Attendance

Attendance

Attendance Updates:

To be promoted to the next grade and/or receive credit for high school courses, students may not be absent from school or class for more than ten (10) days for yearlong courses or five (5) days for semester courses, unless the absences are excused.

Middle and high school students who have more than eight (8) medical notes per academic block will have the opportunity to make up time (if offered by the school) or may be asked to participate in summer school.

 

Excused Absences:

• An absence is considered excused if a valid medical doctor's written note (with the date & time the student was seen) is provided within 3 school days after the absence. Online Medical visits with medical notes and/or screenshots that contain the student's name, date of birth, and results of the online visit (prescription, number of days out before the student's return to school, etc.)
• An absence for bereavement, due to a death in the student's immediate family, may be excused if an obituary or program of service verifying the death is provided to the attendance clerk within 3 school days after the student returns to school.
• An absence for a nationally recognized religious holiday of the student's faith may be excused if a request is made in writing to the principal and written approval is received prior to the absence.
• Parents are allowed to submit up to six (6) notes per school year to excuse student absences for any reason they deem necessary. 
  • Notes may be submitted in advance of a planned absence.
  • For unplanned absences, parent notes must be submitted within three (3) school days after the student returns.
  • Late notes (submitted after the three-day window) will not be accepted, and the absence will remain unexcused.
  • Parent notes will not be accepted during designated state testing dates.
• Please note that Principals may not excuse days any longer. 

If you would like to send the excuse(Parent and/or Medical) via email, please send it to Wpmattendance@horrycountyschools.net

Make Up Work:

Students are responsible for all work missed during an absence.  If you know your child will be out for more than two days, please email your student's teachers to request homework.  There is a 24 hour turnaround for requested work.  All work during an absence must be made up in a reasonable amount of time.

Early Dismissal: 

If your student needs to be released early from school for any reason, he/she must present a note to the front office in the morning.  This enables the student to be released from class with a pass at the appropriate time.  This is not only a time-saver but prevents the interruption of classroom instruction.

WPM operates under a closed-campus policy. Students must remain on campus from the time they arrive at school until they are properly dismissed. A student may check out through the front office only if a parent, guardian, or approved adult comes to the school prior to 3:00 PM to sign the student out with a valid ID.