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MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEDGE
Each day announcements will be made over the PA or computer video system and include a moment of silence, and recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. During the moment of silence students may participate in prayer, reflection, or meditation upon a moral, philosophical, or patriotic theme. Following this, students will be asked to stand and recite the Pledge. Students are not required to participate in either the moment of silence or the Pledge. However, no student may engage in any action which would either interrupt or infringe upon the rights of other students to participate in these activities.
ABSENCE (EXCUSED)
Any student absent from school must have the parent/guardian phone the attendance office at 949-4219 or write a note explaining the absence on the day the student returns to school. In the event of the attendance office not receiving a telephone call from the parent or guardian, failure to produce a written note within 24 hours after returning from the absence will result in an unexcused absence for the day or days missed.
A student is allowed a total of 65 hours of absence all year to be excused by a parent or guardian’s phone call or note to the office providing the reason for the absence falls within the criteria established by the Sheffield- Sheffield Lake City School District.
The following reasons for absences are valid with documentation:
1. Personal or family illness
2. Family emergency
3. Authorized religious holidays
4. Death of a relative
5. Appointments (Court, dentist, doctor, driver’s test-—AM or
PM only, etc.)
6. Absences approved in advance by the school principal
7. Needed at home to perform necessary work directly and
exclusively for parents or legal guardians for a limited period of time when approved by the Superintendent (applies to students over 14 years of age only);
8. College visits with prior school approval.
9. Quarantine for contagious disease;
10. Traveling out of state to attend a Board-approved enrichment
activity or extracurricular activity (applies to absences of up to 24 school hours);
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