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A collage of photos celebrating the Mt. Adams School District #209, featuring students, staff, and community members. The text reads 'Attendance Matters and So Do You!'

Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism 
Why are we focusing on attendance?
Every absence, excused or unexcused, is a learning opportunity lost and can have significant impacts on a student’s success in school and life. A student who misses 18 or more days in a school year—just two days a month—for any reason is considered chronically absent. Chronically absent students are more likely to fall behind in reading and math and less likely to graduate from high school. Addressing chronic absenteeism and developing good attendance habits is a solvable problem for which we all share responsibility.

Mt. Adams School District encourages everyone, staff and students, to Strive for Five - attend school five days a week, every week, during the school year.

  • Parents- Student absence notes can be sent electronically to building offices to excuse absences. 
  • Email: Harrah Elementary office at: hesabsent@masd209.org
  • Email: Mt. Adams Middle School/White Swan High School office at: whiteswanabsent@masd209.org
  • Email: Attendance Liaison (TBD)

Remember, notes need to be received within five (5) days of the student's absence in order to be excused.

 

New Absence Alerts for 2024-2025/ Nuevas Alertas para Ausencias para 2024-2025

A document outlining a new school absence notification system called Absence Alerts, which allows parents to excuse absences via text or email.

 

A Spanish-language announcement from Mt. Adams School District #209 about a new absence alert system. The text explains how the system will work and how parents can use it to excuse their children's absences.
 

 

An infographic about the importance of attendance in early grades, featuring illustrations of children in a classroom, statistics, and tips for parents and educators.

 

See below for attendance resources.

Field trips and sports related trips will not be counted as absences for our students.
Did you know? Mt. Adams School District honors the cultural education students receive outside of school! 

To recognize vital learning opportunities like hunting, berry-picking, and trips abroad to reconnect with family, MASD offers attendance credit. 

In other words, the days students spend participating in cultural activities outside of school will NOT be counted as school absences. 

To receive this attendance credit, families need to pick up and submit a completed Cultural Activity/Ceremony Documentation Form to their school's front office. 

This form (see below) would ask the student/family to make connections about the cultural activity and their learning by participating in it.   

For students who complete and submit this assignment to the school building office where they attend within five (5) days of the cultural/traditional activity/ceremony, there will be no absence recorded. Students are still required to make up missing work from their classes.


If you have any questions regarding this change, please contact your building principal.