Information Technology High School

Attendance Taking: Our School will take daily Attendance: During period 3: 09:50 a.m. - 10:42 a.m. as well as period attendance.

Attendance Definitions (Modality: In-person):

• Present: Students attend (is physically present in the classroom/school learning environment) at least one full instructional period during the school day.
• Absent: A student that is not physically present in the classroom school learning environment for instruction during the scheduled school day.

If you know your child is going to miss school on a certain day or will be missing school for an extended period, please notify the school in advance by:

• calling the attendance office at 718-937-4270 ext. 1272 before 9:00 a.m. to report the absence,
• or e-mail fwilliams3@schools.nyc.gov with the student's name, official class, nine digit student ID number (OSIS), and the date of absence.

If your child is absent, we will follow up by making a positive phone call, text, or email home. This follow-up helps us to ensure that your child is safe, healthy and that your family has what it needs to help your child overcome the barriers to attending school.

While every single absence is equal to missed instructional time, we nonetheless mark absences as excused and unexcused. Please provide us with information on the reason for your child's absence.

• Reason provided: If a reason is provided we will code student absence for the following reasons: Illness, injury, problems accessing technology or getting online during a snow emergency day, family emergency, religious observation, pre-arranged appointments, etc. An absence note, signed by the parent/guardian must be brought to the attendance office by student/parent before the student's first class on the day of return. If a doctor treats the illness, a doctor's note should be attached to the absence note in accordance with NYC Public schools regulation.
• No reason provided: If too little to no information is provided when a student is absent that is how they will be coded.

Lateness: A student is considered late should they arrive to class after the late bell of their 1st period according to their schedule. See the bell schedule at the end of this document. If you know your child is going to be late on a certain day please:

• Send a Jupiter Ed message to all the teachers of the classes they will be missing instructional time for that day, so they can coordinate to get their missing assignments.

Leaving Early: This section explains our school's policy for a student's early departure from the school day. Even if a student leaves school before the end of the school day, they are still marked as present as long as they attend for at least one instructional period. If your child is going to leave early on a certain day, please notify the school by:

• Parents should reach out to the school at our main number: 718-937-4270 ext. 1133 as well as provide documentation for any early departure via our Jupiter Ed System.

Leaving school early must be arranged in advance. A student can be dismissed from school early to the family or a person who has been identified on the Blue Card over compulsory school age (18 years old). Anyone picking up a student must come to the office and provide a photo ID. If a student is over the age of 18 they may sign themselves out if we have previously received documentation from the guardian via Jupiter Ed or email (to admin and the main office staff) that they are aware of the student's early departure for an appointment.

If a child is absent or late, grades, coursework, or exams could be affected. Here is what you need to know regarding our grading policies and how we support our students with make-up work:

• Lateness to class may result in a lower class average due to the loss of instructional time in activities such as classroom participation, examinations (Quizzes/full period exams), dialogs, speeches, group work, lab work, etc. All work is available to be made up via Jupiter Ed, and our Google Classroom platforms.
• Students are not required to make up the exact hours of missed instructional time. If students master course content and satisfactorily meet expectations outlined in the syllabus, they will receive credit for the course.