Attendance

Attendance Answering Machine: (510) 594-2629

If you are absent all day or any part of the day the following is required:

• A parent or legal guardian must excuse your absence within 3 days by note or phone call.
• Your note or phone message must include your first and last name, specific period(s) and date(s) missed, and the reason for your absence.
• Oversleeping is not an excused absence.
• It is violation of academic integrity policy for students to miss a class because they are working or studying for another class.
• An absence must be cleared within 3 days or it will become an unexcused absence.

If you need to leave school for any reason:

• You must bring a note to the office before leaving campus. 
• You will receive a Permit to Leave to give to your teacher.
• Do not tell your parents to call to excuse you from class for a doctor, dentist, personal reasons. 
• A note is required to for an excused absence.
• Call a parent/legal guardian from the front office before going home ill.