Link to Attendance Office Page.

Absences
- If you are absent, please have your parent or guardian call the attendance office on the morning of the absence. If your parent or guardian has not called the school, you must report to the Attendance Office between 8:00 and 8:30am to clear the absence when you return.
  - You will need to present the attendance clerk with a note stating the reason for the absence, the date you were absent, your name, and the signature of your parent or guardian.
Checking In
- Students arriving to school after the school day has begun MUST check in through the attendance office before reporting to class to obtain an admit slip. When checking in students need the following:
  - A note from a parent indicating that the parent is aware that their student is checking in late, and the reason (personal or illness).
  - A properly documented note from a doctor’s office excusing the absence. You may also choose to have your physician fax a doctor's excuse to 817-358-4765.
  - If a note is not possible, a parent may call the Attendance Clerk listed above according to your alphabetical last name. Please leave a detailed message if leaving a voicemail. Without one of these two documents or a phone call, the absence will be considered truant.
  - Parents do not need to accompany their student into the building to check in if they have sent their student in with a parent/doctor's note in hand, or have called the attendance office to report the late arrival.
- Checking Out/Appointments
  - If you must leave campus during the school day, you must present a note from your parent to receive an early dismissal pass and sign out in the attendance office before leaving campus. If you do not sign out, you are considered truant. A note from your parent is required.
  - If you get ill during the day, go to the teacher you have that period and they will give you a pass to go to the nurse's office. Go directly to the nurse's office. Do not leave school without the permission of the nurse and checking out in the Attendance Office.
- College Visits
  - Per GCISD policy, junior or senior students are allowed to miss school for the purpose of college visits. The policy states, “The District shall excuse a student for up to two days during the student’s junior year and up to two days during the student’s senior year to visit an accredited institution of higher education. A student shall be required to submit verification of such visits in accordance with administrative regulations.” Acceptable documentation would be any standard form or paper from the college, stating the student visited the college or an email from the college confirming the visit.
- Make Up Work
  - For any class missed, the teacher may assign the student makeup work based on the instructional objectives for the subject or course, and the needs of the individual student in mastering the essential knowledge and skills, or in meeting subject or course requirements.
    - A student will be responsible for obtaining and completing the makeup work in a satisfactory manner and within the time specified by the teacher. A student who does not make up assigned work within the time allotted by the teacher will receive a grade of zero for the assignment.
    - A student is encouraged to speak with his or her teacher if the student knows of an absence ahead of time, including absences for extracurricular activities, so that the teacher and student may plan any work that can be completed before or shortly after the absence. Please remember the importance of student attendance at school and that, even though absences may be excused or unexcused, all absences account for the 90 percent threshold in regards to the state laws surrounding “attendance for credit or final grade.
    - A student involved in an extracurricular activity must notify his or her teachers ahead of time about any absences.
    - A student will be permitted to make up tests and to turn in projects due in any class missed because of absence. Teachers may assign a late penalty to any long-term project in accordance with time lines approved by the principal and previously communicated to students.
Tardies
- At Colleyville Heritage we value each moment of instructional time. We expect you to be in class on time with all necessary materials ready to learn.
  - Consequences are:
    - Two Warnings
    - Two Detentions
    - ISS
  - Tardies are reset each semester.
  - More detailed information regarding attendance is contained in the Student Parent Handbook.