Assignments are to be obtained prior to leaving for pre-arranged
absences, and immediately upon return for all other absences.
The student should write down exactly what needs to be done and
when it is to be done.
This is the student's personal responsibility.
In
general, if a student misses a test or quiz the day the absence
began, the student should expect to take the test or quiz the
day of return. If a
student owes a project or report on a day when the student
misses the class due to a field trip or other school-related
absence, the student should arrange to deliver the project to
the teacher, even if the student is absent from that particular
class.
Work needs
to be made up in a timely fashion.
Each teacher will specify their makeup policy as part of
his or her grading system.
However, as a general rule, one day of absence affords
the student one day to complete makeup work.
Two days would afford two days of makeup work, and so on.
This does not mean that a student who is out four days
can schedule all make-up appointments for the fourth day back.
It means the student has a total of four days in which
the student is to schedule all make-up appointments.
Some will need to be done the day of return, some the
next day, and so on.
If a
student has difficulty coordinating all appointments, the
student is to see their counselor or an administrator before
deadlines are reached, not after.
All
students are expected to do makeup work.
Failure to do so will result in a grade of zero for
missing work and may lead to loss of credit for the entire
course in accordance with the provisions under mastery learning.
Students who have approved absences will receive full
credit for work completed during the deadline set by the
teacher. Work for
unapproved absences would not normally receive credit higher
than a "D".
If a student cannot locate a teacher for
an appointment to do makeup work, the student should report to
the office that will help to locate the teacher and can document
the student's effort.
