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Attendance & Absence Reporting

This year Weymouth High School is launching Online Attendance Reporting.  A form will be used to notify the Attendance Secretary if your student/students Grades 9 -12 will be Absent, Tardy or Dismissed. The request MUST be a Parent/Guardian email address that is currently in Aspen connected to your students portal. Any student who misrepresents themselves as their guardian by filling out this form may be disciplined, as this is forgery. Please note, one Google Form per student.   Click on this LINK to fill out the form.

From the WHS Student Handbook:
According to state law, high schools are required to hold school for a minimum of 990 hours and 180 days a year. Regular attendance for the entire school day by a student is a primary requisite for learning. We strongly discourage vacations or trips abroad when school is in session. These absences will not be considered excused absences.

Students may be absent up to four times per quarter without documentation. After four absences, documentation is required to prevent an attendance failure (F*) for the term unless extenuating circumstances exist.

Absences with documentation include:

  • Absence validated by a doctor’s note provided documentation is submitted within one week of the absence to the student’s dean.
  • A post-secondary (military visit, union interviews, etc.) interview or visitation pre-approved by the student’s dean.
  • Legal obligations with documentation provided to the student’s dean.
  • Religious holidays with a parent/guardian note provided to the student’s dean.
  • Bereavement with a parent/guardian note provided to the student’s dean.
  • Additional considerations for an absence with documentation will require prior approval of the principal.

Read the full attendance policy in the WHS Student Handbook »

Checking Student's Attendance

  • Please click here for directions on how to access students' attendance.
  • If there is an error, please reach out to your child’s teacher.
  • If questions arise after the parent portal has been reviewed regarding class attendance, please contact the teacher directly.
  • Parents/Guardians must call or email the school in the morning to alert the Attendance Secretary of your child’s absence.
  • Diane Padula - Grades 9 - 12 - Ext 25102 - diane.padula@weymouthps.org

Homeroom

  • Homeroom is required.
  • If your student is in the building and does not attend Homeroom, you will receive detentions and calls home.
  • Homeroom is not optional and it impacts your school records.

Dismissals

  • Dismissals require a minimum of a 2-hour notice prior to dismissal time to the appropriate attendance secretary.
  • We cannot accommodate immediate dismissal unless it is an emergency situation and your student's Dean has been contacted.
  • Inaccurate or incomplete request may not be processed.
  • Parents/Guardians can dismiss students at door # 36 with proper identification and MUST be listed in the student's contact in Aspen.
  • Dismissal hours are between 8:00 am and 1:45 pm. No dismissal will be processed after 1:45 pm.
  • If a parent is dismissing a student at door #36 for a 1:45 pm dismissal time, please arrive no later than 1:30 pm to allow security time to process.