Secondary Attendance Policy

• Night School
• Civics & Careers
• Saturday IL
• IB
• Yearlong

• • Students must log in to the virtual classroom meeting promptly. If students miss a large amount of instruction due to being late, they  will be recorded as absent.
  • All assignments must be submitted by the indicated deadlines.
  • Students may not miss more than three classes, in accordance with Ministry attendance requirements for the 110-hour credit course. On the fourth absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 
  • Civics and Careers students may miss a maximum of 2 days per half-credit course. On the second absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process. Complete the required drop form, contact the student’s parents and remove the student from the course.

• Aquatics
• Remedial Grade 9 & 10
• Summer In-Person

• • Students must arrive promptly to their in-person course. Attendance is taken twice a day, once in the morning and once after lunch.
  • Remedial and Aquatic students are permitted to miss a maximum of 1 day. Upon the second absence, the drop form will be filled out and the student will be removed from the course.
  • Summer In Person students  may not miss more than three classes, in accordance with Ministry attendance requirements for the 110-hour credit course. On the fourth absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 
  • Civics and Careers students may miss a maximum of 2 days per half-credit course. On the second absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process. Complete the required drop form, contact the student’s parents and remove the student from the course.

• Summer Online Synchronous (Remote)

• Students are required to be online for the duration of the morning and use the afternoon to complete assignments independently.
• Students may not miss more than three classes, in accordance with Ministry attendance requirements for the 110-hour credit course. On the fourth absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 
• Civics and Careers students may miss a maximum of 2 days per half-credit course. On the second absence, the teacher will initiate the drop process. Complete the required drop form, contact the student’s parents and remove the student from the course.

• Summer eLearning

• • eLearning courses are asynchronous, allowing students to participate in self-directed learning.
  • All assignments must be submitted by the indicated deadlines.
  • All students must access their eLearning course at least once each day to be marked for attendance.
  • If the student fails to access the course for three days, the teacher will initiate the drop process on the 4th day by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 

• Summer Credit Recovery/Reinforcement

• Students must log in to the virtual classroom meeting promptly. If students miss a large amount of instruction due to being late, they  will be recorded as absent.
• Students are permitted to miss a maximum of two days.  The teacher will initiate the drop process on the second absence by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 

• Summer COOP

• Students are permitted to miss a maximum of one day (with approved explanation).  The teacher will initiate the drop process on the second day, by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 

During placement:

• Students are permitted to miss a maximum of one day (with explanation). The teacher will initiate the drop process on the second absence by completing the required drop form, contacting the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s), and notifying Continuing Education, who will then remove the student from the course. 

Outside commitments are not considered valid reasons for missing a class.

 This includes, but is not limited to:

• Employment or work schedules
• Extracurricular activities
• Sports or athletic commitments

The Ministry has mandated IN PERSON EXAMS. All students must attend. Failure to show up to the exam will result in a mark of zero.