Appointments with doctors and dentists should be scheduled
after school hours whenever possible. If an appointment must
be made during school hours, the student and
parent/guardian procedures are as follows:
A signed parent/guardian note or phone call must be
submitted to the Attendance Officer by 7:50am;
The Attendance Officer will notify the affected
teacher(s) of the absence through PowerSchool;
The student will report to the Main Office to sign out.
Non-driving students must be signed out with the Main
Office by their parent/guardian. The school will not
release a student to anyone other than the
individual(s) named in the student’s record.
Students will not be allowed to sign out of school prior
to a Mass or school-wide assembly.
d.
8. Absences and Assignment Credit
a.
When absent, students are expected to check
Schoology for missed work and pertinent information
for their classes.
b.
Students are allowed one additional school day for
every excused absence to make up and submit
missed work. Teachers, at their own discretion, may
make arrangements for additional time. Students
failing to submit/make up work in the appropriate
amount of time will receive no credit.
c.
If a student is absent the day of an assessment and/or
assignment due date and the student was informed in
class of the assessment and/or assignment prior to his
absence, the student should expect to take the missed
assessment and/or turn in that assignment the day he
returns to school.
d.
A student who has an unexcused absence or who
"cuts" a class period may receive no credit for
classwork, quizzes, or tests missed and will be subject
to suspension up to including expulsion.
9. School Mass and Retreats
Participation in school retreats and at Mass is an integral part
of the formation of the Brother Rice student and therefore
attendance and participation is required.
For re-admittance to school:
The student must sign in with the Attendance Officer
and submit a note from the doctor (on office letterhead
or prescription slip).
The school reserves the right to determine the legitimacy
of an absence and whether it is considered excused or
unexcused.
A student may be excused a maximum of three (3) times
per semester before absences may be considered
unexcused. A family should speak with the Dean of
Student Formation for extenuating circumstances.
5.
Unexcused Absences
An unexcused absence indicates a student was absent
without a legitimate reason or prior permission for part or a
full day. This may include being absent for reasons not
mentioned above, skipping class, skipping school or
leaving campus without permission.
Students will not be allowed to sign out of school prior to a
Mass or school-wide assembly.
10. Field Trips
Students approved to attend a field trip must present a
completed official permission form to the sponsoring teacher
before the posted deadline. The permission form must be
signed by the parent/guardian and by the teachers whose
classes will be missed. Parental/guardian permission to
attend off-campus events will not be accepted over the
telephone or via e-mail.
11. College Visits
Students are encouraged to schedule visits to prospective
universities or colleges during Brother Rice school holidays.
When scheduling during a holiday period is not feasible, the
student must complete an Absence Notification Approval
Form for such a visit and return it to the Dean of Student
Formation. Written verification of the visit is required from the
admission office of the school visited and must be turned into
the Dean of Student Formation upon the student’s return
otherwise the absence will not be excused. College visits
may not be excused for the purpose of exam exemptions and
may not be taken during the month of May. The number of
visits that may be excused are based on grade level and any
beyond the guidelines may be considered an unexcused
absence.
For Sophomores, one (1) college visit will be
excused;
For Juniors, three (3) college visits will be excused;
For Seniors, five (5) college visits will be excused
12. Signing In or Out of School
a.
After classes have begun a student must sign in with
the Attendance Officer anytime he arrives on campus.
b.
Students will not be permitted to leave prior to the end
of the school day without written permission and a
dismissal pass.
c.
Any time a student leaves campus prior to the end of
the school day, he must sign out with the Main Office.
A student will not be allowed to leave campus
The school does not condone absences for the purposes
of extended holidays or vacations and non-Brother Rice
academic/athletic camps. Students should speak with
the Dean of Student Formation well in advance of any
absence not mentioned in Part 4 to work out details
and absence type.
It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements for
school work beforehand and will be advised of possible
academic consequences. Regardless of the absence
length, teachers are not obligated to administer make-up
assessments and/or assignments or accept work
distributed and/or collected during any unexcused
absence(s).
6. Falsification of Absences
Forging a parent/guardian’s signature on a note or other
communication, altering a note or communication in any way
or making/having someone else make a phone call to the
school in which the caller falsely claims to be a
parent/guardian is illegal and dishonest. Moreover, notes
giving false reasons for absence or requests to be off campus
are also dishonest. Students incur disciplinary consequences
for any and all of the above.
7. Absences and Extra-Curricular Activities
a.
Students absent from school may not attend or
participate in an extra-curricular activity or school
function on the day of the absence.
b.
Students who arrive late or leave school early due
to illness may not attend or participate in any extra-
curricular activity later that day.
c.
Students who arrive late or leave school early must
attend at least four (4) credit-earning courses to be
eligible to attend or participate any extra-curricular
activit