Attendance every day is required for students’ academic success. 100% attendance is the goal. More time in school means your child will get the social-emotional and academic support they need to thrive, learn, and be happy. Having 90% attendance means a student is missing 18+ days over a school year - a month of instruction- and at risk. We are here to support you. Your child may miss school for illness, emergencies, or religious reasons, but we want to see every student in school every day.
Absences
Every absence counts. Excused absences are still absences.
A child who does not attend school is marked absent, even if the absence is excused. Schools can excuse absences when a student is absent from school for religious, medical or emergency reasons, but excused absences are a legal part of the student’s record. Excused absences will not be counted when attendance is calculated for school attendance recognition, or for eligibility in sports (PSAL) or other school activities. After two consecutive absences teachers must complete our Q300 Attendance Intervention Form.
Any chronically absent students (5 absences or more) will be placed on our Attendance
Meeting Agenda and the Attendance Team will follow up with the necessary interventions.
Rachel Weiss is in charge of Grades K-4
Khary Chang is in charge of Grades 5-8
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K-8 Citywide Gifted & Talented School
28-37 29th St., 4th Floor
Astoria, NY 11102
Phone: (718) 626-8502
Fax: (718) 626-8508
31-51 21st St., 5th Floor
Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone: (718) 726-0501
Fax: (718) 726-0949
