RISD REPORT
For your child to gain the greatest benefit from his/her education, good attendance is necessary.
Rockdale ISD can provide assistance, answer questions and connect you with resources that can help your child avoid excessive, unexcused absences and tardies.
We have some effective tips for parents to help improve their child’s attendance.
Reinforce the value and importance of good attendance from the time your child enrolls in school. Encourage and help your child prepare for school each evening.
Packing backpacks, preparing lunch and selecting clothes the night before can reduce morning stress. Designate an appropriate bedtime for your child and be consistent. Praise your child when he/she exhibits good attendance and promptness.
Perfect attendance is one way to help insure student success. When a student is absent s/he misses vital instruction time, however we understand that students, due to illness or emergencies, will miss school from time to time.
Follow these important steps:
• Call the school to let them know your child will be absent.
• If your child is absent due to illness and visits the doctor, remember to ask for a physician statement. This excuse should state the child was too ill to attend school.
• Many times children will “forget” to turn in the doctor’s statement once they return to school. Please check to see if your child did turn the note in to a teacher or office.
• If your child must miss school due to a dental/ orthodontist appointment, please turn in the statement from the dentist/ orthodontist so this may be an excused absence.
• If your child is tardy (arriving late, leaving early or returning to school after an appointment) an adult must sign him/herin/out at the school office.
• A written explanation of an absence is required upon the student’s return to school.
Parents must always be willing to encourage proper attendance, and help manage their children’s time and their understanding of good attendance.
Please keep the Student Handbook in a safe place, so you may refer to it throughout the year. This handbook is very helpful to clarify attendance issues and questions that may arise regarding other school district policies.
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