meetings typically take place after 2:45 p.m. and will require a ride home following the activity.
Emergency Closing and Delays
To be prepared for an early dismissal, arrangements for students must be made in advance. Please make arrangements for your child to go to a relative’sorneighbor’shomeifyouwillnotbeathome. Parentsshould have a “contingency plan” set up with friends, neighbors or relatives to care for their child should school be dismissed early or delayed. Students may not be able to use the phones in some emergencies and parents may not be able to reach the school because of busy or damaged phone lines.
In the event of extremely bad weather, the schools may be forced to dismiss early, have a 2-hour delay, or be closed for the total day. In the event school is closed, all after-school and evening activities are also cancelled. We ask that you do not call the school, but please check the school district’s website, Facebook page, or listen to the following media outlets for such announcements:
WKYC - CHANNEL 3
WEWS - CHANNEL 5
WJW - CHANNEL 8 https://www.facebook.com/sheffieldschools/
Attendance
While every student cannot have perfect attendance, every effort should be made to miss school as seldom as possible. Clearly, it is difficult to learn new classroom information and benefit from school, if there is not a regular, daily pattern of school attendance. Regular, prompt school attendance is the responsibility of all parents according to the State of Ohio Revised Code. This responsibility, however, is willingly shared as a cooperative effort between the home and school with the support of the Lorain County Juvenile Court and its attendance officer serving the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District.
Expectation: Students are to attend school daily. Parents are to notify the school on every day of school absence.
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