Student Absent Today Notification

Absence Notification:

Fill in the form below and click the blue “submit” button by 9:30 a.m.  This form notifies the school that your student will be absent today. It also functions as an excuse note. An electronic or written excuse note must be submitted within five days of your student’s return to school. Parents/Guardians may submit ten written excuse notes per year; after that, a doctor’s note is required.

Excused Absences

Up to 10 absences, accompanied by an excuse note, for any of the following reasons are excused.:

• MEDICAL: Medical reasons documented with a parent/guardian or doctor note submitted within 5 days of student return from absence.
• SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY: Students sent home sick with a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher are asked not to return to school for a full 24 hours after the fever breaks without medicine.
• COVID-19 SCREENING/ILLNESS
• DEATH IN IMMEDIATE FAMILY
• OBSERVANCE OF A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
• REQUIRED COURT ATTENDANCE
• EMERGENCIES: Logos Academy understands that unforeseen events occur. Family emergencies that center around and specifically include the student may be authorized as a lawful absence at the discretion of the Academic Team (which includes the principals and assistant head of school). Details about the nature of the emergency should be included in the communication to the school.
• PRE-PLANNED ABSENCE: Logos Academy encourages family time as well as educational/church opportunities. Whenever such an opportunity or event arises, parents/guardians are required to fill out the Field Trip Absence Request Form online (at least ten days in advance). Families are asked not to plan an absence during the last 10 days of the school year. (Some examples of excused pre-planned absences are an educational trip, immediate family member’s wedding, or church attendance.)

Unexcused (Unlawful) Absences

Absences that do not qualify for one of the excuses above will be recorded as unexcused/unlawful. These absences include any cases where:

• No parent/guardian communication is provided
• Students are kept out of school to support the needs of parents/guardians or other family members (i.e. babysitting, doing errands)
• Oversleeping
• Job hunting
• Car troubles, lack of transportation to school, missing the bus, traffic
• Four unexcused tardies have occurred (each tardy is recorded as 0.25 of an unlawful absence)