School attendance is a primary indicator of academic success.  Optimum benefits of education can be achieved only when students attend school daily and are in class on time.  Excessive absences and/or tardies are barriers to learning and prevent maximum teaching and learning from taking place.  Family vacations are not considered excused absences and are encouraged to be taken during the approved school breaks.  Absent means that the student is not physically present in school for at least half the school day (by 11:00 a.m. or for at least 3 hours of instructional time).

Hawaii has a compulsory attendance law.  School attendance is mandatory under the Hawaii Revised Statues Sec. 298-9, 12-13.  Should a student accumulate a chronic record of absences or the nature of absences is questionable, the school may need to file an educational neglect petition with the Family Court.

Notify the office of Absences

If your child will be absent or is absent, please follow these procedures:

·         Call the office at 627-7303 press *400 before 9:00 a.m. every day your child is absent.

·         Include in your message, the student’s name, grade, room number or teacher’s name, reason for the absence and relationship of the caller to the student. 

·         Send a note stating the reason for the absence when your child returns to school. 

Make up / Homework

Homework for a sick child will be given from the student’s second day of absence.  Request should be made via phone when reporting the absence.  In order to allow teachers sufficient time to gather and write directions between class instruction time, request must be made before 9 a.m. for pick up at the school office from 2-4 p.m.