ATTENDANCE

Absence Line - (403) 938-6116 Ext. #8

Email - FCHSAttendance@fsd38.ab.ca

What To Expect When A Student Misses A Class?

Please phone or email (indicated above) the school if your student is going to be absent, late, or is leaving school early.  These notifications are monitored and added to the student file throughout the school day.

Please advise your student to check in at the office when they arrive late/leave early so their attendance can be timestamped (this is necessary for security reasons).

If notification is NOT received from a parent or guardian, the absence is considered UNEXCUSED. This information is pulled at 9:15am and 3:30pm resulting in an automated phone/email message to the primary contacts on file at 9:30am and 3:45pm indicating that a class or classes were missed.  You are able to log into your Edsembli account to verify which classes were missed and if you feel there is a discrepancy, you will need to reach out to your students teacher.

When a student is late for class, we encourage them to speak to their teacher to ensure that they are marked “Late” rather than “Absent” (LATE attendance does NOT action a phone/email message).  Please note that teachers may not update this information until the end of the day.  When a student leaves early from class without being excused, a phone/email message will also be sent to the primary contacts. 

NOTE: An 18 year old student still needs to be excused by a parent or guardian.

Protocols for Confirming Absences

For Students

• Please stop at the office to let us know when you are leaving or if you are returning to school
• Please have your parent or guardian contact us to confirm your absence
• If you are late, please discuss your attendance with your teacher at the END of class to ensure that your attendance is marked late, not absent – when you check in/out at the office, we only check you in/out of school…your teacher checks you in/out of class.

For Parents

• Please contact the office (phone/email) to confirm your student’s absence, as well as letting us know how long they will be away.
• The purpose of calling/emailing to excuse your student from school is for us to confirm that you are aware of the absence. 
• Only teachers know if your student was in the classroom.  If you receive a call/email stating your student was absent, please direct any discrepancies to the appropriate teacher via email.

The Office

We keep track of a student’s attendance electronically, via Edsembli. 

We record:

• The timestamp for when a student leaves/returns from the school, and
• Parental/guardian confirmation of a student’s absence